ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,410,999, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to AIRBUS OPERATIONS Ltd. (Bristol, Great Britain).
"Non-destructive testing method" was invented by Parthasarathy Iyengar (Bristol, Great Britain) and George Daniel Monks (Bristol, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of examining the integrity of an aircraft structure including determining an electrical conductivity or resistivity of the metal matrix composite of the aircraft structure. An apparatus for performing such a method is also provided. A method of estimating damage in an aircraft structure and a method of estimating the remaining operational life of an aircraft struct...