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US 2024/0180069 A1Published application
Rotary cutter with sensorized gear boxes
AssigneeOregon Tool, Inc.
InventorsRobert A. Dewey, II, Jordan Kusiek
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Abstract
A rotary cutter includes a gear box, a sensor coupled to the gear box and configured to measure a condition of the gear box, a light source coupled to the gear box, and processing circuitry communicatively coupled to the sensor and the light source. The processing circuitry is configured to cause the light source to illuminate at the gear box in response to determining that a measurement from the sensor satisfies a criterion.
Claims20
A rotary cutter, comprising:
- a gear box;
- a sensor coupled to the gear box and configured to measure a condition of the gear box;
- a light source coupled to the gear box;
- and
- processing circuitry communicatively coupled to the sensor and the light source, wherein the processing circuitry is configured to cause the light source to illuminate in response to determining that a measurement from the sensor satisfies a criterion.
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A method of operating a rotary cutter, comprising:
- measuring, by a sensor disposed in a gear box of the rotary cutter, a condition of the gear box;
- determining, by processing circuitry and based on a signal from the sensor, whether the condition satisfies a criterion;
- causing, by the processing circuitry, a light source positioned at the gear box to illuminate in response to determining that the condition satisfies the criterion.
A gear box for a rotary cutter comprising:
- walls defining an interior volume;
- a cover coupled to the walls, the cover comprising a port;
- a plug positioned in the port;
- a sensor disposed on the plug such that the sensor is positioned in the interior volume;
- and
- a wire extending from the sensor along the plug and out of the interior volume via the port.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.