ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,276,572, issued on April 15, was assigned to FT SYSTEM S.R.L. (Alseno, Italy).
"Method and apparatus for ascertaining the presence of cracks in sealed containers" was invented by Fabio Forestelli (Alseno, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for ascertaining the presence of cracks in sealed containers includes steps of defining a detection zone (13) in which a sealed container (CT) will be placed, placing a container (CT) in the detection zone (13), ascertaining the presence of a thermal gradient determined by the container in the detection zone (13), the thermal gradient being indicative of the presence of a crack in the contain...