US Patent Issued to Aktiebolaget SKF on Feb. 17 for "Method and system for monitoring the film thickness of a lubricant within a lubricated bearing" (Dutch Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,553,700, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Aktiebolaget SKF (Gothenburg, Sweden).

"Method and system for monitoring the film thickness of a lubricant within a lubricated bearing" was invented by Pramod Shetty (Enschede, Netherlands), Jude Asuelimen Osara (Enschede, Netherlands), Robert Jan Meijer (Delden, Netherlands) and Pieter Martin Lugt (Vianen, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a monitoring method for monitoring the film thickness of a lubricant within a lubricated bearing, the bearing having an inner ring, an outer ring and rolling elements being arranged between the inner ring and the outer ring. The monitor...