ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,480,834, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to ATEQ (Les Clayes-sous-Bois, France).
"System for detecting leaks and associated method" was invented by Guy Dewailly (White Bluff, Tenn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a system (20; 20') for detecting leaks for a part having a permeable zone, said system comprising: a test chamber (22, 22') configured to receive the part to be tested; a device (24) suitable for varying the pressure in the test chamber and/or in the part to be tested; a measuring device (26) for measuring a physical quantity representative of the leak level; characterised in that said system (20;...