US Patent Issued to U.E. Systems on March 17 for "Method and apparatus for detecting an initial lubrication of a moving component" (Canadian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,578,308, issued on March 17, was assigned to U.E. Systems Inc. (Elmsford, N.Y.).

"Method and apparatus for detecting an initial lubrication of a moving component" was invented by William Bishop (Pleasantville, N.Y.), Gary Mohr (Cortlandt Manor, N.Y.) and Blair Fraser (Cambridge, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus and method for detecting an initial lubrication of a moving component including an ultrasonic sensor for detecting an ultrasonic output signal from the moving component and a processor for operating on the output signal. The processor determines if there has been an initiation of a lubrication operation. After i...