ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,601,629, issued on April 14, was assigned to Poseidon Systems LLC (Victor, N.Y.).

"Modular monitor" was invented by Bradley DeCook (Victor, N.Y.), Daniel Kernan (Liverpool, N.Y.), Naveen George (Rochester, N.Y.) and James Reitano (Farmington, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Technologies are described for devices to monitor a machine. The devices may comprise a battery pack module including a battery pack housing and a sensor module including a sensor module housing and a circuit board. The circuit board may include a substrate, a vibration sensor, a temperature sensor, a motor flux sensor, an ultrasonic sensor, and a processor. The ...