Method for detecting heavy-duty vehicle wheel end conditions
AssigneeHendrickson USA, L.L.C.
InventorsDamon Delorenzis, Jeff R. Zawacki
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Abstract
A method for detecting a wheel end condition of a heavy-duty vehicle. The method includes the steps of providing a wheel end sensor that includes sensor instrumentation and mounting the wheel end sensor to a rotatable component associated with a wheel end of the heavy-duty vehicle. A tangential acceleration signal is then collected from the sensor instrumentation of the wheel end sensor during operation of the heavy-duty vehicle, which is then processed via suitable means to obtain a metric. The metric is then compared to a predetermined limit to determine whether a wheel end condition exists.
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A method for detecting a wheel end condition of a heavy-duty vehicle comprising the steps of:
- a. providing a wheel end sensor, said wheel end sensor including sensor instrumentation;
- b. mounting the wheel end sensor to a rotatable component associated with a wheel end of said heavy-duty vehicle;
- c. collecting a signal from said sensor instrumentation of said wheel end sensor during operation of the heavy-duty vehicle, said signal being a tangential acceleration signal;
- d. processing said signal via suitable means to obtain a metric;
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- e. comparing said metric to a predetermined limit to determine whether said wheel end condition exists.
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