ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,704,198, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Festo SE & Co. KG (Esslingen, Germany).
"Diagnostic method, diagnostic device and process valve assembly" was invented by Holger Steltner (Esslingen, Germany) and Fabian Wiek (Korntal-Munchingen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A diagnostic method for determining a flap impact of a flap fitting of a process valve, including the steps of: recording a temporal deflection course of a flap of the flap fitting, and detecting a flap impact characteristic in the temporal deflection course."
The patent was filed on Aug. 15, 2023, under Application No. 18/450,057.
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