Kit for bearing and bearing arrangement
AssigneeSchaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
InventorsMartin Kram, Jens Heim
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Abstract
The invention relates to a kit including a plurality of modules which can be integrated in a bearing installation space. The modules include a plurality of supply management modules for supplying bearing components, a plurality of functional modules for measuring bearing state variables and/or for triggering and/or activating specified events under specified conditions, and a plurality of infrastructure modules for implementing communication tasks and/or for saving and processing specified and/or recorded data. The invention further relates to a bearing arrangement having a bearing and a plurality of modules which can be connected to a common connection medium, wherein the modules are components of the kit according to the invention.
Claims9
A kit for bearings comprising a plurality of modules, the modules comprising:
- a plurality of supply management modules for supplying bearing components,
- a plurality of functional modules for at least one of measuring bearing state variables or for at least one of triggering or activating predetermined events under predetermined conditions, and
- a plurality of infrastructure modules for at least one of implementing communication tasks or for storage and processing of at least one of predetermined or detected data,
- the modules having mutually compatible mechanical interfaces, electrical interfaces, functional interfaces or material interfaces.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.