# US 11,306,870 B2 · System and method for executing a lubrication plan > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,306,870 B2 - Document ID: US11306870B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/529,977 - Filed: 2019-08-02 - Published: 2019-12-05 - Granted: 2022-04-19 - Earliest claimed: 2014-04-14 - Assignees: Aktiebolaget Skf - Applicants: Aktiebolaget SKF - Inventors: Guus Willems; Julien Meunier - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11306870B2 ## CPC - F16N 29/02: for influencing the supply of lubricant - F16N 11/00: Arrangements for supplying grease from a stationary reservoir or the equivalent in or on the machine or member to be lubricated; Grease cups - G01F 11/00: Apparatus requiring external operation adapted at each repeated and identical operation to measure and separate a predetermined volume of fluid or fluent solid material from a supply or container, without regard to weight, and to deliver it - G01F 15/063: using electrical means - G01F 15/068: {with electrical means (G01F15/063 takes precedence)} - F16N 5/00: Apparatus with hand-positioned nozzle supplied with lubricant under pressure (F16N3/00 takes precedence) - F16N 2250/40: Flow - F16N: LUBRICATING - G01F: MEASURING VOLUME, VOLUME FLOW, MASS FLOW OR LIQUID LEVEL; METERING BY VOLUME ## Abstract A system for executing a lubrication plan including a grease meter for measuring a volumetric flow of grease through the meter. The grease meter having a memory for storing a set of instructions that includes a series of prescribed grease volumes be delivered at a corresponding series of lubrication points, a memory for storing a volume of grease delivered at a particular lubrication point and is configured to communicate with the display device. A display device includes a memory for storing an image of each lubrication point in the series, each image being a photograph of the machine that has the lubrication point. The machine is configured to display each image along with the prescribed grease volume to be delivered at the corresponding lubrication point. The displayed image of a further lubrication point in the series image is triggered by the grease meter when a delivered volume is stored. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A system for executing a lubrication plan, the system comprising: a grease meter for measuring a volumetric flow of grease through the meter, and a display device, wherein the grease meter includes: memory means for storing a set of instructions, which at least include a series of prescribed grease volumes V1, V2, . . . Vn to be delivered at a corresponding series of lubrication points L1, L2, . . . Ln, memory means for storing a volume of grease delivered at a particular lubrication point; and means for communicating with the display device; and wherein the display device includes memory means for storing an image of each lubrication point in the series, each image being a photograph of the machine that comprises the lubrication point, including a visual indication of the location of that lubrication point on the machine, and wherein the display device is configured to display each image along with the prescribed grease volume that is to be delivered at the corresponding lubrication point, whereby the display of the image of a further lubrication point in the series image is triggered by the grease meter when a delivered volume is stored. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the memory and communication means of the grease meter are housed within an electronic module that can be repeatedly connected to and disconnected from mechanical parts of the grease meter. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the grease meter further comprises means for measuring a sensor signal and for storing the measured signal. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The system of claim 3, wherein the sensor signal is a vibration signal or an ultrasound signal. ### Claim 5 A system for executing a lubrication plan, the system comprising: a grease meter configured to measure a volumetric flow of grease through the meter; and a display device, wherein the grease meter is configured to: store information including at least a series of prescribed grease volumes V1, V2, . . . Vn to be delivered at a corresponding series of lubrication points L1, L2, . . . Ln; store a volume of grease delivered at each of the series of lubrication points; and communicate with the display device; and wherein the display device is configured to: store an image of each of the lubrication points, each image being a photograph of a machine that includes the lubrication point and a visual indication of a location of the lubrication point of the machine, display an image of the lubrication point L1 and the prescribed grease volume V1 that is to be delivered at the lubrication point L1, and display an image of the lubrication point L2 in response to the volume of grease V1 delivered at the lubrication point L1 being stored by the grease meter. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The system according to claim 5, wherein the display device is configured to display an image of the lubrication point L3 in response to the volume of grease V2 delivered at the lubrication point L2 being stored by the grease meter. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The system of claim 5, wherein the grease meter further comprises means for measuring a sensor signal and for storing the measured signal. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The system of claim 7, wherein the sensor signal is a vibration signal or an ultrasound signal.