US Patent Issued to PETROLEO BRASILEIRO S.A.-PETROBRAS on Oct. 20 for "Thickness measurement device in submarine pipelines simultaneously at multiple points" (Spanish Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,768,819, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to PETROLEO BRASILEIRO S.A.-PETROBRAS (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil).

"Thickness measurement device in submarine pipelines simultaneously at multiple points" was invented by Henri Fiorenza de Lima (Vitoria, Spain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ultrasonic sensor matrix is described. The matrix adjusts to the outer circumference of a submarine equipment pipeline or tubular body to be inspected. The matrix is preferably constructed with the aid of a pipeline circumference template to be inspected, so that the sensors are positioned correctly around the pipeline circumference. The sensor matrix is taken ...