US Patent Issued to The Boeing on July 21 for "Radiographic inspection of mechanical fasteners" (Indian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,687,505, issued on July 21, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).

"Radiographic inspection of mechanical fasteners" was invented by Sk Sahariyaz Zaman (Bengalore, India), Madhurima Bandyopadhyay (Bangalore, India), Chandrashekhar Chandrashekhar (Bengaluru, India), Md Shaheed Ali (Bengaluru, India), Ali Azad (Kirkland, Wash.) and Umar Momen (Santa Monica, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for automated inspection of an installed fastener includes a radiographic generator, a radiographic sensor, and a computer device. The radiographic generator is operable for directing scanning beams of electromagnetic radiation, e...