ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,769,279, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Liebherr-Components Biberach GmbH (Biberach an der Riss, Germany).
"Apparatus for determining the actual state and/or the remaining service life of structural components of a work machine" was invented by Yvon Ilaka Mupende (Neu-Ulm, Germany) and Lennart Schierholz (Biberach an der Riss, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to an apparatus for determining the actual state and/or the remaining service life of structural components, for example large-diameter rolling bearings, of a work machine, in particular a construction machine, a material-handling machine and/...