ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,535,384, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to University of South Carolina (Columbia, S.C.).

"Acoustic emission damage classification of rotating machinery via intensity analysis" was invented by Brenna Feirer (Columbia, S.C.), Paul Ziehl (Irmo, S.C.) and Rafal Anay (Columbia, S.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein are acoustic emission damage classification methods and systems employing intensity analysis to monitor the state of rotating machinery to classify the damage occurring to a mechanical object."

The patent was filed on Nov. 23, 2021, under Application No. 17/533,244.

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