Antifriction bearing including microsensor for determining parameters, in particular wheel bearing for motor vehicles
First Claim
1. An antifriction bearing including an outer ring and an inner ring wherein the rings are relatively rotatable and bearing rolling elements between the inner and outer rings;
- a microsensor for recording rotational speed or acceleration and various driving and braking forces between the rings;
the microsensor being in the form of a microswitch array attached to the rotating one of the rings, and the microswitch array being adapted to generate a signal that is to be compared with another signal to sense at least one of the factors comprising the speed, acceleration, driving forces and braking forces on the one ring with reference to the other ring.
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Abstract
In order to achieve direct digital data recording and reliable and space saving and cost saving recording of the status of an antifriction bearing, in particular a wheel bearing for motor vehicles, sensors record the rotational speed and acceleration of the wheels and driving and/or braking forces. The sensors are microsensors in the form of microswitch arrays, at least one of which is attached to the rotating ring of the bearing, and the generated signals are compared with stored basic patterns or with the signals of an identical or similar microsensor arranged on the stationary ring of the bearing and/or are evaluated.
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22 Claims
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1. An antifriction bearing including an outer ring and an inner ring wherein the rings are relatively rotatable and bearing rolling elements between the inner and outer rings;
a microsensor for recording rotational speed or acceleration and various driving and braking forces between the rings;
the microsensor being in the form of a microswitch array attached to the rotating one of the rings, and the microswitch array being adapted to generate a signal that is to be compared with another signal to sense at least one of the factors comprising the speed, acceleration, driving forces and braking forces on the one ring with reference to the other ring.- View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method of sensing for recording the rotational speed or acceleration of wheels and driving and braking forces of a vehicle, wherein the vehicle has a plurality of wheels, and has a respective antifriction bearing at each of the wheels, with one ring of the bearing being connected with the wheel for rotating therewith and the other ring of the bearing being connected with the vehicle;
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a respective sensor for recording the rotational speed, acceleration of the wheel and driving and braking forces on the wheel, wherein each of the sensors is designed as a microsensor in the form of a microswitch array attached to the moving ring of the bearing and generating a signal upon rotation of the wheel; the method ring comprising comparing the generated signal with another signal for determining the speed, acceleration, driving and braking forces on the wheel, and evaluating the signals of all of the sensors on all of the wheels for determining the factors of speed, acceleration, driving and braking forces on the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22)
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