Kit for bearing and bearing arrangement

• US 10,101,241 B2
• Filed: 02/03/2016
• Issued: 10/16/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 02/06/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co.KG (INA-Holding Schaeffler GmbH & Co. KG)
• Original Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co.KG (INA-Holding Schaeffler GmbH & Co. KG)
• Inventors: Kram, Martin, Heim, Jens
• Primary Examiner(s): Charles, Marcus
• Application Number:
  US15/540,444
• Publication Number:
  US 20170370802A1
• Time in Patent Office: 986 Days
• Field of Search: 384448, 384445, 73579, 73593, 73587, 73649, 73650, 73660, 702 57, 702183, 340682, 340517
• CPC Class Codes: B21B 38/00 Methods or devices for measuring, detecting or monitoring specially adapted for metal-rolling mills, e.g. position detection, inspection of the product control devices or methods B21B37/00
• CPC Class Codes: F16C 19/00 Bearings with rolling contact, for exclusively rotary movement adjustable bearings F16C23/00, F16C25/00 ; electrically insulating bearings H02K5/173
• CPC Class Codes: F16C 19/06 with a single row or balls
• CPC Class Codes: F16C 19/52 with devices affected by abnormal or undesired conditions
• CPC Class Codes: F16C 19/522 related to load on the bearing, e.g. bearings with load sensors or means to protect the bearing against overload
• CPC Class Codes: F16C 33/6648 in a porous or resinous body, e.g. a cage impregnated with the liquid
• CPC Class Codes: F16C 33/6681 Details of distribution or circulation inside the bearing, e.g. grooves on the cage or passages in the rolling elements
• CPC Class Codes: F16C 41/00 Other accessories, e.g. devices integrated in the bearing not relating to the bearing function as such
• CPC Class Codes: G01L 5/0009 Force sensors associated with a bearing testing of bearings G01M13/04
• CPC Class Codes: G01M 13/04 Bearings

Abstract

A kit including a plurality of modules which can be integrated in a bearing installation space is disclosed. The modules include a plurality of supply management modules for supplying bearing components, a plurality of functional modules for measuring bearing state variables and/or for triggering and/or activating specified events under specified conditions, and a plurality of infrastructure modules for implementing communication tasks and/or for saving and processing specified and/or recorded data. A bearing arrangement having a bearing and a plurality of modules which can be connected to a common connection medium is also disclosed, wherein the modules are components of the kit.

Claims

1. A kit for bearings comprising a plurality of modules, the kit comprising:

a plurality of supply management modules for supplying bearing components,

a plurality of functional modules for at least one of measuring bearing state variables or for at least one of triggering or activating predetermined events under predetermined conditions, and

a plurality of infrastructure modules for at least one of implementing communication tasks or for storage and processing of at least one of predetermined or detected data,

wherein (i) each module of the plurality of supply management modules, (ii) each module of the plurality of functional modules, and (iii) each module of the plurality of infrastructure modules have mutually compatible mechanical interfaces, electrical interfaces, functional interfaces or material interfaces within each subset (i)-(iii) of the plurality of modules.

2. The kit as claimed in claim 1, wherein at least one of the supply management modules is designed for supplying bearing components with electrical energy.

3. The kit as claimed in claim 1, wherein at least one of the supply management modules is designed for supplying bearing components with lubricant.

4. The kit as claimed in claim 1, wherein the functional modules are designed for measuring at least one of rotational speed, temperature, force, angle of rotation, acceleration or lubricant quality.

5. The kit as claimed in claim 1, wherein at least one of the functional modules is designed for driving at least one of lubricant pumps or display units.

6. The kit as claimed in claim 1, wherein at least one of the infrastructure modules is designed for wireless data exchange.

7. The kit as claimed in claim 1, wherein at least one of the infrastructure modules is designed for electrically linking the modules to a connecting medium.

8. A bearing arrangement comprising a bearing and a plurality of modules connectable to a common connecting medium, the modules being components of a kit as claimed in claim 1.

9. The bearing arrangement as claimed in claim 8, wherein the connecting medium is a bus system.