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Granted Patent B2
US 12,638,407 · App. 18/635,250 · Granted May 26, 2026

Oil condition determination system and oil condition determination method

Inventors: Kentaro Watanabe (Osaka, JP); Akira Nakatsu (Osaka, JP); Yusuke Natsuhara (Osaka, JP); Yusuke Tokuda (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: PILLAR Corporation
G01N27/06G01N27/046G01N33/2888
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Patent No.
US 12,638,407
App. No.
18/635,250
Granted
May 26, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided are an oil condition determination system and an oil condition determination method that are capable of continuously determining the oil condition when oil is partially replaced or oil is added. An oil condition determination system includes a measurement unit and a determination unit. The measurement unit periodically measures a resistance value of oil. The determination unit periodically determines a condition of the oil based on the resistance value, stores a local maximum value of the resistance value, determines that the condition of the oil has changed when a difference between the local maximum value and the resistance value becomes greater than or equal to a first threshold value, and initializes the local maximum value and updates the first threshold value when the amount of change in the resistance value per unit time becomes greater than or equal to a second threshold value.

Claims (27)

1 . An oil condition determination system comprising:

a measurement unit configured to periodically measure a resistance value of oil; and

a determination unit configured to periodically determine a condition of the oil based on the resistance value,

wherein the determination unit

stores a local maximum value of the resistance value,

determines that the condition of the oil has changed in a case in which a difference between the local maximum value and the resistance value becomes greater than or equal to a first threshold value, and

initializes the local maximum value and updates the first threshold value in a case in which the amount of change in the resistance value per unit time becomes greater than or equal to a second threshold value.

2 . The oil condition determination system according to claim 1 , wherein the determination unit updates the first threshold value based on the amount of change in a case in which the amount of change becomes greater than or equal to the second threshold value.

3 . The oil condition determination system according to claim 1 , further comprising a notification unit configured to notify a user that the oil needs to be replaced in a case in which the determination unit determines that the condition of the oil has changed.

4 . The oil condition determination system according to claim 1 , wherein, in a case in which a difference between the local maximum value and the resistance value becomes greater than or equal to the first threshold value,

the determination unit

determines that the condition of the oil has changed when a decrease in the resistance value has continued for a predetermined period of time, and

does not determine that the condition of the oil has changed when a decrease in the resistance value has not continued for the predetermined period of time.

5 . The oil condition determination system according to claim 1 , wherein the determination unit determines that the condition of the oil has changed in a case in which a difference between the local maximum value and the resistance value becomes greater than or equal to the first threshold value and a trend of change in the resistance value reverses.

6 . An oil condition determination method comprising:

a step of periodically measuring a resistance value of oil; and

a step of periodically determining a condition of the oil based on the resistance value,

wherein the step of periodically determining a condition of the oil includes:

a step of storing a local maximum value of the resistance value;

a step of determining that the condition of the oil has changed in a case in which a difference between the local maximum value and the resistance value becomes greater than or equal to a first threshold value; and

a step of initializing the local maximum value and updating the first threshold value in a case in which the amount of change in the resistance value per unit time becomes greater than or equal to a second threshold value.

7 . The oil condition determination system according to claim 2 , further comprising a notification unit configured to notify a user that the oil needs to be replaced in a case in which the determination unit determines that the condition of the oil has changed.

8 . The oil condition determination system according to claim 2 , wherein, in a case in which a difference between the local maximum value and the resistance value becomes greater than or equal to the first threshold value,

the determination unit

determines that the condition of the oil has changed when a decrease in the resistance value has continued for a predetermined period of time, and

does not determine that the condition of the oil has changed when a decrease in the resistance value has not continued for the predetermined period of time.

9 . The oil condition determination system according to claim 2 , wherein the determination unit determines that the condition of the oil has changed in a case in which a difference between the local maximum value and the resistance value becomes greater than or equal to the first threshold value and a trend of change in the resistance value reverses.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 24, 2026
From: NIPPON PILLAR PACKING CO., LTD.
To: PILLAR CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 074466/0606 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 16, 2024
From: WATANABE, KENTARO; NAKATSU, AKIRA; NATSUHARA, YUSUKE; TOKUDA, YUSUKE
To: NIPPON PILLAR PACKING CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 067114/0957 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2023071805 · Apr 25, 2023 · national
Continuity (1)
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