US Patent Issued to Nabtesco on Dec. 9 for "Abnormality detecting device for conductive particles in a lubricant and mechanical device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,493,008, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Nabtesco Corp. (Tokyo).

"Abnormality detecting device for conductive particles in a lubricant and mechanical device" was invented by Kazuhiko Sakurai (Tokyo) and Masaki Harada (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An abnormality detecting device includes at least two first cover parts arranged next to each other in a circumferential direction; electrode parts respectively supported by the first cover parts; magnet parts provided inside of the first cover parts in the radial direction, where each magnet part is in contact with a corresponding electrode part; and a second cover part provided betwee...