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Title:
OPTICAL-FIBER BASED THRUST LOAD MEASURING SYSTEM
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2011095262
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:

To provide an optical-fiber based thrust load measuring system.

This optical-fiber based thrust load measuring system (10) is connected to a bearing housing (50). The measuring system includes at least one optical fiber sensor (12) constituted so as to detect one or a plurality of parameters related to the bearing housing. An optical coupler (30) is constituted so as to adjust a light signal radiated from a light source (26) and a light signal reflected by the optical fiber sensor. A detector system (32) is constituted so as to receive a light signal from the optical coupler (30). A processor (34) is constituted so as to receive output from the detector system (32), and to determine a thrust load to a thrust bearing (68) based on one or a plurality of detected parameters related to the bearing housing (50).


Inventors:
RUGGIERO ERIC JOHN
CORATTIYIL BALA
HAASER FREDERIC GARDNER
WOLFER SCOTT FRANCIS
Application Number:
JP2010242909A
Publication Date:
May 12, 2011
Filing Date:
October 29, 2010
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Assignee:
GEN ELECTRIC
International Classes:
F16C35/067; G01L5/00; G01L1/24
Domestic Patent References:
JP2007218911A2007-08-30
JP2009216665A2009-09-24
JP2007263879A2007-10-11
JP2004037311A2004-02-05
JP2006267100A2006-10-05
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Arakawa Satoshi
Hirokazu Ogura
Toshihisa Kurokawa



 
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