Patent ID: 7171313
Filing Date: 2007-01-30
Classification: G01H,G01M

Abstract:
1. An impact transmitter device for measuring impact events in a reciprocating machine and transmitting data respecting said impact events to an external computer, said impact transmitter device comprising: a housing which is mounted to the reciprocating machine; a connector attached to the housing for electrically connecting the impact transmitter device to the external computer; an electrical assembly within the housing and connected to the connector for detecting impact events and transmitting information respecting said impact events to the external computer, said electrical assembly comprising: where α 1 and α 2 are incremental current values, I L , is a current value >4 ma and <20 ma, and α 1 , α 2 and I L are communicated to the microprocessor from the external computer when the external computer is connected to the microprocessor.