US Patent Issued to Aktiebolaget SKF on Aug. 19 for "System for determining rheological properties of grease and associated method" (Dutch Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,392,702, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Aktiebolaget SKF (Gothenburg, Sweden).

"System for determining rheological properties of grease and associated method" was invented by Pieter Martin Lugt (TA Vianen, Netherlands) and Robert Jan Meijer (HZ Delden, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "System for determining rheological properties of grease, includes a grease worker having a cylinder intended to contain the grease and a piston intended to move inside the cylinder in a first direction and in a second opposite direction and provided with holes. The grease worker further including a seal provided between the piston and the cyli...