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Patent US7878411 - Wheel bearing device and its quality management method - Google PatentsSearch Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »Sign inAdvanced Patent SearchPatentsTo provide a wheel support bearing device, in which the status of actual use is detected and stored as a history, an IC tag (9) capable of a contactless communication is affixed to the wheel support bearing device. This IC tag (9) is rendered to be a sensor incorporated IC tag integrated with or electrically...http://www.google.com/patents/US7878411?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7878411 - Wheel bearing device and its quality management methodAdvanced Patent SearchPublication numberUS7878411 B2Publication typeGrantApplication numberUS 11/658,725Publication dateFeb 1, 2011Filing dateJul 25, 2005Priority dateJul 29, 2004Also published asDE112005001862T5, US20080317397, WO2006011438A1Publication number11658725, 658725, US 7878411 B2, US 7878411B2, US-B2-7878411, US7878411 B2, US7878411B2InventorsMasahiro Muranaka, Hiroaki Itakura, Shinji Morita, Yoshiaki KuchikiOriginal AssigneeNtn CorporationExport CitationBiBTeX, EndNote, RefManPatent Citations (28), Non-Patent Citations (26), Referenced by (2), Classifications (13), Legal Events (1) External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, EspacenetWheel bearing device and its quality management methodUS 7878411 B2Abstract To provide a wheel support bearing device, in which the status of actual use is detected and stored as a history, an IC tag (9) capable of a contactless communication is affixed to the wheel support bearing device. This IC tag (9) is rendered to be a sensor incorporated IC tag integrated with or electrically connected with a sensor for detecting an object to be detected of the wheel support bearing device and a detection of the sensor is inputted through an input channel separate from a channel for the contactless communication. The sensor referred to above may be, for example, a coil and a magnet (10) capable of passing in the vicinity of the sensor incorporated IC tag (9) by the effect of a relative rotation.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a wheel support bearing device equipped with an IC tag and a sensor and a method of controlling the quality of the wheel support bearing for enabling a control thereof with the use of the IC tag to facilitate the traceability and to ease a response to the regular servicing.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION A primary object of the present invention is to provide a wheel support bearing device, in which information can be recorded.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A first preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described with particular reference to FIGS. 1 and 2. This wheel support bearing device is of a third generation model of an inner race rotating type. It is to be noted that in this specification, the position of the bearing relative to a vehicle body that lies on one side of the vehicle body structure remote from the longitudinal center of the vehicle body is referred to as an outboard side and the position of the bearing relative to a vehicle body that lies on the opposite side of the vehicle body structure close towards the longitudinal center of the vehicle body is referred to as an inboard side. In FIG. 1, a left portion of the drawing corresponds to the outboard side and a right portion of the drawing corresponds to the inboard side.
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No. 11/658,777, mailed on Jun. 14, 2010, 17 pages.Referenced byCiting PatentFiling datePublication dateApplicantTitleUS8567260 *Apr 12, 2011Oct 29, 2013Ntn CorporationSensor-equipped bearing for wheelUS20110185823 *Apr 12, 2011Aug 4, 2011Ntn CorporationSensor-equipped bearing for wheel* Cited by examinerClassifications U.S. Classification235/492, 235/487International ClassificationG06K21/00Cooperative ClassificationG01M13/04, F16C2326/02, B60B27/00, F16C41/007, F16C41/008, F16C33/78European ClassificationF16C33/78, B60B27/00, F16C41/00M, F16C41/00RLegal EventsDateCodeEventDescriptionJan 29, 2007ASAssignmentOwner name: NTN CORPORATION, JAPANFree format text: ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST;ASSIGNORS:MURANAKA, MASAHIRO;ITAKURA, HIROAKI;MORITA, SHINJI;AND OTHERS;REEL/FRAME:018885/0034;SIGNING DATES FROM 20061221 TO 20061226Free format text: ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST;ASSIGNORS:MURANAKA, MASAHIRO;ITAKURA, HIROAKI;MORITA, SHINJI;AND OTHERS;SIGNING DATES FROM 20061221 TO 20061226;REEL/FRAME:018885/0034RotateOriginal ImageGoogle Home - Sitemap - USPTO Bulk Downloads - Privacy Policy - Terms of Service - About Google Patents - Send FeedbackData provided by IFI CLAIMS Patent Services©2012 Google