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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120125108 | QUANTITATIVE ACOUSTIC EMISSION NON-DESTRUCTIVE INSPECTION FOR REVEALING, TYPIFYING AND ASSESSING FRACTURE HAZARDS Inspecting for fracture hazards by detecting a presence of at least one flaw development process in an equipment under inspection, the flaw development process being corrosion product nucleation and development, pitting, plastic deformation development, and/or micro-cra... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120024066 | MICROMECHANICAL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BUILDING A MICROMECHANICAL SYSTEM A micromechanical system with a system that can vibrate, has a seismic mass and at least two spring elements. The spring elements are respectively fastened on one side externally to the seismic mass and on the other side to fixed anchor points of the micromechanical sys... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120029877 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING Methods and systems are provided for obtaining structural health data for evaluating a structural health of a component. A transducer detects a first signal representative of a signal transmitted through at least a portion of the component. An estimated signal for a rem... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120017683 | VIBRATING MICROMECHANICAL SYSTEM HAVING BEAM-SHAPED ELEMENT An exposed end o a micromechanical system having at least one beam-shaped element is connected to a further element of the micromechanical system at the other end thereof. To optimize the mechanical properties of the micromechanical system, recesses are provided in the ... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120006117 | Method and Apparatus for Locating Cable Faults An electrical pulse fed into an electrical cable, e.g. a power transmission or distribution cable buried underground, produces an acoustic signal, e.g. an arc-over or discharge noise, at a fault in the cable. This acoustic signal is detected and used to locate the fault... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20120006116 | Device, System and Method For Locating a Pipe A device, system and method of locating a target pipe in a pipe system utilizes an electric signal transmitter and an electrical signal detector. A pipe locator signal conductor comprises a spool and a flexible insulated electrical conductor wound around the spool. The ... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20120006118 | ACOUSTIC STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD A method and system is disclosed for detecting structural damage in a structure by detecting acoustic emissions from damage in a structure to obtain acoustic emission data, and processing the acoustic emission data in accordance with a model characterising acoustic path... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20110301872 | ANALYSIS SYSTEM Method for analyzing the condition of a machine having a slowly rotating part, includes:
| 12/08/2011 |
| 20110290025 | Ultrasonic Acoustic Emissions to Detect Substrate Fracture A method of detecting a fracture as it occurs in a component during a manufacturing process includes positioning an acoustic sensor in acoustic communication with the component. A manufacturing process is performed while the acoustic sensor remains in acoustic communica... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110285532 | ANALYSIS SYSTEM A method for analyzing the condition of a machine having a rotating shaft, includes:
| 11/24/2011 |
| 20110265569 | Lubrication Condition Monitoring The present invention relates to a method of determining a lubrication parameter indicative of a lubrication condition of an oil-lubricated rolling element bearing. The method comprises measuring high-frequency structure-borne acoustic emissions generated by asperity co... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20110267620 | ARC FLASH DETECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD A sensor to simultaneously detect light and acoustic waves is presented. The sensor includes one or more optical fibers and a diaphragm disposed near one end of at least one of the one or more optical fibers. The diaphragm is configured to vibrate upon incidence of acou... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20110247416 | SENSOR AND TRANSMITTER SYSTEM FOR COMMUNICATION IN PIPELINES A system for sensing and communicating in a pipeline that contains a fluid. An acoustic signal containing information about a property of the fluid is produced in the pipeline. The signal is transmitted through the pipeline. The signal is received with the information a... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110239765 | Acoustic Emission Toughness Testing For PDC, PCBN, Or Other Hard Or Superhard Material Inserts An acoustic emissions testing device includes a testing sample including a hard surface, an acoustic sensor, an indenter coupled to the hard surface, and a load. The load is exerted on the indenter, which transfers the load to the hard surface. The acoustic sensor is co... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110239766 | PHOTOACOUSTIC IMAGING APPARATUS AND PHOTOACOUSTIC IMAGING METHOD A photoacoustic imaging apparatus performs imaging of an optical absorber. The photoacoustic imaging apparatus includes a light source, a detector configured to detect an acoustic wave generated from the optical absorber that has absorbed energy of light emitted from th... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110246102 | Acoustic Emission Toughness Testing For PDC, PCBN, Or Other Hard Or Superhard Material Inserts An acoustic emissions testing device includes a testing sample, an acoustic sensor communicably coupled to the testing sample, and a load that is exerted on the sample. The sensor detects one or more acoustic events occurring within the sample. The acoustic transmits da... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110239767 | Acoustic Emission Toughness Testing Having Smaller Noise Ratio A method, system and apparatus for testing properties of a hard component. The apparatus includes a holder, a component, an indenter, a sensor holder, and an acoustic sensor. The holder includes a first end and a second end opposite the first end. The first end defines ... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110219880 | Method and Arrangement for Determining and Monitoring the State of a Rolling Bearing An arrangement and method for determining and monitoring the state of a rolling bearing, wherein a first sensor signal is captured in the form of a sound emission signal in a first frequency band in the ultrasonic range during operation of the rolling bearing, a second ... | 09/15/2011 |
| 20110209546 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR VIBRATION ANALYSES AND SAMPLE DATABASE THEREFOR AND USE OF A SAMPLE DATABASE The invention relates to a method and to a device for sound emission analysis, wherein vibrations occurring during the use of a component, during the testing of a component or during the processing of a work piece by means of chipping, welding, forming, joining and/or s... | 09/01/2011 |
| 20110198221 | Passive Micro-vessel and Sensor An electrically passive device and method for in-situ acoustic emission, and/or releasing, sampling and/or measuring of a fluid or various material(s) is provided. The device may provide a robust timing mechanism to release, sample and/or perform measurements on a prede... | 08/18/2011 |
| 20110185814 | METHOD FOR NON-DESTRUCTIVE INVESTIGATION OF THE BOTTOM OF METALLIC TANK STRUCTURES The present invention relates to a method for non-destructive investigation of the bottom of metallic tank structures, comprising the following steps:
| 08/04/2011 |
| 20110166806 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING OTOACOUSTIC EMISSION A method of measuring an otoacoustic emission (OAE) is provided. The method comprises generating a frequency OAE graph with N plot lines, by performing frequency sweeping on N signals having different levels, wherein N is a natural number of at least 2; and when there a... | 07/07/2011 |
| 20110138917 | Portable ultrasonic instrument used to distinguish among pig meat and meats of other origin The technology is based on subjecting the meat sample to an ultrasonic signal, of a specific frequency, and detects its reflected component. The detected signal will be analyzed using a fully developed and commercially available digital signal processing techniques to e... | 06/16/2011 |
| 20110108469 | LIMPNESS DETECTING DEVICE, LIMPNESS DETECTING METHOD, AND SHEET HANDLING APPARATUS INCLUDING LIMPNESS DETECTING DEVICE According to one embodiment, a limpness detecting device includes a transmitting unit to irradiate an acoustic wave towards a conveyed sheet to excite a Lamb wave, a first receiving unit to detect a leaky wave of the Lamb wave emitted from a front surface of the sheet, ... | 05/12/2011 |
| 20110088471 | Instrumentation and Analytical Techniques Suitable For Broadband Acoustic Resonance Dissolution Spectroscopy A new analytical technique, instrument and method of testing a material utilising same is provided. The method of analysing a test material comprises the steps of (vii) inducing an acoustic emission from a vessel containing a solvent and measuring said emissions; (viii)... | 04/21/2011 |
| 20100326195 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR QUALITY TESTING SHEET METAL PARTS A device and a method are provided for quality testing sheet metal parts, particularly deep-drawn parts. The device has a pulse generator (20) that excites the sheet metal part (2) to oscillate, a sound sensor (19) that picks up the sound profile, a... | 12/30/2010 |
| 20100313662 | ACOUSTIC EMISSION TEST SENSOR FIXING DEVICE An acoustic emission test sensor fixing device, comprising a radial positioning mechanism, supporting mechanisms, bases, acoustic emission test sensor mounting mechanisms, and parallelism adjusting members, wherein the supporting mechanism comprises a main supporting ar... | 12/16/2010 |
| 20100313661 | UNIVERSAL ACOUSTIC EMISSION TEST SENSOR FIXING DEVICE A universal acoustic emission test sensor fixing device includes a radial positioning mechanism, supporting mechanisms, bases, acoustic emission test sensor mounting mechanisms, and parallelism adjusting members, in which the supporting mechanism includes a main support... | 12/16/2010 |
| 20100269592 | STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY MONITORING SYSTEM A structural integrity monitoring system includes a structure, at least two vibration monitoring devices mounted to the structure. Each of the at least two vibration monitoring devices outputs a vibration response signal. The structural integrity monitoring system also ... | 10/28/2010 |
| 20100268042 | CONFOCAL PHOTOACOUSTIC MICROSCOPY WITH OPTICAL LATERAL RESOLUTION A confocal photoacoustic microscopy system includes a laser configured to emit a light pulse, a focusing assembly configured to receive the light pulse and to focus the light pulse into an area inside an object, an ultrasonic transducer configured to receive acoustic wa... | 10/21/2010 |
| 20100218591 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING RELATIVE COAL FLOW IN PIPES FROM A PULVERIZER Pulverizer coal flow pipes feed a mixture of air and coal to burners in electric utility coal fire facilities. A method and apparatus for sensing relative coal flow in the pipes uses acoustic emission (AE) sensors to detect flow in each pipe. Sensed relative flow in the... | 09/02/2010 |
| 20100206078 | Method for Predicting Failure of Geotechnical Structures Provided is a method of predicting failure in geotechnical structures using an AE method instead of a conventional displacement or stress measuring method, which belongs to a field of rock mechanics and geotechnical engineering. The method is a measurement technology fo... | 08/19/2010 |
| 20100211334 | Methods and Systems for Monitoring Stator Winding Vibration Embodiments of methods and systems for monitoring stator winding vibration of a rotating electric machine are provided. According to one example embodiment, a system includes at least one sensor including at least one conductive sensor antenna deposited on a first side ... | 08/19/2010 |
| 20100189580 | METHOD FOR DETECTION OF A MALFUNCTION RELATED TO A FLUID AFFECTED COMPONENT IN A PISTON MACHINE A method for detection of a leak in a fluid affected component of a piston machine includes obtaining a vibration signal from a vibration sensor disposed proximate to at least one valve block of the piston machine. The vibration signal includes vibration generated by va... | 07/29/2010 |
| 20100174496 | PUMP INTEGRITY MONITORING A method of monitoring integrity of a pump. The method may include recording timing information of the pump during operation while simultaneously sampling acoustic data with a high speed equidistant acquisition mechanism or at a rate based on the speed of the pump in op... | 07/08/2010 |
| 20100162816 | Process to Monitor Unwanted Formation of a Polymer having Internal Strain by Acoustic Emission Analysis The present invention relates to a process to monitor unwanted formation of a polymer having internal mechanical strain wherein acoustic emission generated by said polymer formation is detected by one or more acoustic sensors attached to a piece of equipment. | 07/01/2010 |
| 20100162817 | ULTRASONIC STRESS MEASUREMENT METHOD AND DEVICE The present invention relates to an ultrasonic stress measurement method of measuring a residual stress of a measuring target layer in a measuring object using an ultrasonic wave, the method comprising, setting a plurality of vibration modes according to a number of deg... | 07/01/2010 |
| 20100139403 | PARAMETER INDEPENDENT DETECTION OF ROTATING MACHINERY FAULTS A parameter-free method to analyze sensor signals incorporates two or more of frequency demodulation, amplitude demodulation and phase demodulation of the raw signal data. The resulting signal is transformed to a frequency domain, and target fault characteristics from t... | 06/10/2010 |
| 20100141441 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING A DEFECT AND/OR OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC OF A SYSTEM An apparatus and methods for identifying a defect and/or an operating characteristic of a system being monitored (and/or one or more of the system's components) are described. In an embodiment, orthogonally related data monitored by two or more detectors may be fused to... | 06/10/2010 |
| 20100125428 | System and Method for Detecting and Measuring Vibration in an Industrial Roll A system for determining the source of vibration of a nipped roll assembly includes: a first substantially cylindrical roll; a mating structure positioned relative to the first roll to form a nip therewith; a plurality of annular nip condition sensor units mounted on th... | 05/20/2010 |
