ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,436,118, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Kobe Steel Ltd. (Kobe, Japan).
"Measurement system and measurement method" was invented by Hitomi Adachi (Takasago, Japan), Mariko Matsuda (Takasago, Japan), Ryota Yakura (Takasago, Japan) and Tatsuhiko Kabutomori (Takasago, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A measurement system according to an aspect of the present invention enables measurement of an intensity distribution of diffracted X-rays obtained by irradiating a fillet portion of a metallic structure with X-rays, the metallic structure comprising: an axis portion; and a flange portion protruding radially from the axis portion, wherein ...