ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,372,448, issued on July 29, was assigned to Wirtgen GmbH (Windhagen, Germany).
"Wear prognosis method and maintenance method" was invented by Sven Paulsen (Bonn-Bad Godesberg, Germany), Stefan Wagner (Bad Honnef, Germany) and Cyrus Barimani (Konigswinter, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wear prognosis method and a maintenance method for an earth working machine are disclosed, along with an apparatus for performing the method. Provision is made that the current wear state of one or more earth working tools is sensed. The residual wear capacity until the wear limit is reached is then ascertained from the current wear state."
The ...