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US 12,617,439 B2Granted
Transportation operation fault detection
AssigneeInternational Electronic Machines Corp.
InventorZahid F. Mian
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Abstract
An impact load detector can include a rigid object affixed to a structure for which an impact is to be evaluated. The detector can include one or more sensors which are configured to acquire impact data corresponding to an effect the impact on the structure has on the rigid object. The detector can include a data processor that processes the impact data to evaluate for a presence of a set of faults.
Claims20
A fault detector comprising:
- an enclosure including an object, wherein the enclosure is configured to be affixed to a structure for which a force affecting the structure is to be evaluated, wherein the structure is a single beam, wherein opposing ends of the object are affixed in the enclosure and the object is otherwise unrestrained and a long axis of the object is configured to be spaced from the enclosure and the structure and in parallel with a long axis of the structure;
- a set of sensors for acquiring impact data corresponding to an effect the force affecting the structure has on the object;
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- a data processor configured to process the impact data to evaluate for a presence of a set of faults.
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A rail wheel evaluation system comprising:
- a fault detector comprising:
- an enclosure;
- an object located within the enclosure, wherein the enclosure is configured to be affixed to a single rail of a railroad track for which a force affecting the single rail is to be evaluated, wherein opposing ends of the object are affixed in the enclosure and the object is otherwise unrestrained and a long axis of the object is configured to be spaced from the enclosure and the structure and in parallel with a long axis of the structure;
- a set of sensors for acquiring impact data corresponding to an effect the force affecting the single rail has on the object;
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- a data processor configured to process the impact data to evaluate for a presence of a set of faults;
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- a remote processing system, wherein the remote processing system is configured to process data corresponding to at least one of:
- an impact event or the presence of at least one of the set of faults, received from the fault detector.
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A method of evaluating a force affecting a structure, the method comprising:
- affixing an enclosure including an object to the structure, wherein the structure is a single beam, wherein opposing ends of the object are affixed in the enclosure and the object is otherwise unrestrained and a long axis of the object is configured to be spaced from the enclosure and the structure and in parallel with a long axis of the structure;
- acquiring, using a set of sensors associated with the object, impact data corresponding to an effect the force affecting the structure has on the object;
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- processing, by a data processor, the impact data to evaluate for a presence of a set of faults.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.