ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,480,916, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Armstrong International Inc. (Three Rivers, Mich.).
"Device monitoring systems and methods" was invented by Thomas Jack Secord (Union City, Mich.), William R. Horton (Centreville, Mich.) and Michael Herman Gaines (Kalamazoo, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for components, e.g., liquid or gas handling, are described. A tester includes a wand that is handheld that can communicate with a handheld electronic device which in turn can communicate with a central monitor for storing and compiling readings as historical profile data. The wand includes an acoustic probe to physic...