ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,422,485, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to VIBROSYSTM INC. (Longueuil, Canada).
"Apparatus and method for detecting a liquid contaminant in a rotating cavity of an electric machine" was invented by Marius Cloutier (Longueuil, Canada) and Andre Brunelle (Longueuil, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The apparatus can be used for detecting a liquid contaminant in a rotating cavity of an electric machine. The apparatus can have a magnetic field source mounted to a non-rotary base and transmitting a magnetic field across a gap between the base a housing of the cavity, an interrogation circuit having a coil magnetically coupled to the m...