US 7,591,194 B2
	Data capturing and processing system for a roller bearing and roller bearing with such system
Alfred Pecher, Stadtlauringen (Germany); Joachim Hering, Wurzburg (Germany); Henry Van Der Knokke, Niederwerrn (Germany); and Walter Felber, Kaufbeuren (Germany)
Assigned to Schaeffler KG, Herzogenaurach (Germany)
Appl. No. 10/574,029 PCT Filed Sep. 17, 2004, PCT No. PCT/DE2004/002082 § 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Apr. 18, 2006, PCT Pub. No. WO2005/031296, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 07, 2005.
Claims priority of application No. 103 44 234 (DE), filed on Sep. 24, 2003.
Prior Publication US 2007/0068218 A1, Mar. 29, 2007
Int. Cl. G01L 3/14 (2006.01)

U.S. Cl. 73—862.322

25 Claims

1. A data capturing and processing system for a bearing comprising: at least one sensor element, strip conductors and electronic components arranged adjacent a flexible carrier material, the sensor element, the strip conductors and the electronic components are directly connected to the flexible carrier material and the sensor element is connected by signaling technology via contacting elements to the strip conductors, the contacting elements being formed in the flexible carrier material by means through-hole plating elements the sensor element being on one side of the flexible carrier material and the strip conductors being on the other side of the flexible carrier material.