ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,480,618, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Robert Bosch Gmbh (Stuttgart, Germany).
"Tribological system" was invented by Daniil A. Kitchaev (Brookline, Mass.), Mordechai Kornbluth (Brighton, Mass.), Martin-Christoph Kruse (Stuttgart, Germany) and Charles Tuffile (Swansea, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tribological system includes a tribological contact area including a first tribological contact surface of a first mechanical component and a second tribological contact surface of a second mechanical component, the first and second mechanical components being in relative motion with respect to each other; an external circuit conn...