ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,631,662, issued on May 19, was assigned to EPRO (Gronau, Germany).

"Vibration monitors with indicator lights" was invented by Stephan Bloemer (Gronau, Germany) and Thomas Wewers (Stadtlohn, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Vibration monitors having indicator lights are described herein. An example vibration monitor includes a housing, a sensor in the housing, a light source extending circumferentially around an outer surface of the housing, and circuitry to activate the light source based on a status of the vibration monitor."

The patent was filed on Sept. 28, 2023, under Application No. 18/477,172.

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