US Patent Issued to Liebherr-Components Biberach on Sept. 15 for "Apparatus for determining damage on structural components and work machine comprising such an apparatus" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,736,440, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Liebherr-Components Biberach GmbH (Biberach an der Riss, Germany).

"Apparatus for determining damage on structural components and work machine comprising such an apparatus" was invented by Yvon Ilaka Mupende (Neu-Ulm, Germany) and Johannes Weimer (Biberach, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for determining damage on structural components, for example large rolling bearings, on work machines, in particular construction, material handling and/or conveying machines, including at least one structure-borne sound sensor for detecting structure-borne sound signals of at least one s...