System and method for preventing a locked axle
AssigneeTransportation IP Holdings, LLC
InventorsAjith Kuttannair Kumar, Bret Worden
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Abstract
Methods are provided that may include determining one or more of a vibration characteristic or a fluid characteristic of one or more components of a vehicle and determining one or more expected characteristics for the one or more of the vibration characteristic or the fluid characteristic. The methods may also include determining whether the one or more of the vibration characteristic or the fluid characteristic deviates from the one or more expected respective characteristics, and implementing one or more responsive actions in response to determining that the one or more of the vibration characteristic or the fluid characteristic deviates from the one or more expected characteristics.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- determining one or more of a vibration characteristic, a fluid characteristic, or a temperature characteristic of one or more components of a vehicle;
- determining one or more expected characteristics for the one or more of the vibration characteristic, the fluid characteristic, or the temperature characteristic;
- determining whether the one or more of the vibration characteristic, the fluid characteristic, or temperature characteristic deviates from the one or more expected respective characteristics;
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- implementing one or more responsive actions in response to determining that the one or more of the vibration characteristic, the fluid characteristic, or temperature characteristic deviates from the one or more expected characteristics.
A method comprising:
- determining at least one first characteristic of a first axle of a vehicle, the at least one first characteristic comprising one or more of a temperature, a vibration signature, or a fluid lubricant amount for the first axle;
- determining at least one second characteristic of at least a second axle of the vehicle, the at least one second characteristic corresponding to the at least one first characteristic and comprising one or more of a temperature, a vibration signature, or a fluid lubricant amount for the at least the second axle;
- comparing the at least one first characteristic with the at least one second characteristic;
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- determining a health of the first axle based on the comparing of the at least one first characteristic with the at least one second characteristic.
A method comprising:
- determining one or more of a vibration characteristic, a fluid characteristic, or a temperature characteristic of one or more components of a vehicle;
- determining one or more expected characteristics for the one or more of the vibration characteristic, the fluid characteristic, or the temperature characteristic, the one or more expected characteristics at least partially based on an ambient condition;
- determining whether the one or more of the vibration characteristic, the fluid characteristic, or the temperature characteristic deviates from the one or more expected characteristics;
- determining health scores for each of plural axles of the vehicle based on deviation between the one or more of the vibration characteristic, the fluid characteristic, or the temperature characteristic and the one or more expected characteristics;
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- responsive to the health scores that are determined, implementing at least one responsive action, the at least one responsive action including one or more of stopping movement of the vehicle, slowing the movement of the vehicle, completing a current trip of the vehicle and preventing a subsequent trip of the vehicle until the vehicle is repaired, or scheduling service of the one or more components of the vehicle at a subsequent, previously scheduled maintenance of the vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.