US Patent Issued to SubCom on July 28 for "Imaging device and system for inspecting cables and cable joints" (British, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,694,499, issued on July 28, was assigned to SubCom LLC (Eatontown, N.J.).

"Imaging device and system for inspecting cables and cable joints" was invented by Andrew David Levins (Romsey, Great Britain), Joseph Man (London), Michael Whitfield (Romsey, Great Britain) and James Fotheringham Jackson (Baltimore).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a cable and joint inspection system, process and computer readable medium enabling cable and joint inspection functions. The system includes an x-ray cabinet containing an x-ray camera and positioning equipment. The x-ray camera is positionable to obtain an x-ray image of a portion of a cable o...