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US 9,958,052 B2Granted
System having a gear unit
AssigneeSew-Eurodrive GmbH & Co. KG
InventorAntonius Bader
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Abstract
A system includes a gear unit, the gear unit including at least one housing cover, a sensor unit, on which sensors are provided, being provided on the housing cover, the sensors being connected at least electrically to an evaluation unit.
Claims16
A system, comprising:
- a gear housing including a first cutout through which a gear is capable of being inserted into the housing;
- at least one housing cover that covers the first cutout when installed on the gear housing and includes a second cutout;
- and
- a sensor unit accommodated in the housing cover through the second cutout, the sensor unit including at least one sensor and at least one other sensor, wherein the at least one sensor is exposed to the gear in an interior of the gear housing via a passage extending between the first and second cutouts;
- wherein the at least one other sensor includes at least one of (a) a vibration sensor and (b) a vibration sensor adapted to detect structure-borne noise generated by at least one of (i) bearings and (ii) toothing parts;
- and
- wherein the housing cover includes a surface, the vibration sensor contacting the surface.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.