序号 专利名 申请号 申请日 公开(公告)号 公开(公告)日 发明人
121 Passive monitoring device of the inner pressure in a block of building material US13851671 2013-03-27 US09234808B2 2016-01-12 Giovanni Girlando; Alessandro Finocchiaro; Bruno Murari
A monitoring device is for the inner pressure distribution of building material in a building structure. The device may include planar sensing capacitors to be buried in contact with the building material, with each sensing capacitor including a pair of plates and a dielectric material layer therebetween adapted to undergo elastic deformation under pressure without deforming plastically. The device may also include a protection box to be buried in the building material, a dielectric material enclosed in the protection box, and connection terminals protruding from the protection box. Pairs of metal vias are buried in the dielectric material enclosed within the protection box, with each pair connecting the plates of a respective planar sensing capacitor to respective connection terminals.
122 Method of manufacturing a sensor network incorporating stretchable silicon US13084729 2011-04-12 US08966730B1 2015-03-03 Michael Alexander Carralero; John Lyle Vian
A method of manufacturing a sensor network is described which includes stretching a silicon substrate over a desired area, and generating a plurality of nodes fabricated on the stretchable silicon substrate. The nodes include at least one of an energy harvesting and storage element, a communication device, a sensing device, and a processor. The nodes are interconnected via interconnecting conductors formed in the substrate.
123 Calculating Fatigue and Fatigue Failure of Structures US14273781 2014-05-09 US20140336954A1 2014-11-13 Michael Bruyneel; Stijn Donders; Michael Hack; Christophe Liefooghe; Peter Nuhn; Stefan Strässer
The durability performance of a structure is virtually predicted, enabling the optimization of the durability performance. In a first act, the structure is modeled by a series of calculation points. Then, for each point, the stresses and strains brought by load cycles and defining hysteresis branches are determined. Then, an accumulated damage due to the load cycles is predicted and stored. For the prediction, first, using a hysteresis operator, a change in the stress along a portion of a hysteresis branch is calculated as a function of a change in the load in time, and, second, using the change in the stress and the stored accumulated damage, a change in the damage is calculated. Hence, also a change in the properties, including the stiffness, of the structure is calculated. Then, a further change in the stresses and strains is calculated on the basis of the change in these properties to determine a new adapted hysteresis branch. Then, a further change in the stress along a further portion of the adapted hysteresis branch is calculated as a function of a further change in the load in time. At the end of the process, the structure is manufactured accordingly.
124 Method of estimating load carrying capacity of bridge US12902928 2010-10-12 US08781804B2 2014-07-15 Chang-Geun Lee; Won-Tae Lee
Provided is a method of estimating a load carrying capacity of a bridge. The load carrying capacity estimation method includes the steps of: estimating a mode coefficient of the bridge using an acceleration signal obtained from an accelerometer that is installed in the bridge; updating an analysis model of the bridge using the estimated mode coefficient; and estimating a rating factor of the bridge by applying a dead load and a design live load to the updated analysis model.
125 DEVICE FOR MONITORING THE INTEGRITY AND SOUNDNESS OF A MECHANICAL STRUCTURE, AND METHOD FOR OPERATING SUCH A DEVICE US13982426 2012-01-31 US20130307703A1 2013-11-21 Bruno Foucher; Vincent Rouet; Remy Reynet
The invention relates to a device for monitoring the integrity and soundness of a mechanical structure, such as an aircraft. The device comprises a control unit, a radio frequency transmission means, and an electric battery. The control unit recovers data from a set of digital and/or analog sensors. The radio frequency transmission means enables the control unit to transmit the data received from the sensors to a man/machine interface. The electric battery powers the device and is rechargeable. The device further comprises a module for recovering electromagnetic energy capable of converting the recovered electromagnetic energy into electric power so as to recharge the battery and/or directly power the device.
126 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR QUANTIFYING METAL SURFACE TREATMENT US13670648 2012-11-07 US20130133398A1 2013-05-30 Thomas A. Beach; Walter A. Beach
A method for measuring a metal surface treatment of a metal component includes creating a solid model of the metal component, identifying surface locations on the metal component at which a set of structural properties is specified by design, and identifying a simulated location on the solid model corresponding to the identified surface location on the metal component. The method includes preparing a simulation fixture plan for fabricating a simulation fixture having an element for supporting a test strip holder thereon at the identified simulated location, and then fabricating the simulation fixture. A test strip holder is positioned at the identified simulated location on the simulation fixture, and a test strip is positioned in the test strip holder. The simulation fixture is subjected to the metal surface treatment wherein the simulation fixture has the test strip holder positioned thereon and the test strip holder has the test strip positioned thereon.
127 METHOD FOR PROGNOSING A HEALTH PROBLEM OF AN APPARATUS US13303247 2011-11-23 US20130132034A1 2013-05-23 Jonathan Paul Wilson
A method of prognosing a health problem of an electrical, mechanical or electro-mechanical apparatus based on radiation emitted by the apparatus where the method includes establishing a profile for the apparatus while the apparatus is operating, saving such a profile for the apparatus, forming a set of historical profiles for a number of apparatuses, and identifying at least one anomaly in the set of historical profiles that is indicative of a future failure.
128 METHOD FOR DIAGNOSING MANUFACTURING VARIANCES US13303243 2011-11-23 US20130132013A1 2013-05-23 Jonathan Paul Wilson
A method of diagnosing manufacturing variances of an electrical, mechanical or electro-mechanical apparatus based on radiation emitted by the apparatus where the method includes establishing baseline profile for a number of apparatuses to form a set of baseline profiles for the multiple apparatuses and comparing the set of baseline profiles to determine a difference indicative of a variance in the manufacturing of the apparatuses.
129 Trigger circuit for low-power structural health monitoring system US12844735 2010-07-27 US08401804B2 2013-03-19 Chang Zhang
A trigger circuit for use with a structural health monitoring system. To save power, a structural health monitoring system is programmed with a sleep mode and a wake, or operational, mode. In its operational mode, the structural health monitoring system can perform its usual tasks, e.g. monitoring a structure and determining its structural health. In sleep mode, many functions are suspended, so that the system requires less power. The trigger circuit wakes the system when the sensors of the structural health monitoring system emit a sufficiently large signal, i.e. when an event occurs. That is, when not in use, the system enters sleep mode, and when some event occurs (e.g., impact, or some other stresses that are of concern), the trigger circuit alerts the system, prompting it to shift from sleep mode to operational mode and to begin taking/analyzing data.
130 Method And System For Time Synchronization Of Phase Of Signals From Respective Measurement Devices US13618439 2012-09-14 US20130018620A1 2013-01-17 Sylvain Riendeau; François Léonard; Patrick Picher; Michel Gauvin; Hugo Bertrand; Louis Dupont
According to the invention, a time synchronization of phase between measurement devices that do not share a same clock for their respective sampling of the signals is carried out by a time tagging of samples of the signals in time blocks followed by an adjustment of the phase values of components of interest of the signals in the regrouped time blocks so that the values refer to common time references between the measurement devices. The tagging is carried out with a synchronization signal available to the measurement devices, completed with count values provided by a counter operated by a reference clock for each measurement device.
131 INTEGRATED CIRCUIT SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING PROCESSES US13370099 2012-02-09 US20120271563A1 2012-10-25 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.
132 Structural health monitoring system having memory on structure US12432668 2009-04-29 US08244486B2 2012-08-14 Chang Zhang; Xinlin Qing; Irene Li
Storage of information, such as baseline information and structure ID, in a memory that is mounted on the structure, rather than inside the diagnosis hardware. This allows for faster and more convenient information retrieval. In particular, this approach allows for a more modular system in which different diagnosis hardware or other analyzers can be simply plugged into a structure's sensor network, whereupon they can quickly download any desired structure-specific information (e.g., baseline information, structure ID, and other useful information) from the on-structure memory.
133 Structural Health Monitoring System US13226199 2011-09-06 US20120203474A1 2012-08-09 Grzegorz Marian Kawiecki; Rosa Maria Rodriguez; Pawel Kudela; Wieslaw Ostachowicz
The present invention relates to a structural health monitoring system, for example a system used in the non-destructive evaluation of an aircraft structure. The present invention provides a method and apparatus for evaluating one or more anomalies within a structure using a structural health monitoring system that includes at least three transducers arranged in operative contact with the structure such that no two transducers are aligned to be parallel. A transducer excites an elastic wave that propagates through the structure, and reflections from any anomalies within the structure are collected by the three transducers. These collected signals are analysed to identify an anomaly within the structure. Time of flight techniques are used to determine the location of the anomaly.
134 IDENTIFICATION OF LOADS ACTING ON AN OBJECT US13262450 2010-04-01 US20120031193A1 2012-02-09 Douglas E. Adams; Nick A. Stites; Nathanael C. Yoder; Jonathan R. White
Structural health monitoring systems can be limited to a minimum number of sensors due to cost, complexity, and weight restrictions. Some embodiments described herein pertain to a load and damage identification techniques that utilize one sensor. Several passive force estimation techniques are presented. Some techniques use either the shape or the amplitude of the magnitude of the applied force in the frequency domain. Several techniques iteratively reduce an underdetermined set of equations of motion into many overdetermined systems of equations to solve for the force estimates. The techniques are shown to locate and quantify impulsive impacts with over 97% accuracy and non-impulsive impacts with at least 87% accuracy. Impacts not acting at a specific input degree of freedom are also accurately located depending on the distance away from the modeled input degrees of freedom, and damaging impact forces are quantified by making assumptions about the impulsive nature of the applied force.
135 Power aware techniques for energy harvesting remote sensor system US12331908 2008-12-10 US08098143B2 2012-01-17 Emad Andarawis; Ertugrul Berkcan; C. Scott Sealing; Robert Wojnarowski; Eladio Delgado; Richard H. Coulter
A distributed monitoring system for monitoring one or more operating conditions of a structure includes: one or more sensor nodes coupled to the structure, each sensor node including: a power supply adapted to scavenge energy directed at the power supply; a sensor operably coupled to the power supply for sensing one or more operating conditions of the structure in the environment; and a communications interface operably coupled to the power supply and the sensor for communicating the sensed operating conditions of the structure; a communication network operably coupled to the sensor nodes; one or more controllers operably coupled to the communication network for monitoring the sensor nodes; and an energy radiator positioned proximate the structure adapted to radiate energy at the power supplies of the sensor nodes.
136 Shaft mounted energy harvesting for wireless sensor operation and data transmission US11891957 2007-08-14 US08011255B2 2011-09-06 Steven W. Arms; Christopher P Townsend; David L. Churchill; Michael J. Hamel
One embodiment of the present patent application is a method of monitoring a rotating part. The method includes providing a shaft, a sensor, a processor, an energy storage device, and a transmitter. The method further includes mounting the sensor directly on the shaft and mounting said processor, said energy storage device, and said transmitter to rotate with said shaft. The method further includes rotating the shaft and waking the processor for a period of time and drawing energy to the processor from the energy storage device to provide the processor in an active mode during the period of time. The method also includes sampling the sensor during the period of time. It also includes returning the processor to sleep mode. The method also includes transmitting data derived from the sensor.
137 DAMAGE SENSORS AND PROCESSING ARRANGEMENTS THEREFOR US12995085 2009-05-21 US20110118990A1 2011-05-19 Jagjit Sidhu; Peter David Foote
A damage sensing system, and a method of sensing damage using the system, are described. The system comprises: a plurality of tuned circuits arranged in parallel, each tuned circuit having a different resonant frequency; and processing means for discriminating the response of the different tuned circuits according to their respective different resonant frequencies, for example by processing changes in the respective Q-factors of the respective tuned circuits; wherein each of the plurality of tuned circuits comprises a respective damage sensor, each damage sensor comprising at least one direct write resistive element applied to an area of a substrate by a direct write process. Each tuned circuit may comprise a common resistor in series with the respective damage sensor. The plurality of the tuned circuits may be coupled to the processing means by a shared single pair of external connections.
138 Method of Operating a Rotatable Part US12947502 2010-11-16 US20110060535A1 2011-03-10 Steven W. Arms; Christopher P Townsend; David L. Churchill; Michael J. Hamel
One embodiment of the present patent application is a method of operating a rotatable part. The method includes providing a system including a rotatable part, a magnet, an emf generating circuit, a processor, and a transmitter. The magnet and the emf generating circuit are mounted for relative rotational motion there between while the rotatable part is rotating. The processor is connected to receive a signal derived from the emf generating circuit and provide data for transmission by the transmitter. The method further includes rotating the rotatable part and generating an emf in the emf generating circuit while the rotatable part rotates. The method also includes using a signal derived from the emf to acquire data indicating a change in a mechanical property of the rotatable part while the rotatable part is rotating in which the data indicating a change in the mechanical property indicates a condition for maintenance The method further includes transmitting information related to the data with the transmitter and providing maintenance to the system based on the information.
139 System and method for self-contained structural health monitoring for composite structures US12371046 2009-02-13 US07860664B2 2010-12-28 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.
140 Scheme for low power strain measurement US12782622 2010-05-18 US20100308794A1 2010-12-09 Christopher P. Townsend; Steven W. Arms
A method of determining a parameter includes providing a sensor that provides a sensor analog voltage. The method also includes providing a peak detecting circuit for detecting a peak voltage in the sensor analog voltage. The method also includes providing the sensor analog voltage to the peak detecting circuit and detecting the peak voltage. The method also includes recording the peak voltage.
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