ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,547,794, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Cameron International Corp. (Houston).

"Virtual integration test system and method" was invented by Fei Song (Sugar Land, Texas), Christopher Sanchez (Houston), Ke Ken Li (Sugar Land, Texas), Stuart Robinson (Katy, Texas) and Kirk Guidry (Cypress, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A virtual integration test system includes a computer configured to receive data indicative of measured dimensions of as-built components. The computer is also configured to perform a motion mechanics simulation on at least two deformation-uncritical components of the as-built components and perform a deformation m...