US Patent Issued to ABB Schweiz on July 28 for "Fouling status" (Finnish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,693,081, issued on July 28, was assigned to ABB Schweiz AG (Baden, Switzerland).

"Fouling status" was invented by Alex Danci (Tolby, Finland) and Jouni Ikaheimo (Vaasa, Finland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A first temperature value indicating a temperature near a heat source, a second temperature value indicating a temperature near an outer end of a cooling rib extending from the heat source, and a third temperature value indicating an ambient temperature in the location of the heat source are used to determine fouling status."

The patent was filed on Feb. 13, 2024, under Application No. 18/440,091.

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