ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,638,490, issued on May 26, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).

"Integrated insulation inspection system including insulation inspection stand with conductive brushes" was invented by Sean Robert Wagner (Shelby Township, Mich.), John S. Agapiou (Rochester Hills, Mich.), Bradley Allen Newcomb (Troy, Mich.) and Erik Brandon Golm (Sterling Heights, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An insulation inspection system includes: a support for a part being inspected; brushes including respective sets of conductive bristles, where the sets of conductive bristles brush against respective insulated portions of the part; at...