ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,850, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Voith Patent GmbH (Heidenheim, Germany).

"Vibration measuring assembly" was invented by Martin Heim (Ravensburg, Germany) and Adrian Honig (Ravensburg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for treating a web of fibrous material, the device comprising: a sensor for detecting vibrations; a multi-part housing including a cover; and a plurality of fiber treatment tools arranged inside the multi-part housing, the plurality of fiber treatment tools including a plurality of treatment profiles facing one another, being arranged spaced apart from each other so as to form at least one treatmen...