US 12,480,579 B2
Predictive failure system, apparatus and method for hydrostatic transmissions
Mike Ball, Kelowna (CA)
Assigned to 2541980 Alberta LTD., Kelowna (CA)
Filed by 2541980 ALBERTA LTD., Calgary (CA)
Filed on Aug. 27, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/816,603.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/579,090, filed on Aug. 28, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2025/0075791 A1, Mar. 6, 2025
Int. Cl. F16H 61/00 (2006.01); B60W 50/00 (2006.01); B60W 50/14 (2020.01); F16H 61/4192 (2010.01); G06N 3/00 (2023.01); G06N 3/02 (2006.01)
CPC F16H 61/4192 (2013.01) [B60W 50/14 (2013.01); G06N 3/02 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A predictive maintenance system for detecting future mechanical failures of a hydrostatic transmission, comprising:
a plurality of sensors installed onto one or more areas of the hydrostatic transmission, configured to generate raw sensor data representative of a plurality of sensed mechanical conditions of the hydrostatic transmission, respectively; and
an edge processing unit coupled to the plurality of sensors and comprising a communication interface for transmitting information to a personal communication device, configured to:
receive the raw sensor data from the plurality of sensors;
process the raw sensor data using a neural network model specifically trained to predict future potential mechanical failures of the hydrostatic transmission, wherein the neural network model is trained prior to deployment in the field using actual raw sensor data from a plurality of vehicles in use, at least some of the plurality of vehicles comprising different hydrostatic transmission types, respectively, and refined using raw sensor data received from vehicles having a particular make and model of the vehicle;
generate an inference based on the raw sensor data; and
transmit an alert via the communication interface when the inference indicates that a future potential mechanical failure of the hydrostatic transmission may occur.