ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,535,385, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Aktiebolaget SKF (Gothenburg, Sweden).

"Sensor module for detecting a vibrational behavior of a component without measuring natural frequencies of said sensor module" was invented by Olivier Cheve (Chanceaux-sur-choisille, France) and Charlotte Vu (Parcay Meslay, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sensor module (8) for detecting a mechanical vibration of a component (4). The sensor module (8) includes a base (12) having a central portion (24), a first end portion (26) and a second end portion (28). The base (12) secures to the component (4). At least one spacer (14) is connected to the bas...