Abstract: A device and method for mounting sensors to components comprising a mounting pad adapted for adhesive attachment to the component and further including a feature allowing for a secondary restraint. In various variations, the sensor may be an accelerometer, vibration sensor, temperature sensor or other sensor. The feature and secondary restraint may include one or more holes in the mounting pad for attachment by safety wire or other restraint to provide limited movement in the case of adhesive failure.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 27, 2017
Date of Patent:
March 5, 2024
Assignee:
RMCI, Inc.
Inventors:
Stephen Cary Potts, Patrick Duane Hall, Jeremy Scott Branning
Abstract: A method and system for diagnosing gear condition by comparing data collected from each member of a set of coupled gears, including mating gears. Data containing vibrations or other signals from the set of coupled gears are collected. Condition indicators are calculated from the vibration data. The values of these condition indicators are compared for each pair of coupled gears. A divergence of the condition indicators as indicated by the comparison may indicate the presence of a faulted or otherwise anomalous condition. Such indication may be provided to a user. In one variation, the vibration data are used to calculate a synchronous average for each gear and the condition indicators are based on the synchronous average.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 15, 2015
Date of Patent:
October 24, 2017
Assignee:
RMCI, inc.
Inventors:
Stephen Cary Potts, Josiah David Thomas
Abstract: One embodiment of a method of calculating appropriate helicopter rotor adjustments, a method of calculating helicopter rotor adjustment coefficients, a method of producing a set of rotor adjustment coefficients for a specific rotor based on a limited data set, a software application for rotor balance, and a computing system for rotor balance.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 6, 2014
Date of Patent:
September 12, 2017
Assignee:
RMCI, Inc.
Inventors:
Stephen Cary Potts, Kenneth Wayne Speaks, Michael Peter Zekoff
Abstract: An embodiment of a tracker system for determining the distance of a moving object from a predefined reference point is disclosed. The system uses a phase-based signal extraction technique for determining the traversal time of the object through a predefined angular region. The first embodiment of the system includes a weather-resistant enclosure (12), two photodiodes (21) with narrow fields of view, four light-emitting diodes pulsed at high frequencies (20), collimating optics (15) for use with the light-emitting diodes, focusing optics (14) for use with the photodiodes, and an analog circuit for signal extraction (FIG. 7). FIG. 2 shows each component in the first embodiment. Phase-based signal processing identifies time intervals over which the object is within the angular region, from which the distance to the object is calculated (FIG. 1). Alternative embodiments are also discussed.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 27, 2015
Date of Patent:
April 25, 2017
Assignee:
RMCI, Inc.
Inventors:
Andrew Wallace Marsh, Bryant Paul Finney, Stephen Cary Potts, Benjamin Paul Leedy