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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2023
Applicant:
Science Applications International Corporation, Reston, VA (US);
Inventor:
Theodore W. Eastes, Monterey Park, CA (US);
Assignee:
Science Applications International Corporation, Reston, VA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 23/04 (2018.01); F16J 15/3284 (2016.01); G01N 23/083 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 23/04 (2013.01); F16J 15/3284 (2013.01); G01N 23/083 (2013.01); G01N 2223/629 (2013.01);
Abstract
A flexible and/or deformable mechanical element may comprise one or more radiographic markers. The one or more radiographic markers may have a radiopacity greater than a radiopacity of a parent material forming a body of the mechanical element. A radiographic image of a portion of an assembly into which the mechanical element has been installed may include a representation of the one or more radiographic markers that indicates a condition of the mechanical element.