US Patent Issued to Innova Electronics on Sept. 9 for "System and method for vehicle diagnostics with synchronized vehicle acoustic and vibration data with on-board diagnostic data" (American, Irish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,412,432, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Innova Electronics Corp. (Irvine, Calif.).

"System and method for vehicle diagnostics with synchronized vehicle acoustic and vibration data with on-board diagnostic data" was invented by Kaushik Mahida (Irvine, Calif.), Derk Steven Louwerse (Dublin) and Bruce B. Brunda (Newport Beach, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for triangleI-powered engine diagnostics combine OBD-II data, high-frequency sound, and vibration analysis to detect engine wear and mechanical faults. A detachable puck sensor in the engine bay captures sound and vibration signals, while an OBD-II module ...