ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,487,142, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to ATEQ (Les Clayes-sous-Bois, France).
"Apparatus and method for automatic leak detection" was invented by Davy Leboucher (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for automatic leak detection, including a chamber to enclose a test specimen. A vacuum pump is in selectable fluid communication via an adiabatic noise cancellation valve with the chamber. A pressure transducer determines a pressure in the test specimen and transmits a pressure signal to a controller. The controller is to control the adiabatic noise cancellation valve to cause the vacuum pump to draw a vacuum f...