ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,276,588, issued on April 15, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).

"Systems and methods for measuring effects of vibration on rheometric properties of a fluid" was invented by Dmitriy Bruder (Clinton Township, Mich.), Robin James (Rochester Hills, Mich.), Megan E. McGovern (Detroit), Robert H. Dietze Jr. (Brighton, Mich.) and Christopher Brady (Madison Heights, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for measuring effects of vibration on rheometric properties of a fluid sample. The system includes a receptacle configured to hold the fluid sample and receive a probe extending from a rheometric measuring devic...