US 11,935,337 B2
Filter element analysis system and associated methods
Brandon Hukill, Holly Springs, NC (US); Jon Nichols, Four Oaks, NC (US); Charles Vaillant, Holly Springs, NC (US); Yew Chong, Singapore (SG); Arpan Penkar, Singapore (SG); Matthew Nunn, Singapore (SG); Andreas Scope, Oberschoena (DE); Kevin Babb, Vicksburg, MI (US); Karlheinz Muenkel, Oberderdingen-Flehingen (DE); Markus Beylich, Ludwigsburg (DE); Nicolas Payen, Singapore (SG); Stefan Kunze, Tuebingen (DE); Uwe Plach, Weil der Stadt (DE); Lars-Thorsten Porschke, Bad Liebenzell (DE); and Stephan Braun, Markgroeningen (DE)
Assigned to MANN+HUMMEL GmbH, Ludwigsburg (DE)
Filed by MANN+HUMMEL GmbH, Ludwigsburg (DE)
Filed on Jun. 23, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/847,697.
Application 17/847,697 is a continuation of application No. 16/818,665, filed on Mar. 13, 2020, granted, now 11,403,890.
Application 16/818,665 is a continuation of application No. 15/705,367, filed on Sep. 15, 2017, abandoned.
Claims priority of application No. 16290221 (EP), filed on Nov. 23, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2022/0327869 A1, Oct. 13, 2022
Int. Cl. G07C 5/00 (2006.01); G01S 19/24 (2010.01); G07C 5/08 (2006.01); H04L 67/12 (2022.01); H04W 84/18 (2009.01)
CPC G07C 5/008 (2013.01) [G01S 19/24 (2013.01); G07C 5/0808 (2013.01); G07C 2205/02 (2013.01); H04L 67/12 (2013.01); H04W 84/18 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A filter element analysis system, the filter element analysis system comprising:
a filter element being provided within a filter housing being provided on a vehicle, the filter housing having at least an inlet and an outlet, the inlet receiving a contaminated stream medium and the outlet providing a filtered stream medium;
one or more filter sensors being provided within the filter housing, each of the one or more filter sensors being configured to generate a signal correlating to filter element parameters;
one or more control units comprising at least one primary control unit comprising:
a processing unit being configured to receive the filter element parameters from the one or more filter sensors, and to obtain location information regarding the vehicle; and
a wireless communication mechanism being configured to transmit the filter element parameters over a wireless network; and
a remote server comprising:
a remote processing unit; and
a non-transitory computer-readable medium;
wherein the remote server is configured to:
receive one or more environmental parameters correlating to an environment about the location information of the vehicle;
receive the filter element parameters from the control unit over the wireless network;
determine a particle load of the filter element, based on the filter element parameters and the one or more environmental parameters; and
transmit the particle load back to the one or more control units.