ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,293,501, issued on May 6, was assigned to Fluke Corp. (Everett, Wash.).
"Imaging tool for vibration and/or misalignment analysis" was invented by Michael D. Stuart (Issaquah, Wash.) and John C. Bernet (Bremerton, Wash.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods can be used for analyzing image data to determine an amount of vibration and/or misalignment in an object under analysis. In some instances, as operating equipment heats up during operation, temperature changes of various portions of the operating equipment leads to changes in dimensions of such portions, leading to misalignment. Multiple sets of data representative of the...