US Patent Issued to WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY on April 8 for "Joint autonomous repair verification and inspection system" (Kansas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,269,220, issued on April 8, was assigned to WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY (Wichita, Kan.).

"Joint autonomous repair verification and inspection system" was invented by John S. Tomblin (Wichita, Kan.), Waruna Seneviratne (Wichita, Kan.), Caleb Saathoff (Wichita, Kan.), John Matthew Tomblin (Wichita, Kan.) and Christopher Pini (Wichita, Kan.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An autonomous or semi-autonomous cell for inspecting composite parts, verifying repairs made to such parts, and facilitating repairs to composite parts. The cell employs automated inspection, damage assessment, and repair systems. An industrial robot automatically attaches to ...