Anderon meter for cryogenic environment and measuring method for bearing friction torque using the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12013309-B2
Application number	US-202217861714-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 11, 2022
Priority date	Jul 30, 2021
Publication date	Jun 18, 2024
Grant date	Jun 18, 2024

Abstract

The present disclosure provides an Anderon meter for cryogenic environment including a housing; a control arm installed on an inner circumference of the housing rotatably relative to the housing, and including a pressing portion; and a clamp including a contact portion on a side and an assembly portion on an opposite side, wherein the contact portion is in contact with the pressing portion so that the contact portion is pressed by the pressing portion, and the assembly portion is coupled to an inner circumference of the bearing by interference fit, wherein the pressing portion presses the contact portion by the control of an amount of relative rotation of the control arm and the assembly portion is coupled to the inner circumference of the bearing by interference fit to determine friction characteristics between the inner race of the bearing and the assembly portion.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An Anderon meter for cryogenic environment, comprising:
a housing;
a control arm installed on an inner circumference of the housing rotatably relative to the housing, and including a pressing portion; and
a clamp including a contact portion on one side and an assembly portion on another side, wherein the contact portion is in contact with the pressing portion so that the contact portion is pressed by the pressing portion, and the assembly portion is coupled to an inner circumference of a bearing by interference fit,
wherein the pressing portion presses the contact portion by the control of an amount of relative rotation of the control arm and the assembly portion is coupled to the inner circumference of the bearing by interference fit to determine friction characteristics between an inner race of the bearing and the assembly portion, and
wherein the pressing portion is inclined in a direction in which a rotation axis of the housing is extended, and the contact portion is inclined with its inclination and an inclination of the pressing portion facing each other.

2. The Anderon meter for cryogenic environment according to claim 1 , wherein the control arm is installed in the housing by screw coupling.

3. The Anderon meter for cryogenic environment according to claim 1 , wherein the assembly portion is in a shape of ⊏ to receive an inner circumferential surface of the bearing and an upper surface and a lower surface connected to the inner circumferential surface.

4. The Anderon meter for cryogenic environment according to claim 3 , wherein a number of clamps is plural, and the plurality of clamps is spaced apart from each other in a circumferential direction of the control arm.

5. The Anderon meter for cryogenic environment according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a servomotor having a rotation axis coupled to the control arm, wherein the servomotor operates by an input voltage value to generate a rotational force, and causes the control arm to rotate by the generated rotational force.

6. A method for measuring bearing friction torque using the Anderon meter for cryogenic environment defined in claim 5 , comprising:
measuring a friction torque occurring in the bearing by calculating a working load of the servomotor using an output current value generated through voltage control of the servomotor.

7. An Anderon meter for cryogenic environment, comprising:
a housing;
a control arm installed on an inner circumference of the housing rotatably relative to the housing, and including a pressing portion;
a clamp including a contact portion on one side and an assembly portion on another side, wherein the contact portion is in contact with the pressing portion so that the contact portion is pressed by the pressing portion, and the assembly portion is coupled to an inner circumference of a bearing by interference fit; and
a servomotor having a rotation axis coupled to the control arm, wherein the servomotor operates by an input voltage value to generate a rotational force, and causes the control arm to rotate by the generated rotational force,
wherein the pressing portion presses the contact portion by the control of an amount of relative rotation of the control arm and the assembly portion is coupled to the inner circumference of the bearing by interference fit to determine friction characteristics between an inner race of the bearing and the assembly portion.

8. The Anderon meter for cryogenic environment according to claim 7 , wherein the control arm is installed in the housing by screw coupling.

9. A method for measuring bearing friction torque using the Anderon meter for cryogenic environment defined in claim 7 , comprising:
measuring a friction torque occurring in the bearing by calculating a working load of the servomotor using an output current value generated through voltage control of the servomotor.

Assignees

• Korea Inst Sci & Tech

Inventors

• Lee Yong Bok
• Kwak Wonil
• Ha Yunseok
• Lee Yeong-Do
• Lee Jeon Kook

Classifications

• G01L5/26

  for determining the characteristic of torque in relation to revolutions per unit of time · CPC title

• G01L5/0042

  applying a torque · CPC title

• G01L5/0009

  Force sensors associated with a bearing (testing of bearings G01M13/04) · CPC title

• G01M99/007

  by applying a load, e.g. for resistance or wear testing (G01M99/001 takes precedence; testing the elasticity of structures G01M5/00) · CPC title

• G01M13/045 Primary

  Acoustic or vibration analysis · CPC title