US Patent Issued to The Boeing on Aug. 11 for "System and method for inspecting components fabricated using a powder metallurgy process" (Washington Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,704,494, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).

"System and method for inspecting components fabricated using a powder metallurgy process" was invented by Joseph A. Pecina (Lynnwood, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A nondestructive inspection method includes steps of: (1) forming a first inspection standard using a metal injection molding process; (2) forming a second inspection standard using the metal injection molding process; and (3) creating a reference library that includes the first and the second inspection standards. The first inspection standard includes a first crack, induced by at least one o...