Bearing performance automatic calculation service device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9906473-B2
Application number	US-201414890042-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 21, 2014
Priority date	May 15, 2013
Publication date	Feb 27, 2018
Grant date	Feb 27, 2018

Abstract

A bearing performance automatic calculation service device is provided which allows a user to receive an automatic calculation service at any time in any location, which easily ensures reliability in terms of leakage of transmitted/received data, and which is easily used in terms of an input operation. An e-mail address is assigned, which is used only for receiving a request for an automatic calculation service. It is determined whether authentication information and a description content of a file 5 attached to an e-mail 4 satisfy a condition. Evaluation of performance of a bearing with respect to a determined evaluation item by means of a calculation formula on the basis of the file is performed. A result of the evaluation to the file 5 is added to create a sending file. The sending file 5 is attached and sent back by the e-mail sending module 17.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A bearing performance automatic calculation service device comprising:
an e-mail receiving module configured to receive an e-mail via a telecommunication network, the e-mail receiving module having an e-mail address configured to only receive a request for an automatic calculation service;
an input item determination module configured to, by a digital circuit, determine whether a file attached to the e-mail received by the e-mail receiving module includes authentication information, and bearing information in a predetermined input format;
a performance evaluation module configured to, by a digital circuit, perform a bearing performance evaluation only when the authentication information and the bearing information is included in the file;
a sending file creation module configured to create a sending file, by a digital circuit, containing the bearing performance evaluation; and
an e-mail sending module configured to attach the created sending file to an e-mail and send the e-mail via the telecommunication network to an e-mail address of a sender of the e-mail or a destination e-mail address designated by the e-mail.

2. The bearing performance automatic calculation service device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the input item determination module supports a plurality of types of input formats which are associated with respective bearing arrangement forms, and the performance evaluation module performs the evaluation by means of a calculation formula associated with each of the input formats.

3. The bearing performance automatic calculation service device as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the attached file is a tabular file supported by spreadsheet software, and includes a diagram showing a bearing arrangement form.

4. The bearing performance automatic calculation service device as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the bearing includes a plurality of bearings which support a main shaft of a machine tool.

5. The bearing performance automatic calculation service device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the bearing information includes a model number of the bearing, a bearing layout, an operating condition, and information of a bearing life.

6. The bearing performance automatic calculation service device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the e-mail receiving module causes the input item determination module to perform the determination as to the attached file only when a domain of the e-mail address of the sender of the e-mail sent to the e-mail receiving module is included in a registered domain.

Assignees

• Ntn Toyo Bearing Co Ltd

Inventors

• Toyoda Satomi
• Ohashi Naoshi
• Takiuchi Hiroshi
• Ueda Keiichi

Classifications

• G06Q10/107

  Computer-aided management of electronic mailing [e-mailing] · CPC title

• G06Q50/10

  Services · CPC title

• H04L51/08 Primary

  Annexed information, e.g. attachments · CPC title

• H04L51/04

  Real-time or near real-time messaging, e.g. instant messaging [IM] · CPC title