US Patent Issued to International Engine Intellectual Property on Feb. 17 for "Scanner for monitoring the reliability of systems" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,555,421, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to International Engine Intellectual Property Co. LLC (Lisle, Ill.).

"Scanner for monitoring the reliability of systems" was invented by Alex Mack (Hinsdale, Ill.), Paul Berke (Chicago), Steven Mieland (Wheaton, Ill.) and Andrei Makartchouk (Hinsdale, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A scanner monitors a vehicle engine module's performance, such as, for example, a vehicle engine powertrain by creating and compiling performance data either in real time or based on a data post-processing schedule. A preventive maintenance or repair is suggested if the critical boundaries of a probable failure are...