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AssigneeThe Torrington Company
InventorsRichard L. Lemoine, Richard W. Browner, John K. Pearson, Mark I. Jurras, III
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A bearing is mounted within a housing having an acoustic-electric transducer mounted on its outside. A stationary annular outer race has at least one sensor, an electric-acoustic transducer, and an electronic system interconnecting the sensor and the electric-acoustic transducer. The electric-acoustic transducer is mounted in an opening extending radially through the stationary race. The electric-acoustic transducer has an elastic cap pressed into the inside of the housing by a spring. An alternative configuration, having at least one sensor mounted on a rotatable inner race, without a hard-wired connection through the bearing housing, is also disclosed.
A system for monitoring the condition of a bearing having a stationary race and a rotatable race, the system comprising:
A system for monitoring the condition of a bearing having a rotatable inner race mounted on a shaft, the system comprising:
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