US Patent Issued to SAIPEM on Aug. 12 for "Method for determining the linear AC electrical resistance of a steel pipe and device for implementing such a method" (French Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,385,864, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to SAIPEM S.A. (Montigny le Bretonneux, France).

"Method for determining the linear AC electrical resistance of a steel pipe and device for implementing such a method" was invented by Raymond Hallot (Voisins le Bretonneux, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for determining the linear electrical resistance in AC mode of a steel pipeline, including the steps of generating in a portion of the pipeline an induced current by means of an induction coil centered on a longitudinal axis of the pipeline and traversed by an AC current. The coil is housed in a yoke made of ferromagnetic material i...