Wheel end component monitoring system and method

A method of monitoring at least one wheel end component comprising:

• in a commissioning step:
• receiving, in an aggregator system, position information for the at least one wheel end component, from a user interface of the aggregator system;
• receiving, in the aggregator system, identification information for the at least one wheel end component, from the at least one wheel end component;
• and
• associating, in the aggregator system, the position information with the identification information;
• and
• in an operating step:
• receiving, in the aggregator system, sensor data output by a sensor assembly of the at least one wheel end component, from the at least one wheel end component;
• associating, in the aggregator system, the sensor data with the position information corresponding to at least one wheel end component from which the sensor data was received;
• and
• outputting the sensor data together with the associated position information for the at least one wheel end component.

A vehicle comprising:

• a vehicle frame;
• at least one wheel end component operably connected to the vehicle frame, the wheel end component comprising:
• a component body;
• and
• a sensor assembly configured to:
• detect one or more inputs associated with the component body and output sensor data representative of the detected input;
• and
• transmit the sensor data;
• and
• an on-vehicle aggregator system operably connected to the at least one wheel end component and configured to:
• receive position information for the at least one wheel end component from a user interface;
• receive identification information for the at least one wheel end component from the at least one wheel end component;
• associate the position information with the identification information for the at least one wheel end component;
• receive the sensor data from the at least one wheel end component;
• associate the sensor data with the position information for the at least one wheel end component;
• and
• output the sensor data together with the associated position information for the at least one wheel end component to determine a status of the wheel end component.