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US 12,216,066 B2Granted
Flexible and/or deformable mechanical elements with radiographic markers
AssigneeScience Applications International Corporation
InventorTheodore W. Eastes
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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.
Claims20
An O-ring comprising:
- a cord comprising a polymeric first material, wherein the cord has a circular cross section and is formed into a continuous loop;
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- one or more radiographic markers, comprising one or more second materials having one or more radiopacities greater than a radiopacity of the first material, on a surface of the cord.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.