ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,216,087, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).
"Portable EMI machine" was invented by Amer Hamoud Al Harthi (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A truck mounted portable electromagnetic inspection (EMI) machine assembly is disclosed. The truck mounted portable EMI assembly includes a portable EMI machine having an input port coupled to a scanning tunnel and adapted to receive a tubular for passing through the scanning tunnel, the scanning tunnel comprising an excitation coil configured to induce an eddy current in a surface of the tubular passing through the scanning tunnel, ...