Embedded system for diagnostics and prognostics of conduits

• US 20070021941A1
• Filed: 06/26/2006
• Published: 01/25/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 09/28/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kkb Technologies LLC
• Original Assignee: Kenneth Blemel
• Inventors: Blemel, Kenneth
• Granted Patent: US 7,356,444 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 702/182
• CPC Class Codes: D07B 1/145 comprising elements for indicating or detecting the rope or cable status
• CPC Class Codes: F17D 5/02 Preventing, monitoring, or locating loss
• CPC Class Codes: G01M 5/0091 by using electromagnetic excitation or detection

Abstract

An apparatus providing a means for assessment of the integrity of insulated conduits, harnesses, cables, pipelines and other interconnection systems constructed with integral sensitized media, discrete sensors, and electronics providing a means for transforming sensed data into information and a means for communicating information for the purpose of understanding the location, degree and risk of damage and deterioration, and the probable causes thereof.

Claims

1. A distributed system for monitoring a health status and integrity of at least one conduit, the system comprising:

a plurality of local health status and integrity monitoring devices each capable of inspecting the status of local individual conduits and conduit components, each local monitoring device coupled to a central processor by wired or wireless means, the central processor for receiving from each local monitoring device the local data concerning its associated conduits, for generating a set of data for each local conduit monitoring device, and for communicating the set of data to each local conduit monitoring device; and

each local monitoring device having a local processor for receiving the set of data, collecting data regarding the at least one local conduit and analyzing the local data using a set of data for local health monitoring purposes.

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