Patent ID: 9284987
Filing Date: 2016-03-15
CPC Classification: F16C

Claim Text:
1. A warning device for monitoring a health status of a bearing mounted to a piece of rotating machinery in an industrial environment, the warning device comprising: a housing having a body portion connected to a top portion and a base portion; a microcontroller for controlling the device; a battery for powering the device; at least one sensor for sensing at least one of a velocity, an enveloped acceleration and a temperature reading of the bearing; three light emitting diodes mounted to the housing and configured to display a health status of the bearing according to input from one of the at least one sensor; and a close range wireless interface including: wherein the microcontroller stores at least one of the sensed velocity, enveloped acceleration and the temperature values into a memory disposed within the RFID tag, and wherein the memory is a dual access memory that enables data transfer via the RFID radio or via the digital bus.