ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,754,010, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES LTD. (Tokyo).

"Method for estimating flange displacement amount in rotary machine, program for executing method, and device for performing method" was invented by Satoshi Kumagai (Tokyo), Shunsuke Mizumi (Tokyo) and Koji Ishibashi (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for estimating a flange displacement amount includes determining effective three-dimensional coordinate data at a lower first position of a first supported portion on a surface continuous with a lower flange surface and at an upper first position coincident with the lower first position in a hori...