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US 2009/0153089 A1Published application
Apparatus for monitoring of brushes, in particular slipring or commutator brushes, on electrical machines
AssigneeALSTOM Technology Ltd
InventorMax Hobelsberger
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Abstract
An apparatus is disclosed for monitoring brushes, such as slipring or commutator brushes, on electrical machines. At least one electronic sensor is configured to be arranged in or on a brush apparatus of an electrical machine such that an electrical supply power can be locally drawn directly from an electromagnetic environment of the brush apparatus. The apparatus can transmit measurement data detected by it by electromagnetic radiation to an indication device.
Claims20
An apparatus for monitoring a brush of an electrical machine, comprising:
- at least one electronic sensor configured to be arranged in or on a brush apparatus of an electrical machine such that an electrical supply power can be locally drawn directly from an electromagnetic environment of the brush apparatus;
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- means to transmit detected measurement data by electromagnetic radiation to an indication device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.