ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,768,820, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).
"System and method for ultrasonic testing and weld inspection" was invented by Muhammed Subhi A. Alnufaili (Dammam, Saudi Arabia) and Ali Faraj M. Alqabani (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "System and method are described herein relating to weld inspection. In an example, an ultrasonic inspection system can include a scanning head, an output device, and a weld tracker. The scanning head can be used to position a probe relative to a weld during weld inspection. The scanning head can include a location determination device that...