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US 2020/0348223 A1Published application
Bearing pad
AssigneeFabreeka International Holdings, Inc.
InventorLuis De Jesus
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Abstract
A resilient bearing pad or support includes resilient material and a sensor that is configured to measure one or more of acceleration, velocity, variations in load, etc. of a mass supported by the bearing pad. The sensor may be configured to wirelessly transmit data for storage and/or evaluation. The data may be evaluated utilizing predefined criteria to detect and/or predict failure of the pad and/or a mass supported by the pad.
Claims22
A support system comprising:
- a resilient pad having first and second opposite sides that are configured to engage two surfaces to support a structure;
- a sensor that generates sensor data responsive to loads applied to at least one of the first and second opposite sides of the resilient pad;
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- a computing device that is configured to utilize the sensor data to:
- 1) determine if the sensor data indicates that degradation meeting predefined failure criteria for at least one of the resilient pad and the structure is imminent or has occurred, and/or:
- 2) determine a predicted lifespan of the resilient pad and/or the structure.
3 more elements
A method of monitoring a structure, the method comprising:
- supporting a structure on a plurality of resilient pads having sensors configured to measure at least one parameter related to forces acting on the resilient pads;
- utilizing a predefined relationship between the measured parameter and a predicted degradation of the structure to determine at least one of degradation of the structure and a predicted failure of the structure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.