ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,618,807, issued on May 5, was assigned to Saudi Arabian Oil Co. (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).
"Half ring gear mechanism for ultrasound inspection" was invented by Ahmed Al Brahim (Thuwal, Saudi Arabia), Fadl Abdellatif (Thuwal, Saudi Arabia), Hesham Jifri (Thuwal, Saudi Arabia) and Hassane Trigui (Jeddah, Saudi Arabia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ultrasonic inspection device for a pipe or tube is provided and includes an arcuate shaped housing having an arcuate shaped guide slot. The arcuate shaped housing has a first end and an opposite second end spaced from the first end. A first driving gear assembly is disposed at the first end of the...