# US 12,601,656 B2 · Rolling bearing abnormality detection device and rolling bearing abnormality detection method

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- Number: US 12,601,656 B2
- Document ID: US12601656B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 18/577,152
- Filed: 2022-04-25
- Published: 2024-06-27
- Granted: 2026-04-14
- Earliest claimed: 2021-07-14
- Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
- Applicants: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
- Inventors: Keita Kanai; Toru Okada; Kazuo Yamaguchi
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12601656B2

## CPC

- G01H 1/003: {of rotating machines (G01H1/10 takes precedence)}
- G01M 13/045: Acoustic or vibration analysis
- G01H: MEASUREMENT OF MECHANICAL VIBRATIONS OR ULTRASONIC, SONIC OR INFRASONIC WAVES
- G01M: TESTING STATIC OR DYNAMIC BALANCE OF MACHINES OR STRUCTURES; TESTING OF STRUCTURES OR APPARATUS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

## Abstract

A rolling bearing abnormality detection device of the present invention detects a vibration generated in a rolling bearing as vibration data, obtains a frequency spectrum thereof, identifies a frequency indicating a peak as a peak frequency from the frequency spectrum within a predetermined frequency range including a theoretical frequency that brings about a peak on the frequency spectrum during occurrence of an abnormality, sets the peak frequency as a monitoring peak frequency of a monitoring target in a case where the peak frequency changes with time, and determines whether an abnormality is present, based on a peak value of a peak corresponding to the monitoring peak frequency.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A rolling bearing abnormality detection device, comprising:
a vibration detection unit that detects a vibration generated in a rolling bearing as vibration data;
a spectrum processing unit that obtains a frequency spectrum of the vibration data detected by the vibration detection unit;
a peak frequency identification unit that identifies, as a peak frequency, a frequency indicating a peak within a predetermined frequency range including a theoretical frequency that brings about a peak on the frequency spectrum during occurrence of an abnormality, from the frequency spectrum obtained by the spectrum processing unit;
a monitoring target setting unit that sets the peak frequency as a monitoring peak frequency of a monitoring target in a case where the peak frequency identified by the peak frequency identification unit changes with time; and
an abnormality determination unit that determines whether an abnormality is present in the rolling bearing, based on a peak value of a peak corresponding to the monitoring peak frequency set by the monitoring target setting unit.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The rolling bearing abnormality detection device according to claim 1, wherein
the peak frequency identification unit further identifies one or a plurality of frequencies indicating a peak at a frequency that is an integer multiple of the peak frequency as one or a plurality of integer multiple peak frequencies, and
the monitoring target setting unit further sets and adds at least one of the one or plurality of integer multiple peak frequencies as the monitoring peak frequency in a case where the one or plurality of integer multiple peak frequencies identified by the peak frequency identification unit change with time in synchronization with the change with time of the peak frequency.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The rolling bearing abnormality detection device according to claim 1, wherein
the vibration detection unit includes a plurality of the vibration detection units, and
the peak frequency identification unit finally sets, as the peak frequency, a frequency capable of being set as the peak frequency for at least two of a plurality of pieces of the vibration data respectively detected by the plurality of vibration detection units.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The rolling bearing abnormality detection device according to claim 1, wherein the monitoring target setting unit sets the peak frequency as the monitoring peak frequency of a monitoring target in a case where the peak frequency identified by the peak frequency identification unit changes with time a plurality of times at a plurality of different time points.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The rolling bearing abnormality detection device according to claim 1, wherein the abnormality determination unit determines whether an abnormality is present in the rolling bearing, based on a predetermined threshold referred to the peak value of the peak at the monitoring peak frequency in the healthy state of the rolling bearing.

### Claim 6

A rolling bearing abnormality detection method, comprising:
a vibration detection step of detecting a vibration generated in a rolling bearing as vibration data;
a spectrum processing step of obtaining a frequency spectrum of the vibration data detected in the vibration detection step;
a peak frequency identification step of identifying, as a peak frequency, a frequency indicating a peak within a predetermined frequency range including a theoretical frequency that brings about a peak on the frequency spectrum during occurrence of an abnormality, from the frequency spectrum obtained by the spectrum processing step;
a monitoring target setting step of setting the peak frequency as a monitoring peak frequency of a monitoring target in a case where the peak frequency identified in the peak frequency identification step changes with time; and
an abnormality determination step of determining whether an abnormality is present in the rolling bearing, based on a peak value of a peak corresponding to the monitoring peak frequency set in the monitoring target setting step.