ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,566,106, issued on March 3, was assigned to DANIELI & C. OFFICINE MECCANICHE S.P.A. (Buttrio, Italy).

"Monitoring system for monitoring parameters representative of operating conditions of an oil film bearing" was invented by Matteo Nobile (Cervignano del Friuli, Italy), Enrico Veronesi (Corno di Rosazzo, Italy) and Gianluigi Vitiello (Udine, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for monitoring the parameters representative of operating conditions of an oil film bearing, wherein an oil film is arranged between a static component and at least one rotating component defining an axis, said at least one rotating component being arran...