ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,253,495, issued on March 18, was assigned to Goodrich Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.).
"Device for testing drive shafts and other bodies" was invented by Douglas McNeil (Rome, N.Y.), Jeffrey J. Allen (Oneida, N.Y.), Joyel Schaefer (Earlville, N.Y.), Mark R. Gurvich (Middletown, Conn.), Michael J. King (Sauquoit, N.Y.) and Brayton Reed (New York Mills, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A testing device includes a first member to be positioned on one surface of a part to be tested. A second member to be positioned on an opposed surface of the part to be tested. One of the first and second members have an ultrasonic transmitter and the other has...