US Patent Issued to The Boeing on March 18 for "Standards for non-destructive testing methodologies and methods of fabricating the standards" (Washington Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,253,477, issued on March 18, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).

"Standards for non-destructive testing methodologies and methods of fabricating the standards" was invented by Joseph Pecina (Lynnwood, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Standards for non-destructive testing methodologies and methods of fabricating the standards are disclosed herein. The standards include a void-defect coupon that includes a spheroidal void and an elongated void. The spheroidal void has a maximum dimension and a spheroidal void volume. The elongated void had a longitudinal dimension, a maximum transverse dimension, and an elongated void vol...