ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,235,240, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to OSAKA UNIVERSITY (Osaka, Japan).
"Magnetic body inspection apparatus and magnetic body inspection method" was invented by Daichi Chiba (Osaka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A magnetic body inspection method and magnetic body inspection apparatus (1) that has a magnet (10) and a magnetic sensor (20) that outputs electric signals. At least two electric signals are obtained by the magnetic sensor (20). A magnetic body present inside a nonmagnetic body can be detected non-destructively, by outputting the difference between the two obtained electric signals."
The patent was filed on May 25, ...