ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,529,615, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to TRIAD NATIONAL SECURITY LLC (Los Alamos, N.M.).
"Non-invasive pipe pressure monitoring system and method" was invented by Rollin Evan Lakis (Los Alamos, N.M.), Alessandro Cattaneo (Los Alamos, N.M.) and Marcelo Jaime (Los Alamos, N.M.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of non-invasively determining an internal pressure inside an object, such as a pipe or a tube, includes determining, with a hoop strain sensor on an outer surface of the object, hoop strain of the outer surface of the object; determining, with an axial strain sensor on the outer surface of the object, axial strain of the out...