US Patent Issued to Chevron U.S.A., TRIAD NATIONAL SECURITY on Dec. 16 for "Detecting surface cracks using acoustic signals" (New Mexico, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,498,353, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Chevron U.S.A. Inc. (San Ramon, Calif.) and TRIAD NATIONAL SECURITY LLC (Los Alamos, N.M.).

"Detecting surface cracks using acoustic signals" was invented by Marcel Remillieux (Los Alamos, N.M.), James A. Ten Cate (Los Alamos, N.M.), Marcie Alberta Stuber Geesey (Los Alamos, N.M.), Luke Berny Beardslee (Los Alamos, N.M.), Rodney F. Deschamps (San Ramon, Calif.) and Robert Kwan Meng Seah (San Ramon, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for detecting cracks in an underwater structure can include an acoustic signal transmitter configured to be disposed proximate to, but without physicall...