US Patent Issued to Schaeffler Technologies on March 18 for "Method and device for detecting electrical current pulses occurring in a rolling bearing as a result of static charging of rotating machine/system parts" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,253,432, issued on March 18, was assigned to Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG (Herzogenaurach, Germany).

"Method and device for detecting electrical current pulses occurring in a rolling bearing as a result of static charging of rotating machine/system parts" was invented by Harald Reiners (Aachen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and to a device for detecting characteristic electrical current pulses flowing through a rolling bearing or sliding bearing as a result of static charging of rotating machine or system parts. The device is provided with a receiving unit with an antenna for receiving electromagnetic radio wave...