MOBILE EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE MONITORING SYSTEM

• US 20170316624A1
• Filed: 10/21/2015
• Published: 11/02/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 10/23/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Carrier Corporation (Carrier Global Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Carrier Corporation (Carrier Global Corporation)
• Inventors: Casasanta, James
• Application Number:
  US15/520,481
• Publication Number:
  US 20170316624A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 23/0283 Predictive maintenance, e.g. involving the monitoring of a system and, based on the monitoring results, taking decisions on the maintenance schedule of the monitored system; Estimating remaining useful life [RUL] preventive maintenance, i.e. planning maintenance according to the available resources without monitoring the system G06Q10/06
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/006 Indicating maintenance
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/008 communicating information to a remotely located station transmission systems for measured values G08C
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/0816 Indicating performance data, e.g. occurrence of a malfunction

Abstract

A mobile equipment maintenance monitoring system includes one or more sensors configured and disposed to detect non-time-based parameter of a mobile equipment component and a controller operatively coupled to the one or more sensors. The controller includes a wireless communication device configured and disposed to wirelessly communicate a maintenance alert to a remote monitoring system.

Claims

1. A mobile equipment maintenance monitoring system comprising:

one or more sensors configured and disposed to detect a non-time-based parameter of a mobile equipment component; and

a controller operatively coupled to the one or more sensors, the controller including a wireless communication device configured and disposed to wirelessly communicate a maintenance alert to a remote monitoring system.

2. The mobile equipment maintenance monitoring system according to claim 1, wherein the non-time-based parameter includes a vibration parameter.

3. The mobile equipment maintenance monitoring system according to claim 1, wherein the non-time-based parameter includes at least one of a pressure parameter and a temperature parameter.

4. The mobile equipment maintenance monitoring system according to claim 1, wherein the mobile equipment component includes a refrigeration system.

5. The mobile equipment maintenance monitoring system according to claim 1, wherein the wireless communication device comprises a satellite communication device.

6. The mobile equipment maintenance monitoring system according to claim 1, wherein the wireless communication device comprises a cellular communication device.

7. The mobile equipment maintenance monitoring system according to claim 1, further comprising:

at least one timer configured and disposed to determine a time-based parameter of a mobile equipment component.

8. A mobile equipment system comprising:

a mobile equipment component; and

a mobile equipment maintenance monitoring system operatively connected to the mobile equipment component, the mobile equipment maintenance system comprising;

one or more sensors configured and disposed to detect a non-time-based parameter of the mobile equipment component; and

a controller operatively coupled to the one or more sensors, the controller including a wireless communication device configured and disposed to wirelessly communicate a maintenance alert to a remote monitoring system.

9. The mobile equipment system according to claim 8, wherein the non-time-based parameter includes a vibration parameter.

10. The mobile equipment system according to claim 8, wherein the non-time-based parameter includes at least one of a pressure parameter and a temperature parameter.

11. The mobile equipment system according to claim 8, wherein the mobile equipment component includes a refrigeration system.

12. The mobile equipment system according to claim 8, wherein the wireless communication device comprises a satellite communication device.

13. The mobile equipment system according to claim 8, wherein the wireless communication device comprises a cellular communication device.

14. The mobile equipment system according to claim 8, further comprising:

at least one timer configured and disposed to determine a time-based parameter of a mobile equipment component.

15. A method of monitoring a mobile equipment component comprising:

detecting a non-time-based parameter of the mobile equipment component;

determining whether the non-time-based parameter exceeds a non-time-based parameter threshold; and

wirelessly signaling a maintenance need if the non-time-based parameter exceeds the non-time-based parameter threshold.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein detecting the non-time-based parameter includes detecting a vibration parameter.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein detecting the non-time-based parameter includes detecting at least one of a pressure parameter and a temperature parameter.

18. The method of claim 15, wherein wirelessly signaling the maintenance need includes communicating with a satellite communications system.

19. The method of claim 15, wherein wirelessly signaling the maintenance need includes communicating with a cellular communications system.

20. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

detecting a time-based parameter of a mobile equipment component.