US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology on Aug. 25 for "Apparatus for inspecting fuel vessel, and system and method for identifying crack density of vessel" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,716,872, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea), Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea) and Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (Daejeon, South Korea).

"Apparatus for inspecting fuel vessel, and system and method for identifying crack density of vessel" was invented by Yong Joo Cho (Sejong, South Korea), Jung Ryul Lee (Daejeon, South Korea) and Kyung Hwan Kim (Daejeong, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for inspecting a fuel vessel includes a strap configured to surround an outer surface of the fuel vessel and fixed to the outer surface through at least one joint part, a plu...