ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,305,973, issued on May 20, was assigned to Caterpillar Inc. (Peoria, Ill.).
"Automated seal inspection system" was invented by Nien L. Lee (Peoria, Ill.) and Nicholas S. Craven (Mapleton, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A seal ring inspection system may include a chuck system configured for securing a seal ring and an inspection tool framework arranged about the chuck system and configured to adjustably support a plurality of inspection tools relative to the seal ring. The system may also include a plurality of inspection tools adjustably arranged on the inspection tool framework including an imaging device and a plurality of laser s...