ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,566,111, issued on March 3.
"Active backlash detection methods and systems" was invented by Martin E. Best (Spartanburg, S.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods of and systems for actively detecting an increasing amount of backlash within a machine's mechanical power application to detect, predict, and estimate future mechanical failure."
The patent was filed on Feb. 16, 2024, under Application No. 18/443,645.
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