US Patent Issued to The Boeing on July 21 for "Systems and methods for assessing operational integrity of ultrasonic transducers" (South Carolina Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,687,524, issued on July 21, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).

"Systems and methods for assessing operational integrity of ultrasonic transducers" was invented by David Michael Gayle (Summerville, S.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for assessing operational integrity of an ultrasonic transducer includes a metrological tool including a rod having test holes. The ultrasonic transducer is configured to be coupled to the metrological tool and emit ultrasonic energy into the rod. A method for assessing operational integrity of an ultrasonic transducer includes coupling the ultrasonic transducer to a metrological tool i...