MUMBAI, India, Nov. 21 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517097993 A) filed by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., Tokyo, on Oct. 10, for 'rubbing determination device for rotary machine, and rubbing determination method.'

Inventor(s) include Kumagai, Satoshi; Imai, Yuta; Takeda, Hiroki; Yamashita, Masahiko; and Tanaka, Yoshinori.

The application for the patent was published on Nov. 21, under issue no. 47/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "This rubbing determination device is for determining rubbing in a rotary machine having a rotation part rotatably supported with respect to a stationary part by a bearing. The device acquires an AE signal from an AE sensor at...