ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,365,087, issued on July 22, was assigned to Kawasaki Jukogyo K.K. (Kobe, Japan).
"Deterioration diagnosis apparatus for diagnosing deterioration in a mechanical apparatus, and deterioration diagnosis method for diagnosing deterioration in a mechanical apparatus" was invented by Koki Taguchi (Kobe, Japan), Keiichi Yamanaka (Akashi, Japan), Hiroyuki Yamamoto (Kobe, Japan), Ryo Yamashita (Kobe, Japan) and Osamu Hisamatsu (Akashi, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A deterioration diagnosis apparatus is for a mechanical apparatus including a power transmission mechanism that transmits power via a gear. The deterioration diagnosis apparatus...