ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,987, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to ATS Corp. (Cambridge, Canada).

"Systems and methods for calibrating a leak test machine for a manufacturing line" was invented by Steven Alan Christmann (Macomb, Mich.) and Stanley Kleinikkink (Kitchener, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for calibrating a leak test machine for a manufacturing line are provided. The leak test machine is configured to detect leakage defects in workpieces produced by the manufacturing line. The method involves operating at least one processor to: receive, from the leak test machine, defect data; receive, from at least one sensor, environment...