ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,486,778, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to General Electric Co. (Evendale, Ohio).
"Seal monitoring apparatus" was invented by Rahul Anil Bidkar (Clifton Park, N.Y.), Deepak Trivedi (Halfmoon, N.Y.), Bugra H. Ertas (Niskayuna, N.Y.), Pei-Hsin Kuo (Alplaus, N.Y.), Joseph Herbert Fields (Fort Thomas, Ky.), Andrew Kevin Winn (Niskayuna, N.Y.) and Eric R. Westervelt (Niskayuna, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A seal monitoring apparatus is provided. The seal monitoring apparatus includes a temperature sensor and a controller in communication with the temperature sensor. The temperature sensor is mounted at a seal of a device. The controlle...