ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,918, issued on Nov. 4.
"Chain sensor device and method for determining wear" was invented by Thomas Wolf (Erdweg, Germany) and Florian Wimmer (Munich).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a method for setting up two sensor systems for monitoring the state of wear of a chain, which method comprises the steps: first positioning of the first sensor system relative to a calibration object, first positioning of the second sensor system relative to the calibration object, carrying out a first signal detection using the first sensor system, carrying out a first signal detection using the second sensor system, wherein the fi...