US Patent Issued on Aug. 11 for "Root cause determination of steel cord damage using magnetic based monitoring system and methods" (American, Portuguese, German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,704,478, issued on Aug. 11.

"Root cause determination of steel cord damage using magnetic based monitoring system and methods" was invented by Jack Bruce Wallace (Powell, Ohio), Jacques Frederick Basson (Braga, Portugal) and Atrayee Neog (Hamburg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for monitoring conveyor belts is disclosed. The system includes a generator array, a sensor array and circuitry. The generator array is configured to apply a magnetic field to a conveyor belt. The sensor array is configured to measure a plurality of magnetic responses. The circuitry is configured to determine the source or cause of the observed st...