US 12,168,077 B2
Energy harvesting dual purpose monitoring temperature as a PHM sensor
Matthew Robert Pearson, Hartford, CT (US); and Eric Johannessen, Holbrook, NY (US)
Assigned to GOODRICH CORPORATION, Charlotte, NC (US)
Filed by GOODRICH CORPORATION, Charlotte, NC (US)
Filed on May 28, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/334,042.
Prior Publication US 2022/0378958 A1, Dec. 1, 2022
Int. Cl. A61L 2/10 (2006.01); A61L 9/20 (2006.01); B64D 11/02 (2006.01); F21V 23/02 (2006.01); G21H 1/00 (2006.01); H05B 47/19 (2020.01); H05B 47/28 (2020.01)
CPC A61L 2/10 (2013.01) [A61L 9/20 (2013.01); F21V 23/02 (2013.01); G21H 1/00 (2013.01); H05B 47/19 (2020.01); H05B 47/28 (2020.01); A61L 2202/11 (2013.01); A61L 2202/25 (2013.01); A61L 2209/12 (2013.01); B64D 11/02 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for monitoring an excimer bulb, the system comprising:
a thermoelectric energy harvester configured to be located adjacent to the excimer bulb and to convert thermal energy from the excimer bulb into electrical energy having a voltage; and
a controller in electrical communication with the thermoelectric energy harvester and configured to calculate at least one of a remaining useful life of the excimer bulb or a current temperature of the excimer bulb based on the voltage of the electrical energy converted by the thermoelectric energy harvester.