ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,430,847, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to General Electric Co. (Evendale, Ohio) and Oliver Crispin Robotics Ltd. (Altrincham, Great Britain).

"3D imaging for engine assembly inspection" was invented by Biswajit Medhi (Bangalore, India), Vamshi Krishna Reddy Kommareddy (Bangalore, India), Andrew Crispin Graham (Badminton, Great Britain), Charles Burton Theurer (Alplaus, N.Y.), James Vradenburg Miller (Clifton Park, N.Y.), Walter V. Dixon (Delanson, N.Y.) and Prasad Thapa (Bangalore, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for engine imaging are provided. An imaging system includes an optical sensor coupled to an inser...