US Patent Issued to ETEL on Sept. 30 for "Diagnostic method for localizing technical faults in a motion system" (Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,429,863, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to ETEL S.A. (Motiers, Switzerland).

"Diagnostic method for localizing technical faults in a motion system" was invented by Basile Renaud Graf (Neuchatel, Switzerland) and Ralph Coleman (Fleurier, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A diagnostic method localizes technical faults in a motion system that includes a base adapted to receive a motion stage for equipment, a machine frame resting on the floor, dampers adapted to support the base, and an active isolation system arranged between the base and the machine frame. The active isolation system and the base form a mechanical system. The ...