US 12,304,650 B2
System and method for machine diagnosis
Lucia Ciciriello, Potsdam (DE); and Johannes Gabriel Bauer, Eching (DE)
Assigned to Rolls-Royce Deutschland Ltd & Co KG, Blankenfelde-Mahlow (DE)
Filed by Rolls-Royce Deutschland Ltd & Co KG, Blankenfelde-Mahlow (DE)
Filed on Mar. 22, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/124,712.
Claims priority of application No. 22164083 (EP), filed on Mar. 24, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0322403 A1, Oct. 12, 2023
Int. Cl. B64D 45/00 (2006.01); B64C 29/00 (2006.01); B64D 31/00 (2024.01); B64F 5/60 (2017.01)
CPC B64D 45/00 (2013.01) [B64D 31/00 (2013.01); B64F 5/60 (2017.01); B64C 29/0008 (2013.01); B64D 2045/0085 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
a frame;
a plurality of machines mounted on the frame, wherein each machine of the plurality of machines comprises an actuator, and wherein each machine of the plurality of machines is configured to be operated in a defined condition;
a plurality of individual controllers configured to control the actuators of the plurality of machines so as to exert an excitation of each machine of the plurality of machines;
an overriding controller configured to coordinate control of the plurality of individual controllers with predetermined offsets in time;
at least one sensor configured to measure at least one response indicator of a response of the system to the excitations of the plurality of machines; and
a diagnosis system configured to receive the at least one measured response indicator.