ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,562,589, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Siemens Energy Global GmbH & Co. KG (Munich).

"Method for identifying asymmetrical vibrations when operating an electric device connected to a high-voltage grid" was invented by Peter Hamberger (Kirchschlag bei Linz, Austria), Holger Herterich (Nuremberg, Germany), Franz Klammler (Passail, Austria), Rudiger Kutzner (Zirndorf, Germany), Harald Mayer (Rothenbach an der Pegnitz, Germany), Marc Weber (Nuremberg, Germany), Vitalij Fleischhauer (Furth, Germany) and Christian Roland (Schweinbach, Austria).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method identifies asymmetrical vibrations during the operation of...