US Patent Issued to WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY on July 15 for "Laser shearography end effector for industrial robot system" (Kansas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,360,057, issued on July 15, was assigned to WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY (Wichita, Kan.).

"Laser shearography end effector for industrial robot system" was invented by John Tomblin (Wichita, Kan.), Waruna Seneviratne (Wichita, Kan.), Caleb Saathoff (Wichita, Kan.) and Christopher Pini (Wichita, Kan.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A laser shearography end effector for inspection in an automated inspection and repair system for composite parts. A laser shearography system including an excitation system and a laser shearography camera is supported on a frame for movement with the frame. A slave tool changer is secured to the frame for releasabl...