Patents Assigned to Sundstrand Fuild Handling Corporation
  • Dry bearing detection apparatus
    Patent number: 5929336
    Abstract: Apparatus for detecting a dry bearing condition utilizes an ultrasonic transducer which is intermittently pulsed a certain number of times by a microprocessor and associated circuitry. The number of return pulses received by the ultrasonic transducer is detected by the microprocessor and is used to determine whether a dry bearing condition exists.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 27, 1999
    Assignee: Sundstrand Fuild Handling Corporation
    Inventors: David J. Belanger, Palmer H. Beam, George J. Eilers, Daniel R. Mohrbacher, Douglas P. Miller