US 12,073,660 B2 · System and method for monitoring the state of the oil of truck wheels

Abstract

System and method for constantly monitoring the state of the oil of the wheels of heavy machinery, in particular mining trucks, while they are in motion. Comprising a server; a wireless sensor module attached to the rim of the wheel, obtaining oil measurements from an oil quality sensor, which sends the measurements to the server wirelessly; the sensor, located inside the sensor module; and a spoon-type mechanism which maintains the sensor in permanent contact with the oil inside the wheel, wherein said spoon-type mechanism rotates with the sensor module and the wheel. In addition, it may comprise a receiving antenna module which is located between the sensor module and the server. In addition, it may comprise a transmitter which is located between the receiving antenna module and the server.

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Dependent claims

A system for constantly monitoring a state of oil of wheels of machinery while in motion, comprising:

a server to which a user has access and where databases with measurement parameters are stored;
a wireless sensor module, connected to a rim of the wheel of a truck that obtains oil measurements from an oil quality sensor and wirelessly sends the oil measurements to the server;
a sensor located inside the wireless sensor module and configured to obtain oil measurements within the wheel;
and a spoon-like mechanical device configured to maintain the oil quality sensor in permanent contact with the oil in the wheel and rotates with the wireless sensor module and the wheel.

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A method for constantly monitoring a state of oil of wheels of machinery while in motion comprising:

(a) providing a wireless sensor module to replace a magnetic cap in at least one of the wheels of a truck with said module;
(b) measuring, through the wireless sensor module, one or more parameters in a transmission system oil of the at least one wheel of the truck, selected from:
amount of particulate matter, temperature, contamination, permittivity or viscosity, through an oil quality sensor that is located inside the wireless sensor module;
(c) providing a server where databases with the measurement parameters are stored;
(d) transmitting measurement data of the parameters wirelessly to the server from the wireless sensor module;
(e) processing the measurement data and comparing it with data previously recorded;
(f) evaluating a condition of the oil or of the wheel of the truck as a function of a combination of measured variables and history of components previously recorded;
and (g) determining a type of defect that is occurring in real time, automatically, in accordance with the evaluation of step (f);
wherein measuring, through the wireless sensor module, one or more parameters in the transmission system oil of the at least one wheel of the truck comprises maintaining a nose of the oil quality sensor in permanent contact with the oil inside the wheel of the truck, wherein said permanent contact is achieved using a spoon-type mechanical device, maintaining the oil horizontal in order to prevent its dropping when the wheel rotates.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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