ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,607,764, issued on April 21, was assigned to Sintokogio Ltd. (Aichi, Japan).
"Metal detecting device and metal detecting method" was invented by Yoshiyasu Makino (Nagoya, Japan), Tatsuya Yamada (Nagoya, Japan) and Hideaki Kaga (Nagoya, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A metal detecting device includes: a transfer section that transfers an inspection target object, along a path that passes between a first magnet and a second magnet; a first magnetic sensor that is arranged so as to be aligned with the first magnet and that outputs a first signal; and a second magnetic sensor that is arranged so as to be aligned with the second magnet...