Probabilistic remaining usage life of aircraft structures

    公开(公告)号:US10410132B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-09-10

    申请号:US15175894

    申请日:2016-06-07

    发明人: Mudit Rastogi

    摘要: Methods and systems are provided for condition-based maintenance of a structural component exhibiting a physical defect. One exemplary system comprises a measurement system to obtain a current measurement of a defect in a structure, a monitoring system, and a maintenance system. The monitoring system determines a probabilistic representation of degradation development data for the defect using the current measurement, determines a reference remaining usage life metric for the structure based on the probabilistic representation and a target probability value, and determines one or more remaining usage life bounds based at least in part on the reference remaining usage life metric. The maintenance system determines maintenance schedule or other remedial action(s) for the structure in a manner that is influenced by the reference remaining usage life metric and the one or more remaining usage life bounds.

    Method for estimating stress of electronic component

    公开(公告)号:US10317296B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-06-11

    申请号:US14988747

    申请日:2016-01-06

    摘要: A method for estimating stress of an electronic component. An electronic component including first and second elements and conductive bumps is provided. Each conductive bump has two surfaces connected to the first and second elements respectively. Two adjacent conductive bumps have a pitch therebetween. The conductive bumps includes a first conductive bump and second conductive bumps. A stress value of the first conductive bump related to a testing parameter is calculated. A stress value of each second conductive bump related to the testing parameter is calculated according to a first calculating formula. The first calculating formula is σ 2 = L D - 2 ⁢ r ⁢ σ 1 , σ2 is the stress of each second conductive bump, L is a beeline distance between each second conductive bump and the first conductive bump, D is an average value of the pitches of the conductive bumps, r is a radius of each surface, and σ1 is the stress value of the first conductive bump.

    Belt drive and method for monitoring such a belt drive

    公开(公告)号:US10309496B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-06-04

    申请号:US15566843

    申请日:2016-05-06

    摘要: A belt drive and a method for the monitoring thereof allows conclusions to be drawn regarding loads to which the belt has been subjected over its past usage period. The method includes a rotatably mounted disc and a belt which is deflected at the disc. The belt and the disc are equipped with a marking and are positioned with respect to each other such that the markings are directly opposite each other in a trigger position when the belt circulates around the disc. The trigger position is recorded by a monitoring device, which emits a signal when the markings are located in the trigger position. The number of signals triggered over a time period is recorded. The loads to which the belt or the disc have been subjected during the time period is determined while taking into consideration relevant influencing variables.

    Customizable contactor prognostics system

    公开(公告)号:US09995790B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-06-12

    申请号:US13355706

    申请日:2012-01-23

    IPC分类号: G01B3/44 G01R31/327

    CPC分类号: G01R31/3277

    摘要: A method and apparatus for identifying a health status of a contactor includes a processor coupled to a computer readable media. The processor is coupled to the contactor to instruct the contactor to open and close. A database stored in the computer readable media includes operation count variables for the contactor, closing time variables for the contactor, and health status rules for the contactor. The operation count variables and the closing time variables may be inputs to the health status rules to identify the health status of the contactor. A customization program may also be stored in the computer readable media. The customization program enables an operator to modify at least one of the operation count variables, the closing time variables, and the health status rules to affect the identified health status of the contactor.

    Rotating electrical machine
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    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US09696178B2

    公开(公告)日:2017-07-04

    申请号:US13877615

    申请日:2010-12-10

    摘要: Provided is a rotating electrical machine, including: temperature information acquisition means for acquiring information on a temperature of a brush; rotation information acquisition means for acquiring information on a rotation angle of a rotation shaft; and a wear amount calculation section for acquiring the temperature of the brush based on temperature information including output information of the temperature information acquisition means, and for calculating a total wear amount of the brush by integrating a product of a value corresponding to the temperature of the brush, the value being a wear amount function defined as a wear amount per unit sliding distance of the brush with the temperature of the brush used as a variable, and a value including an rotational speed of a rotor, with respect to time from immediately after start of use of the brush to a current time.

    Method and Device for Fitness Testing of Value Documents

    公开(公告)号:US20170161981A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-06-08

    申请号:US15325925

    申请日:2015-07-14

    IPC分类号: G01B3/44

    CPC分类号: G07D7/181

    摘要: The invention relates to the fitness check of value documents. For at least two fitness criteria there is respectively determined with the aid of an unfit function an unfit degree of the particular value document. The unfit function clearly assigns an unfit degree to the fitness measurement values and has two threshold values, beyond which the unfit degree with respect to the relevant fitness criterion is 0 or 1. Between the threshold values there is an uncertainty range in which the unfit degree is, with respect to the relevant fitness criterion, between 0 and 1 and the unfit function behaves monotonously dropping or monotonously rising. Subsequently, the unfit degrees of different fitness criteria are combined into an unfit probability of the particular value document and on the basis of the unfit probability a fitness classification of the particular value document is carried out.