ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,722,249, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Marposs Societa' Per Azioni (Bentivoglio, Italy).

"Monitoring system for a movable component connected to a stationary component" was invented by Christian Wurm (Pfaffenhausen, Germany), Alessandro Ruggeri (Bologna, Italy), Claudio De Simone (Due Carrare, Italy), Daniele Lanzoni (Cento, Italy) and Andrea Turrini (Bologna, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Monitoring system (12) for a mobile component (3), for example a rotating component, supported by a stationary component (2). The monitoring system (12) comprises: an acoustic sensor (10) which is positioned in the movable component (3) and...