ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,330,242, issued on June 17, was assigned to WONIK HOLDINGS Co. LTD. (Pyeongtaek-si, South Korea).
"Weld bead inspection apparatus" was invented by Myeng Jin Choi (Anseong-si, South Korea), Seung Il La (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Ka Rim Jung (Suwon-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a weld bead inspection apparatus and, more specifically, to a weld bead inspection apparatus capable of precisely inspecting a weld bead. The present invention relates to the weld bead inspection apparatus for inspecting whether a weld bead (20) on a pipe (10) is defective, and disclosed is the weld bead inspection...