ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,308,766, issued on May 20, was assigned to Saginomiya Seisakusho Inc. (Tokyo).

"Measurement system and diagnosis system" was invented by Takuro Ishikawa (Sayama, Japan), Hisayuki Ashizawa (Sayama, Japan) and Hiroyuki Mitsuya (Sayama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A measurement system includes a vibration generation unit that generates sound or vibration in response to a change in environmental state quantity, a vibration-driven energy harvesting unit that generates electric power using the sound or vibration generated by the vibration generation unit, and a transmission unit that is driven with the electric power generated by the ...