ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,474,233, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to PALFINGER AG (Bergheim bei Salzburg, Austria).
"Method for determining a bearing friction" was invented by Hannes Rauchenschwandtner (Poendorf, Austria).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of determining a bearing friction is to be applied to an arm system of a crane arm having a first crane arm and a second crane arm. The second crane arm, at least in some regions, is mounted displaceably and/or articulatedly in or on the first crane arm via a bearing point. In a first capturing method step (i), at least one first value is captured. In a drive method step (ii), at least the second crane arm...