ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,774,937, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES LTD. (Tokyo).
"Component inspection method, component manufacturing method, and component inspection device" was invented by Hiroshi Makigano (Tokyo), Ryuta Ito (Tokyo), Atsuya Sakata (Tokyo) and Taro Tokutake (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A component inspection method includes: supplying a fluid to a cooling flow passage of a component internally including the cooling flow passage; heating a surface of the component; and measuring a temperature of the surface of the component which has been heated."
The patent was filed on Oct. 6, 2022, under Application No...