ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,372,477, issued on July 29, was assigned to MTU Aero Engines AG (Munich).
"Method for testing a component" was invented by Guenter Zenzinger (Waakirchen, Germany), Anian Goegelein (Munich) and Hans-Uwe Baron (Munich).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a method for testing a component by a penetrant test, in which a penetrant is introduced onto a surface of the component; at least one portion of the penetrant is removed from the surface by blasting the surface with a solid blasting material; the surface is optically detected after the blasting."
The patent was filed on March 28, 2023, under Application No. 18/...