US Patent Issued to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS on April 21 for "Systems and methods for in-line monitoring of properties of a web during a manufacturing process" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,607,446, issued on April 21, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).

"Systems and methods for in-line monitoring of properties of a web during a manufacturing process" was invented by Xiaowei Yu (Farmington Hills, Mich.), Donghao Liu (Troy, Mich.), Robin James (Rochester Hills, Mich.) and Ming Wang (Stering Heights, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are provided for monitoring properties of a web during a roll-to-roll manufacturing process. The methods may include moving the web past a first roller such that the web contacts the first roller, wherein the first roller includes a first contact...