US Patent Issued to Solar Turbines on Feb. 17 for "Distributed industrial control involving wireless human-machine interface devices" (American, Indian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,554,240, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Solar Turbines Inc. (San Diego).

"Distributed industrial control involving wireless human-machine interface devices" was invented by Suman Goli (San Diego), Davina Joshuia (San Diego) and Jeyalakshmi Iyemperumal (Keelapavoor, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Large industrial machines, such as gas turbine engines, typically have a control room or control panel, acting as a single local control point from which the machine is operated. However, this prevents technicians from controlling the machine at locations that are distant from the control point, as may be necessary during servicing or o...