ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,449,406, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Kawasaki Jukogyo K.K. (Kobe, Japan).
"Ultrasonic tester" was invented by Ryosuke Ariki (Kobe, Japan), Katsumi Nagata (Kobe, Japan), Kenji Tsubaki (Kobe, Japan) and Toshihiro Yamaoka (Kobe, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ultrasonic tester includes an ultrasonic sensor that applies ultrasound to a test object; a casing that holds the ultrasonic sensor immersed in a contact medium that allows the ultrasound to propagate therethrough, the casing including a test object-facing opening Further, there is circuitry configured to, when the test object-facing opening of the casing is passing an ...