ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,631,524, issued on May 19, was assigned to MTU Aero Engines AG (Munich).

"Method for testing a component based on measuring parameters and classifying the component based on the measured parameters" was invented by Christian Eichler (Munich), Dieter Freno (Munich), Andreas Hieber (Munich), Philipp Farah (Munich) and Salome Gassmann (Munich).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a method for testing a component, in particular an aircraft engine, comprising the steps of: determining (S40) a value of a first toleranced parameter (A1; A2) of the component; determining (S50) a value of a second toleranced parameter (E1...