US Patent Issued to Westinghouse Electric on May 12 for "Expandable plug and pressure tool for use in metallic wick pore size testing" (Pennsylvania Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,625,050, issued on May 12, was assigned to Westinghouse Electric Co. LLC (Cranberry Township, Pa.).

"Expandable plug and pressure tool for use in metallic wick pore size testing" was invented by Christopher M. Nestor (Murrysville, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a device for performing pore size testing on a mesh wick. The device includes a housing and a tube positioned through the housing. The housing includes an internal surface. The tube includes an exterior surface. The exterior surface of the tube and the internal surface of the housing cooperatively define an internal cavity therebetween. The device further includes ...