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Patent Number
Patent Inventor Names
Chris Pruyn Townsend0
Michael John Hamel0
David Lawrence Churchill0
Steven W. Arms0
Date of Patent
May 18, 2010
Patent Application Number
11518777
Date Filed
September 11, 2006
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Patent abstract
A method of maintaining a structure includes providing a structure having a component subject to failure. A sensor, a memory and an energy harvesting device are mounted on the structure. The sensor is used and data derived from the sensor logged in the memory, wherein the memory is powered solely with energy derived from the energy harvesting device. The component is replaced if information in the memory shows that the component was subject to damaging usage.
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