ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,442,631, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to KRISTL SEIBT & Co. GESELLSCHAFT M.B.H. (Graz, Austria).
"Method and device for monitoring the position of a shaft" was invented by Christian Auer (Graz, Austria).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a method and a device for monitoring the position of a shaft of a test bench, wherein the shaft is accommodated in an enclosure which substantially encloses at least part of the shaft in the circumferential direction, wherein the enclosure has an inner surface facing the shaft and the inner surface is arranged so that it does not touch the shaft in an intended position of the shaft...