Patent ID: 11915530
Assignee: CONSOLIDATED METCO, INC.
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H  B | IPC B  G  H

Claim 4:
5. The wheel end monitoring apparatus of claim 1 further comprising a processor configured to utilize the at least one property of the clamped wheel hub and wheel rim components to determine at least one of:
a failure mechanism of one or more of the wheel hub and wheel rim;
an under-tensioned or over-tensioned fastener of the wheel hub;
an elongation of one or more components of the wheel hub that exceeds a threshold;
a stress in one or more components of the wheel hub that exceeds an upper threshold or is less than a lower threshold;
a stress in one or more components of the wheel rim that exceeds an upper threshold or is less than a lower threshold and
a pattern of stress in one or more of the wheel hub and wheel rim components that corresponds to a predetermined pattern.