US Patent Issued to ROLLS-ROYCE on Dec. 30 for "Method of scanning a component embedded in a granular material using computed tomography" (British Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,510,495, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to ROLLS-ROYCE plc (London).

"Method of scanning a component embedded in a granular material using computed tomography" was invented by Akhil Mulloth (Derby, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides a method of scanning a component by computed tomography, the method comprising: providing the component having a first density; supporting the component in a scanning orientation using a support bed, the support bed comprising a granular material disposed in a container, the granular material having a second density lower than the first density; wherein supporting th...