US Patent Issued to Waukesha Bearings on Sept. 23 for "Bearing monitoring/analysis system" (Wisconsin, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,422,337, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Waukesha Bearings Corp. (Waukesha, Wis.).

"Bearing monitoring/analysis system" was invented by Jie Zhou (Pearland, Texas) and Barry Blair (Oconomowoc, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bearing monitoring/analysis system includes an acoustic emission sensor positioned adjacent a fluid film bearing, component thereof, and/or adjacent structure such that the acoustic emission sensor may collect a signal from the bearing, wherein the signal may be analyzed to allow a user to gain information regarding the fluid film bearing."

The patent was filed on Nov. 6, 2023, under Application No. 18/502...