序号 专利名 申请号 申请日 公开(公告)号 公开(公告)日 发明人
81 Autonomous sensing module, a system and a method of long-term condition monitoring of structures US12767779 2010-04-26 US08618934B2 2013-12-31 Nickolai S Belov; Olga V Belova
A system and a method of long-term condition monitoring of structures are based on use of autonomous sensing modules, centers for storing and processing data and software for data analysis. An autonomous sensing module contains a set of sensors for measurements of parameters related to the condition of a monitored structure, a non-volatile memory, a wireless data transfer unit, a controller, a clock circuit, a battery, an energy harvesting device and a power management unit. The autonomous sensing module provides a very long-term (40 years or more) functionality and reliability due to both use of at least near hermetic packages for the controller, the non-volatile memory, the battery, the clock circuit and the power management unit and choosing the duration of periods when the sensing module works in active mode in such a way that the average energy consumed by the autonomous sensing module is fully compensated by the average energy harvested by the energy harvesting device.
82 Component RFID tag with non-volatile display of component use including the use of energy harvesting US12782597 2010-05-18 US08593291B2 2013-11-26 Christopher P. Townsend; Jacob Henry Galbreath; Steven Willard Arms
A system includes a component, an electronic circuit, and a display. The electronic circuit and the display are on the component. The electronic circuit is connected to receive data related to use of the component. The electronic circuit is connected to the display for providing a time parameter related to at least one from the group consisting of remaining life of the component and life expended by the component. The time parameter is for displaying on the display.
83 Load monitor reliability factor using an advanced fatigue reliability assessment model US12724730 2010-03-16 US08571814B2 2013-10-29 Jack Z. Zhao; David O. Adams
According to one non-limiting embodiment, a method includes accessing distributions of flight loads associated with one or more flight regimes for a fleet of aircraft. Using the distributions of flight loads, a factor for at least one of the flight regimes is determined that provides a flight load adjustment for a component on each aircraft of a fleet of aircraft known to be affected through at least load damage by the at least one flight regime.
84 RESONANCE CIRCUIT HAVING A VARIABLE RESONANCE FREQUENCY US13699820 2011-05-26 US20130099789A1 2013-04-25 Mohamed Yahia Benslimane; Peter Gravesen
A resonance circuit with a variable resonance frequency provided by a variable capacitor having compliant electrodes arranged on a deformable sheet. When the sheet is deformed the capacitance is varied. Further a sensing element comprising the resonance circuit and a sensing system comprising at least one sensing element, a sending unit and a receiving unit. Suitable for mass production. Provides wireless sensing system being cost effective to manufacture. May be used for low cost products, such as toys. May also be used for monitoring displacements in structures, e.g. cracks in wall structures. Further a positions sensitive pressure sensor with pressure sensors arranged on a two-dimensional structure.
85 Integrated circuit system for controlling structural health monitoring processes and applications therefor US12536429 2009-08-05 US08265889B2 2012-09-11 Xinlin Qing; Chang Zhang; Irene Li; Fu-kuo Chang; Hung Chi Chung
A structural health monitoring system using ASICs for signal transmission, reception, and analysis. Incorporating structural health monitoring functionality into one or more ASICs provides a durable yet small, lightweight, low cost, and portable system that can be deployed and operated in field conditions. Such systems provide significant advantages, especially in applications such as armor structures.
86 Magnetostrictive measurement of tensile stress in foundations US11964196 2007-12-26 US08226354B2 2012-07-24 Jacob Johannes Nies; Jan Erich Hemmelmann; Christof Martin Sihler
A foundation for supporting a structure is provided. The foundation includes a foundation body, at least one anchor bolt connecting a lower anchor plate and the structure, a magnetostrictive load measuring sensor for measuring loads on the at least one anchor bolt, the magnetostrictive load measuring sensor being positioned within the foundation body.
87 Scheme for low power measurement US13434145 2012-03-29 US20120185192A1 2012-07-19 Christopher P. Townsend; Steven W. Arms
A method of determining a parameter includes providing a sensor that provides a sensor analog voltage. A peak detecting circuit for detecting a peak voltage in the sensor analog voltage is also provided. The sensor analog voltage is provided to the peak detecting circuit, and the peak voltage is detected. A microprocessor is provided in sleep mode and is awakened once the circuit detects the peak voltage. The microprocessor samples and records the peak voltage and the microprocessor goes back to sleep.
88 Optical fiber structure monitoring and analysis US12568757 2009-09-29 US08144333B2 2012-03-27 John Sinclair Huffman
A system and method for monitoring the structural integrity of a structure is provided. An optical fiber is acoustically coupled to one or more of the structural elements. A source of optical energy is configured to inject optical energy into the optical fiber, and an optical detector is configured to detect a first optical return signal having characteristics that are affected by vibrations of the structural elements. An analyzer measures characteristics of the optical return signal to determine information concerning the movement of the structural elements monitored by the fiber optic cable. The results of the analyzer can be stored and so that the analysis of the optical return signal can be compared to previously recorded signals to determine changes in structural integrity over time. Multiple fibers can be acoustically coupled to the monitored structural elements to obtain additional data concerning the structural integrity.
89 Wireless Structural Health Monitoring System with Synchronized Timekeeper US13196031 2011-08-02 US20110285527A1 2011-11-24 Steven W. Arms; Chris Pruyn Townsend; David Lawrence Churchill; Michael John Hamel
A method of obtaining data about a structure includes providing a plurality of sensor modules on the structure. Each of the sensor modules includes a sensor, a processor, a sensor module precision timekeeper, and a sensor module transceiver. One of the plurality of sensor modules includes an energy harvesting device. The processor and the sensor module transceiver of this one of the plurality of sensor modules are powered solely with electricity derived from the energy harvesting device. The method further includes providing a base station. The method further includes periodically wirelessly receiving a broadcast resynchronization timing packet with each of the sensor module transceivers, wherein the broadcast resynchronization timing packet received by each of the sensor module transceivers includes a common resynchronization time value. The method further includes periodically resynchronizing each of the sensor module precision timekeepers based on a signal derived from the resynchronization time value. The method further includes digital sampling of the sensor module sensor in each of the sensor modules to provide digital sensor data, and providing a time stamp to the digital sensor data wherein time in the time stamp is provided by the sensor module precision timekeeper. The method further includes wirelessly transmitting data from each of the plurality of sensor modules to the base station, wherein the data is derived from the time stamped digital sensor data. The method further includes receiving and aggregating the data from each of the plurality of sensor modules in the base station.
90 METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE FATIGUE OF A PUMP ROTOR OF A GAS TURBOPUMP US12528210 2008-01-16 US20110046897A1 2011-02-24 Roland Blumenthal; Michael Froitzheim; Thomas Palten; Dieter Bohry; Manfred Kiefer
A method for determining the fatigue of the pump rotor of a gas turbopump comprises the following method steps: continuous determination of the rotational speed (n) of the pump rotor, determination of the local rotational speed maxima and minima of a temporal rotational speed profile under consideration, association of the rotational speed maxima and minima with each other to form pairs, determination of a pair fatigue value (L) for each of the rotational speed pairs, and accumulation of all pair fatigue values (L) to form a total fatigue value (Ltot). In this manner it is possible to determine the cyclic stress for the pump rotor of a vacuum pump and to include it in the calculation of a total fatigue value.
91 INTEGRATED CIRCUIT SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING PROCESSES AND APPLICATIONS THEREFOR US12536429 2009-08-05 US20110035167A1 2011-02-10 Xinlin QING; Chang Zhang; Irene Li; Fu-kuo Chang; Hung Chi Chung
A structural health monitoring system using ASICs for signal transmission, reception, and analysis. Incorporating structural health monitoring functionality into one or more ASICs provides a durable yet small, lightweight, low cost, and portable system that can be deployed and operated in field conditions. Such systems provide significant advantages, especially in applications such as armor structures.
92 Energy harvesting, wireless structural health monitoring system US11518777 2006-09-11 US07719416B2 2010-05-18 Steven W. Arms; Chris Pruyn Townsend; David Lawrence Churchill; Michael John Hamel
A method of maintaining a structure includes providing a structure having a component subject to failure. A sensor, a memory and an energy harvesting device are mounted on the structure. The sensor is used and data derived from the sensor logged in the memory, wherein the memory is powered solely with energy derived from the energy harvesting device. The component is replaced if information in the memory shows that the component was subject to damaging usage.
93 Piezoelectric composite apparatus and related methods US11640803 2006-12-18 US07696676B2 2010-04-13 Ertugrul Berkcan; Emad Andarawis Andarawis; Robert John Wojnarowski; Charles Scott Sealing; Charles Erklin Seeley; Eladio Clemente Delgado; David Cecil Hays; Christopher James Kapusta; Nanette Judith Gruber
A piezoelectric planar composite apparatus to provide health monitoring of a structure and associated methods are provided. The piezoelectric planar composite apparatus includes a piezoelectric electric material layer, multiple electrodes positioned in electrical contact with the piezoelectric material layer, and multiple sets of electrode interconnect conductors each positioned in electrical contact with a different subset of the electrodes and positioned to form multiple complementary electrode patterns. Each of the complementary electrode patterns is positioned to form an electric field having an electric field axis oriented along a different physical axis from that of an electric field formed by at least one other of the complementary electrode patterns. The interconnect conductors can be distributed over several electrode interconnect conductor carrying layers to enhance formation of the different complementary electrode patterns.
94 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SELF-CONTAINED STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING FOR COMPOSITE STRUCTURES US12371046 2009-02-13 US20090259411A1 2009-10-15 Kevin S. Loomis; Farhad J. Tadayon
A system and method for structural health monitoring (SHM) of a physical structure, such as an aircraft component. The system may comprise a central data acquisition module and a plurality of wireless, self-contained sensor wafers bonded to a surface of the physical structure. The central data acquisition module and the sensor wafers may be communicably coupled in a hierarchical order. If any of the sensor wafers detects a structural fault, it may be stored in a memory of the central data acquisition module for retrieval by maintenance personnel. If one or more of the sensor wafers malfunctions, the central data acquisition module may reconfigure the hierarchical order in which the sensor wafers communicate to exclude the malfunctioning sensor wafer or wafers. The sensor wafers may include a sensor, circuitry, a wireless antenna, and a power source.
95 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MONITORING THE INTEGRITY OF COMPONENTS AND STRUCTURES US12390545 2009-02-23 US20090173827A1 2009-07-09 Kenneth John Davey
A method for monitoring the integrity of a permeable structure that is disposed in an environment containing a fluid at ambient pressure is provided. At least one cavity is formed in or on the permeable structure. A source of first fluid is provided at a first pressure greater than the ambient pressure. The cavity is coupled to the source through a high-fluid-flow impedance to establish a flow of the first fluid through the permeable structure via the cavity. A rate of flow of the first fluid through the permeable structure is allowed to stabilize to a steady-state rate. A change in the steady-state flow rate of the first fluid through the permeable structure is monitored.
96 System to monitor the health of a structure, sensor nodes, program product, and related methods US11286795 2005-11-23 US07558701B2 2009-07-07 Emad Andarawis; Ertugrul Berkcan; Eladio Delgado; Robert Wojnarowski; C. Scott Sealing; Nanette Gruber; Charles Seeley; Richard H. Coulter
A system to monitor the health of a structure, health monitoring sensor nodes, program product, and associated methods, are provided. The system includes an array of health monitoring sensor nodes connected to or embedded within a structure to monitor the health of the structure. Each health monitoring sensor node includes sensor elements positioned to sense parameters of the structure and to provide data related to the parameters to a health monitoring sensor node interrogator. Each health monitoring sensor node includes a processor or other means to reduce raw sensor data to thereby reduce communication bandwidth requirements and data collisions, and can include memory or other storage for storing the reduced data and an antenna arrangement for providing the reduced data to the health monitoring sensor node interrogator.
97 Method of manufacturing a structural health monitoring layer US11273932 2005-11-14 US07413919B2 2008-08-19 Xinlin Qing; Fu-Kuo Chang
Methods of manufacturing a diagnostic layer containing an array of sensing elements. The sensing elements, associated wires, and any accompanying circuit elements, are incorporated various layers of a thin, flexible substrate. This substrate can then be affixed to a structure so that the array of sensing elements can analyze the structure in accordance with structural health monitoring techniques. The substrate can also be designed to be incorporated into the body of the structure itself, such as in the case of composite structures.
98 Wireless sensing system and method US11114993 2005-04-25 US07283806B2 2007-10-16 Michael P. Masquelier
An apparatus and method is provided for sensing data relating to a structure (14), including an inspection site sensor system having at least one microprocessor (16) coupled to the structure. At least one sensor (12) for sensing data is connected to each of the at least one microprocessors that compare the data to a standard. A user interface (18) is coupled to the microprocessor (16) for presenting the comparison, and a wireless transmitter (20) is coupled to the microprocessor (16) for transmitting at least one of the data and the comparison to a management site (22). The management site (22) includes a receiver (24) for receiving the transmitted at least one of the data and the comparison, a microprocessor (26) coupled to the receiver (24); and a user interface (28) coupled to the microprocessor (26).
99 System to monitor the health of a structure, sensor nodes, program product, and related methods US11287009 2005-11-23 US07276703B2 2007-10-02 Ertugrul Berkcan; Emad Andarawis; Robert Wojnarowski
A system to monitor the health of a structure, sensor nodes, program product, and associated methods are provided. The system includes an array of health monitoring sensor nodes connected to or embedded within a structure to monitor the health of the structure. The health monitoring sensor nodes include sensor elements positioned to sense parameters of the structure and to provide data related to the parameters to a health monitoring sensor node data collector. The sensor nodes can each include an energy harvester to harvest energy to power the sensor node. The system also includes an energy distributing node positioned to provide energy to the sensor nodes, through the structure being monitored, to be harvested by energy harvester of the sensor nodes.
100 Shaft mounted energy harvesting for wireless sensor operation and data transmission US10769642 2004-01-31 US07256505B2 2007-08-14 Steven W. Arms; Christopher P Townsend; David L. Churchill; Michael J. Hamel
A device for monitoring a rotating shaft is provided. The device measures strain in the shaft and provides angular velocity and torque in the shaft. The device includes a sensor, sensor conditioning circuitry, a microprocessor, and a transmitter, all located on a rotating shaft. The device obtains power by harvesting mechanical energy of the rotating shaft itself. Coils are provided rotating with the shaft and permanent magnets are mounted adjacent the rotating shaft so electrical energy is induced in the coils as they rotate through the magnetic field of the permanent magnets. A battery or capacitor is connected to the coils for storing energy. A microprocessor is connected to the sensors, the storage device, and the transmitter for managing power consumption and for monitoring the amount of electrical energy stored in the storage device and for switchably connecting the storage device to the transmitter when the stored energy exceeds a threshold.
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