US Patent Issued to Clemson University on April 14 for "System for predictive operational analysis of a machinery component" (South Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,602,036, issued on April 14, was assigned to Clemson University (Clemson, S.C.).

"System for predictive operational analysis of a machinery component" was invented by Laine Mears (Clemson, S.C.) and Ethan Wescoat (Clemson, S.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system of digitally representing equipment failure comprising: a testing assembly for testing a component of a manufacturing equipment wherein the component includes a defect in a critical area included in the component; a sensor in communications with the testing assembly for sensing a failure state of the component, a set of computer readable instructions adapted for: receiving ...