DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ERROR MONITORING FOR UNDERCARRIAGE COMPONENTS OF RAIL VEHICLES
First Claim
1. A device for monitoring undercarriage components of rail vehicles for faults, said device comprising at least one acceleration sensor which interacts with an evaluation device, wherein at least one acceleration sensor is arranged on the undercarriage of the rail vehicle in such a way that its detection direction has at least one component parallel to the vertical axis of the rail vehicle, wherein:
- the acceleration sensor is embodied in such a way that it supplies a measurement signal which contains a signal component which corresponds to the acceleration due to gravity or constitutes a signal which corresponds to the acceleration due to gravity, and in that the evaluation device comprises a routine for checking the function of the acceleration sensor, which routine modulates a fault signal if the measurement signal which is supplied by the acceleration sensor does not contain a signal component which corresponds to the acceleration due to gravity or does not constitute a signal which corresponds to the acceleration due to gravity and suppresses the fault signal if this is not the case.
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Abstract
The invention relates to a device for monitoring errors in undercarriage components of rail vehicles, having at least one acceleration sensor which works with an evaluation unit. At least one acceleration sensor is arranged on the undercarriage of the rail vehicle in such a manner that its direction of detection has at least one component parallel to the vertical axis (z-direction) of the rail vehicle. The invention proposes that the acceleration sensor is constructed in such a manner that it delivers a measuring signal which contains the signal portion corresponding to a ground acceleration, or represents a signal corresponding to a ground acceleration, and that the evaluation unit has a routine for testing functions of the acceleration sensor, the routine controlling an error signal if the measuring signal delivered by the acceleration sensor contains no signal portion corresponding to a ground acceleration. The routine also suppresses the error signal if this is not the case.
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15 Claims
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1. A device for monitoring undercarriage components of rail vehicles for faults, said device comprising at least one acceleration sensor which interacts with an evaluation device, wherein at least one acceleration sensor is arranged on the undercarriage of the rail vehicle in such a way that its detection direction has at least one component parallel to the vertical axis of the rail vehicle, wherein:
the acceleration sensor is embodied in such a way that it supplies a measurement signal which contains a signal component which corresponds to the acceleration due to gravity or constitutes a signal which corresponds to the acceleration due to gravity, and in that the evaluation device comprises a routine for checking the function of the acceleration sensor, which routine modulates a fault signal if the measurement signal which is supplied by the acceleration sensor does not contain a signal component which corresponds to the acceleration due to gravity or does not constitute a signal which corresponds to the acceleration due to gravity and suppresses the fault signal if this is not the case. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method for monitoring undercarriage components of rail vehicles for faults, said method comprising:
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using at least one acceleration sensor whose measurement signal contains a signal component which corresponds to the acceleration due to gravity or constitutes a signal which corresponds to the acceleration due to gravity, arrangement arranging of the acceleration sensor on the undercarriage of the rail vehicle in such a way that its detection direction has at least one component parallel to a vertical axis of the rail vehicle, checking of the function of the acceleration sensor in such a way that a fault signal is modulated if the measurement signal which is supplied by the acceleration sensor does not contain a signal component which corresponds to the acceleration due to gravity or does not constitute a signal which corresponds to the acceleration due to gravity, and suppressing of the fault signal if this is not the case.
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