ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,416,284, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to TMV DETECTIONS OY (Vantaa, Finland).

"Measurement arrangement for hydro turbine" was invented by Jarkko Maatta (Kajaani, Finland) and Pauli Harila (Kemi, Finland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hydro turbine of a hydroelectric power plant operates with reduced cavitation. At least one motion sensor coupled to a rotor of the hydro turbine measures motion of the rotor during operation of the hydro turbine and generates measurement data. The measurement data and one or more operational parameters of the hydro turbine employed during the measuring are acquired. The operational parameter(s) is/ar...