| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 073530050 | Lubricant testing | 39 |
| 20080314127 | Sulfur in fuel tester - A portable diesel fuel tester and a method of its use are provided. A sample of diesel fuel is placed in a sample tray of the tester. The diesel fuel is heated to a gas state and circulated to a SO | 12-25-2008 |
| 20090211342 | Method for the Quantitative Determination of an Aging Effect on Motor Oil - The quantitative determination of aging effects on motor oil is of great interest. According to a method, two variables of the motor oil are detected, one of the two variables being the viscosity and the other variable being the acid content of the motor oil. A first deviation of the detected first variable from a default value is then determined, and the second variable is estimated based on the deviation. By determining a second deviation of the estimated second variable from the detected second variable, the second deviation is determined as a measure of the aging effect on the motor oil. Since various aging effects influence the two variables in different manners, individual aging effects may be quantitatively determined in a targeted manner. | 08-27-2009 |
| 20090241645 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING TRANSMISSION OIL TYPE - Transmission oil type may be determined based on the opening time of a transmission latch valve and on oil temperature. An opening time of a latch valve positioned between an oil reservoir and one or more torque transmitting devices of a transmission is determined in response to a command to open the latch valve. A temperature of oil supplied by the latch valve from the oil reservoir to the one or more torque transmitting devices in response to the command to open the latch valve is also determined. The latch valve opening time and oil temperature are monitored over a range of oil temperatures to collect opening times of the latch valve at each of a plurality of oil temperatures within the range of oil temperatures. The transmission oil type is then determined based on the opening times of the latch valve at each of the plurality of oil temperatures. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20100089131 | MEMS-based sensor for lubricant analysis - A fluid contamination analyzer employs one or more MEMS-based sensors. The sensors are incorporated into probes or alternatively may be employed in an in-line analyzer residing in the fluid. The sensors, which can be selective to detect a distinct contaminant within the fluid, sense an impedance of the fluid, which is a function of its contamination and communicates the impedance to analysis circuitry. | 04-15-2010 |
| 20100180671 | ENGINE OIL DEGRADATION-ESTIMATING DEVICE AND DEVICE FOR ESTIMATING ANTIOXIDANT PERFORMANCE OF ENGINE OIL - To provide an engine oil degradation-estimating device and a device for estimating antioxidant performance of engine oil which are capable of determining degradation and an antioxidant performance of engine oil inexpensively and accurately, thereby making it possible to properly determine degradation of the engine oil and the time for replacement of the engine oil. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100199749 | Arrangement for determining a characteristic variable of a fluid, sensor device and use in a motor vehicle - An arrangement and method for determining a characteristic variable of a fluid having a movably suspended measuring element, a restraining element, an advancing element and a control device. The control device is designed to actuate the restraining element and/or the advancing element in order to move the measuring element between the first measuring point and the second measuring point, to determine a time period which the measuring element requires in order to be moved between the first measuring point and the second measuring point, and to determine a characteristic variable of the fluid on the basis of the determined time period, a predetermined force and a known geometry. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20110016954 | System and method for screening liquid compositions - Disclosed herein is a system and method for screening a liquid composition. The system includes (a) a test cell having a top portion and a bottom portion, the test cell comprising (i) a test panel removably mounted to the top portion of the test cell at an angle of between about 10 to about 45 degrees to the horizontal of the test cell; (ii) a reservoir for holding the liquid composition; and (iii) a means for applying a substantially uniform coating of the liquid composition from the reservoir to at least a portion of the test panel; (b) a means for heating the test panel according to a first temperature control program; (c) a means for heating the reservoir according to a second temperature control program; and (d) a means for supplying an oxidizing gas to the test cell. | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110239743 | VEHICLE WORKING-FLUID EVALUATING SYSTEM - A vehicle working-fluid evaluating system includes an obtaining device configured to obtain a plurality of deterioration elements related to deterioration factors that are generated as a vehicle travels and that accelerate deterioration of working fluid. A deterioration-level calculator is configured to calculate, based on the plurality of deterioration elements obtained by the obtaining device, an oil deterioration estimate. A severity determining device is configured to determine, in accordance with the oil deterioration estimate calculated by the deterioration-level calculator, severity of usage of the working fluid for a transmission mounted on the vehicle. A change-timing determining device is configured to determine the working-fluid change timing in accordance with the severity of usage of the working fluid determined by the severity determining device. A notification device is configured to indicate the determined working-fluid change timing determined by the change-timing determining device. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110252870 | METHOD FOR MONITORING A LINEAR GUIDE - A method for monitoring a linear guide with a carriage that can be displaced along a rail on a lubricated rolling contact is provided having a sensor device for detecting a state of a lubricant for lubricating the rolling contact. In order to allow a quick determination of the state of the lubricant with simple measures, an oscillation time signal is detected by a sensor device from which a characteristic value that increases with increasing degradation of the lubricant is determined by an effective value determination after high-pass filtering. When the characteristic value exceeds a specified threshold value, measures are initiated for improving the lubricating properties. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110296902 | METHOD FOR METERED DISPENSING OF LUBRICANT - The invention relates to a method for metered dispensing of lubricants using a lubricant dispenser comprising a reservoir chamber filled with lubricant, a gas generating unit for electrochemically generating gas, a piston acted on by the generated gas for outputting the lubricant from the reservoir chamber, and an electronic control unit for controlling the electrochemical gas generation. According to the invention, the temperature of the lubricant or the environment is measured at time intervals, and an average temperature value is derived from a plurality of measured temperature values. Using stored correction values describing the temperature-dependence of the electrochemical gas generating rate, a control parameter determining the electrochemical gas generation is set for the average temperature value, having the requirement that the gas generating rate at the average temperature value corresponds to the target value that correlates to prescribed dispensing time. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20120067111 | BEARING, ARRANGEMENT FOR DETERMINING PROPERTIES OF A LUBRICANT IN A BEARING AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING PROPERTIES OF A LUBRICANT IN A BEARING - The invention relates to a bearing, comprising:
| 03-22-2012 |
| 20120227468 | TUBULAR LIQUID-TREATING FILTER, METHOD FOR CAPTURING AND REMOVING OIL CONTENT IN LIQUID, METHOD FOR PRODUCING BEVERAGE LIQUID, AND METHOD FOR MEASURING OIL GRAM LIFE OF TUBULAR FILTER - A tubular filter suitable for capturing and removing, in a continuous production line, solid content and oil content in a large volume of liquid (particularly a beverage liquid). A tubular liquid-treating filter formed by winding a nonwoven fabric layer together with a reinforcing net sheet, wherein the reinforcing net sheet has a mesh size in the range from 6 to 35 mesh and includes a portion having a thickness in the range from 0.3 to 2.0 mm. | 09-13-2012 |
| 20130008235 | COMPOSITION OF MULTIPHASE FLOW - In a method for determining a total hydrocarbon composition of a multiphase flow including gas and liquid, the method includes taking different samples of the gas and liquid at t least two different thermodynamic states of the multiphase flow. The method further includes analyzing the different samples, and using a molar balance of the different samples at the at least two different thermodynamic states to calculate a gas molar fraction and a liquid molar fraction. The gas molar fraction and liquid molar fraction may be used for deriving an overall composition of the multiphase flow and for deriving the gas and liquid volume fractions. | 01-10-2013 |
| 20130047708 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MEASURING ENGINE OIL DETERIORATION - The present invention relates to a method of measuring engine oil deterioration, including measuring the first absorbance of engine oil using near infrared at a wavelength of 1000 nm or more, measuring the second absorbance of the engine oil during use using near infrared at the wavelength, and comparing the first absorbance and the second absorbance of the engine oil, so that the engine oil may be determined to be in a state of deterioration when the second absorbance may be at least 1.5 times the first absorbance, and to a system for measuring engine oil deterioration therefor. | 02-28-2013 |
| 20130118234 | APPARATUS FOR MEASURING AIR AMOUNT OF ENGINE OIL AND METHOD USING THE SAME - An apparatus for measuring air amount of engine oil includes an inflow pipe in which the engine oil flows in connection with an engine and an inflow valve, a measuring burette having an inflow hole connected with the inflow pipe and an outflow hole formed at the other side and a measurement camera provided at the side of the measuring burette to photograph graduations, a vent pipe branched from the outflow hole of the measuring burette and a bent valve provided on the vent pipe, a drain burette having a drain pipe connected with the outflow hole provided at one side thereof and having a drain valve provided on the drain pipe, an auxiliary drain pipe having one side branched from the inflow hole and the other side connected to the drain burette and an auxiliary valve provided on the auxiliary drain pipe, and a control unit. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130152674 | GREASE TEST KIT AND METHODS OF TESTING GREASE - A kit for testing grease includes components for testing consistency, oil bleed characteristic and contamination. Consistency of the grease is tested by compressing a sample of the grease between two surfaces (e.g., glass plates), measuring the extent of spread, and comparing the measured spread to a calibrated reference. Oil bleed characteristic is tested by placing a quantity of the used grease on a test medium, heating the test sample, measuring a dimension of the grease quantity on the heated test sample, and determining the bleed characteristic of the used grease by comparing the dimension of the grease quantity to a reference. A contamination test may be performed by further compressing the consistency sample and inspecting the sample both by the naked eye and with a microscope. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130219998 | ROTATING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TESTING ENGINE LUBRICANTS - Systems and methods for testing an engine lubricant are provided. The system includes a test assembly rotatably supportable on a platform. The test assembly includes a pair of spaced apart blocks and at least one test cylinder. The blocks include a support block and a test block. The support block has at least one cavity therein. The test block has a heat source applying heat to a test surface thereof. The test cylinder has the engine lubricant therein, and a closed end and an open end opposite thereto. The closed end is positionable in the cavity of the support block. The open end is positionable adjacent the test surface of the test block. The test cylinder is rotatable between a contact position and a non-contact position by the rotating frame such that the engine lubricant is selectively contactable with the test surface whereby deposits form on the test surface. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130239663 | APPARATUS FOR EVALUATING LUBRICAN - An apparatus having a vacuum vessel that has a mechanism using a lubricant therein and not causing defects and faults to samples introduced into the vacuum vessel even it is an apparatus where lubricating oil or grease is applied is provided. An apparatus having a vacuum vessel that has a mechanism using a lubricant therein such as CD-SEM, in which a lubricant (oil, grease) whose adsorption amount per minute to a surface of a material introduced into the vacuum vessel of an apparatus for evaluating a lubricant after the start of vacuum evacuation and after reaches a quasi-equilibrium state is below 0.09 ng/cm | 09-19-2013 |
| 20130269422 | LUBRICATION-CONDITION DETECTOR, LUBRICANT FEEDER, INJECTION MOLDING MACHINE AND METHOD OF DETECTING LUBRICATION-CONDITION - A lubrication-condition detector detects a lubricant shortage of a target portion that repeats a predetermined operation at a predetermined cycle. The lubrication-condition detector includes: a physical-quantity measuring unit for continuously measuring a physical quantity related to the target portion; and a computer for determining a presence of a lubricant shortage based on the physical quantity. The computer includes: a cycle extractor for extracting a cycle datum per an operational cycle from continuous data including the physical quantity and its measuring time; a representative-value calculator for calculating a representative value for each of plural cycle data; and determining unit for determining a presence of a lubricant shortage based on the plural representative values. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20140007657 | STATUS MONITORING SYSTEM AND STATUS MONITORING METHOD FOR ROLLING DEVICE - In order to provide a status monitoring system for accurately determining the contaminant water concentration in a lubricant oil used in a rolling device, the provision is made of a contaminant water concentration monitoring device ( | 01-09-2014 |
| 20140083172 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING AN AGEING STATE OF A LUBRICANT - In a method for determining an ageing state of lubricant which comes into contact with a metallic surface in a machine to be lubricated, a metal ion content or a change over time of a metal ion content in the lubricant is determined. The metal ion content can be determined by a measuring sensor which is disposed in the machine or disposed in a lubricant line connected to the machine. | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140109656 | Apparatus for Measurement of Liquid Oil Products - An apparatus for measurement of liquid oil products has a local control unit; a grounding element; an electric pump aggregate; a filter; a gas separator; an electromagnetically operated valve; an indication and control unit; a sensor for sensing temperature of liquid oil product; a mass flow meter located between an outlet of the gas separator and an input of the electromagnetically operated valve and connected with the indication and control block; and a device for determining a water quantity in the oil product connected with the indication and control block. | 04-24-2014 |
| 20140130579 | DETECTION OF FUEL CONTAMINATION IN LUBRICATING OIL - A method for measuring fuel contamination in oil that uses a material in contact with oil whereby fuel intrusion into the oil will change the electrical, mechanical, and/or chemical properties of the material as compared to the same electrical, mechanical, and/or chemical properties of the material when in contact only with mineral or synthetic oil only. | 05-15-2014 |
| 20140318222 | METHOD TO PREVENT EXCESSIVE MAINTENANCE TO A VEHICLE LUBRICATING SYSTEM BASED ON DETECTION - This invention is a method to prevent excessive maintenance to vehicle lubricating system based on detection, to overcome the defect in maintenance procedure. Technical measures are as follows: it is a method to prevent excessive maintenance to vehicle lubricating system based on detection, with oil detection module | 10-30-2014 |
| 20150068289 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING LUBRICANT OF AN ENGINE - The present invention relates to a system and method for monitoring lubricant of an engine. The system for monitoring lubricant of an engine comprises: a lubricant sensor, which measures lubricant quantity of the engine; a data acquisition unit, which collects the lubricant quantity of the engine from the lubricant sensor at a fixed time interval; and a message generation unit, which generates lubricant quantity monitoring messages according to the lubricant quantity of the engine collected by the data acquisition unit. | 03-12-2015 |
| 20150082871 | ONBOARD DIAGNOSTIC OF ENGINE OIL QUALITY BY USING A TRANSFER FUNCTION WITH A PLURALITY OF FLUID PROPERTY SENSORS - A system and method for measuring engine oil quality is disclosed. The system and method include: a plurality of sensors detecting oil quality data; and a processor in communication with the plurality of sensors to receive the oil quality data and adapted to execute a transfer function to output qualitative and quantitative measurements with respect to contamination of the oil based upon the oil quality data. | 03-26-2015 |
| 20150082872 | MULTI-MODAL FLUID CONDITION SENSOR PLATFORM AND SYSTEM THEREFOR - This invention encompasses embodiments for multi-modal integrated simultaneous measurement of various aspects of fluids contained in circulating systems such as automotive reciprocating engines and vehicle transmissions. These circulating systems perform constant internal lubrication, and heat and contaminant removal to protect the internal moving parts from the inherent friction and damage in normal operation. Most commonly this is achieved with fluids based on hydrocarbon and/or related synthetics, which, over time, can lose their protective properties, and vary in their performance or breakdown/decay due to internal and external events. Several components within the lubricant fluid can be measured and can provide insight into the efficacy of the system to perform its designed mission. Described herein is a real-time, simultaneous, integrated, multi-modal sensor system for early warning notification that can be further enhanced using specifically designed nanoparticles that can be introduced into the system, engineered to specifically bind with the contaminants and/or undergo an irreversible state change upon certain experienced conditions to both increase the detectability as well as provide for a framework to improve filter performance. | 03-26-2015 |
| 20150135806 | METHOD FOR FAST ESTIMATION OF DISTILLATION RESIDUES AND COKE CHARACTERISTICS - The present invention relates to a method of estimating, for a petroleum feedstock, values representative of the sulfur and carbon distributions in atmospheric and vacuum distillation residues, and a value representative of the sulfur content in coke. According to the method, the following stages are carried out:
| 05-21-2015 |
| 20160018382 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MEASURING AN OPERATIVE CONDITION OF A MACHINE - A system includes a sensor, one or more processors, a transmitter, and a capacitance control structure. The sensor is configured to contact a fluid and measure a characteristic of the fluid. The one or more processors are operably coupled to the sensor. The one or more processors are configured to generate one or more data signals representative of the characteristic of the fluid that is measured by the sensor. The transmitter is operably coupled to the one or more processors. The transmitter is configured to wirelessly communicate the one or more data signals to a remote reader. The capacitance control structure is configured to one or more of reduce or isolate sensor capacitance of the sensor from the one or more processors. | 01-21-2016 |
| 20160047791 | SAMPLING AN OIL COMPOSITION - Various embodiments disclosed relate to methods and apparatus for sampling an oil composition. In various embodiments, the present invention provides a method of sampling one or more components of an oil composition. The method includes placing a fluid into a pressure chamber at a first pressure. The pressure chamber includes an oil composition therein. The oil composition contacts the fluid. The fluid includes at least one of a gas, a liquid, and a supercritical fluid. The method also includes taking a sample of at least one of the fluid and the oil composition from the pressure chamber. | 02-18-2016 |
| 20180023414 | OIL DEBRIS MONITORING FOR FAILURE DETECTION ISOLATION | 01-25-2018 |
| 073530060 | By analyzing a characteristic of a measuring surface | 2 |
| 20140331746 | OIL DEGRADATION DETERMINING DEVICE FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE (AS AMENDED) - To provide an oil degradation determining device for an internal combustion engine, which is able to determine degradation of oil accurately regardless of a driving state of a vehicle. | 11-13-2014 |
| 20150101399 | FRICTION APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MEASURING LUBRICITY OF DOWNHOLE FLUIDS - A lubricity testing apparatus may have a first surface configured for moving against a second surface, a second surface, a measurement device in communication with the first surface, and an actuator in communication with the first surface. A fluid may be circulated about or over at least one of the surfaces. The measurement device may measure at least one force encountered when the first surface moves against the second surface. The actuator may move the first surface against the second surface. At least one force related to the first surface may be measured as the first surface moves against the second surface to determine the lubricity of the fluid. | 04-16-2015 |
| 073530070 | By solid content | 6 |
| 20090320567 | Broken piece detecting sensor - To provide a broken piece detecting sensor assembly capable of stably detecting broken piece admixed in a fluid, which broken piece is made of material characterized by non-metal, non-magnetic and non-electroconductive characteristics such as ceramics. This broken piece detecting sensor assembly is a sensor for detecting broken piece admixed in a fluid. Provided are two opposed flat plates, a shift mechanism for moving at least one of the two flat plates in a confronting direction to allow the broken piece to be sandwiched between those two flat plates, and measuring and determining section. The measuring and determining section is operable to measure the distance between the two flat plates to thereby detect the presence or absence of the broken piece, the size of the broken piece or the amount of the broken piece accumulated. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20100126251 | Hall Effect-Based Real-Time Lubrication Monitoring System Modes of Operation and Use Thereof - The invention relates to a system for real-time monitoring of motile lubricants within the presently common reciprocating engine. A sensor array is fully submerged (or partially submerged) within the lubricant system fluid, for example, oil. The fluid property monitoring is accomplished by multiple sensors acting in unison to provide data to a remote processing and display portion of the system. The system allows for the unified data acquisition and real-time comparison by providing both a physical sensor unit with embedded multiple sensors of multiple types as well as multiple DSP (Digital Signal Processing) or microcontroller modules acting in parallel to provide best-fit results for purposes of real-time monitoring high-temperature motile lubricants for property degradation (namely viscosity and foreign particulate detection) and particulate accumulation. | 05-27-2010 |
| 20100206056 | Test Medium for the Rapid Analysis of Motor Oils in Internal Combustion Engines - The present invention relates to a test medium for the rapid analysis of engine oils in internal combustion engines,
| 08-19-2010 |
| 20140318223 | TURBOMACHINE LUBRICATING OIL ANALYZER APPARATUS - Various embodiments of the invention include an apparatus for monitoring a lubrication oil in a turbomachine oil reservoir, the apparatus having: a housing section including: a casing; a base plate and a back support coupled with the casing; an oil intake conduit extending through the base plate, the oil intake conduit for fluidly connecting with the turbomachine oil reservoir; a pump fluidly connected with the oil intake conduit; an oil analyzer fluidly connected with the pump; and a drain conduit fluidly connected with the oil analyzer and extending through the base plate; and a mount coupled with the housing section, the mount for coupling with the turbomachine oil reservoir. | 10-30-2014 |
| 20150047419 | LUBRICANT HEALTH AND SERVICE DETERMINATION - A method is disclosed that includes determining a current level of a plurality of lubricant parameters present in a portion of lubricant, comparing the current level of each of the plurality of lubricant parameters to a threshold value corresponding to each of the plurality of lubricant parameters, analyzing a priority of each of the lubricant parameters, and determining a health status of the lubricant in response to the comparing and the analyzing. | 02-19-2015 |
| 20160017747 | OIL SYSTEM DEBRIS MONITOR FOR A GAS TURBINE ENGINE - A debris monitor sensor system according to one disclosed non-limiting embodiment of the present disclosure includes a first passage disposed substantially linearly along a flow path, the first passage includes a sensor passage section. A second passage splits from the first passage and is offset from the flow path. An oil debris monitor is in communication with the sensor passage section. | 01-21-2016 |
