ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,308,639, issued on May 20, was assigned to Siemens Energy Global GmbH & Co. KG (Munich).

"Method for identifying asymmetrical vibrations when operating an electrical device connected to a high-voltage grid" was invented by Holger Herterich (Nuremberg, Germany), Franz Klammler (Passail, Austria), Ruediger Kutzner (Zirndorf, Germany), Harald Mayer (Roethenbach an der Pegnitz, Germany) and Marc Weber (Nuremberg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for identifying asymmetrical vibrations during the operation of an electric device which is connected to a high-voltage grid: Operational noise of the electric device is detected using...