ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,326,470, issued on June 10, was assigned to Essex Solutions USA LLC (Atlanta).

"Systems and methods for detecting defects in magnet wire insulation" was invented by Mohammed Ibrahim Ali (Fort Wayne, Ind.), Russell Glenn Post (Fort Wayne, Ind.), Matthew E. Leach (Fort Wayne, Ind.) and Christian Reece Grover (Ossian, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fault detection system for use with wire includes an outer housing and a detection component positioned within the housing. The detection component includes a plurality of emitters and a plurality of detectors positioned around an examination area through which a wire is traversed. Each ad...