Patent ID: 11932050
Assignee: CONSOLIDATED METCO, INC.
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B  G

Claim 0:
1. A method of monitoring a first wheel hub of a vehicle via a sensor node, the first wheel hub having a housing with a flange for receiving a wheel, the sensor node embedded in or mounted to the housing of the first wheel hub, the sensor node comprising an accelerometer and/or a gyroscope, the method comprising:
monitoring a parameter associated with the first wheel hub with the sensor node as the housing of the first wheel hub rotates during movement of the vehicle and the sensor node rotates with the housing, the parameter comprising a vibration parameter indicative of a vibration of the housing of the first wheel hub;
transmitting information pertaining to the parameter associated with the first wheel hub from the sensing node to a remote device;
comparing, via the remote device, the information pertaining to the parameter associated with the first wheel hub parameter with information pertaining to a parameter associated with a second wheel hub of the vehicle to obtain compared wheel hub information, the parameter associated with the second wheel hub comprising a vibration parameter indicative of a vibration of a housing of the second wheel hub; and
determining a condition of the first wheel hub based at least in part upon the compared wheel information.