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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8183862 | Eddy current testing device An eddy current testing device which confirms that a change in characteristics of a target object is detected regardless of the magnitude of the change and specifying the position of a portion from which the change is detected. The device uses an eddy current probe ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8179132 | Method and system for integrating eddy current inspection with a coordinate measuring device A method for integrating a measurement device for use in measuring a machine component includes providing a coordinate measuring machine (CMM) and combining eddy current (EC) capabilities and CMM capabilities to form an inspection probe. The method further includes ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 7872472 | Eddy current testing apparatus and eddy current testing method An eddy current testing method for a turbine rotor including a disc, a plurality of turbine blades disposed along the periphery of the disc, and a plurality of pins for joining a blade fork portion formed on each of the plurality of turbine blades to a disc fork por... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7812601 | Material condition assessment with eddy current sensors Eddy current sensors and sensor arrays are used for process quality and material condition assessment of conducting materials. In an embodiment, changes in spatially registered high resolution images taken before and after cold work processing reflect the quality of... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7800363 | Method and an installation for using eddy currents for non-destructive inspection with automatic calibration Using eddy currents for automatic inspection of a rectilinear hole formed in a metal part. An eddy-current probe is carried by a drive system associated with a positioning baseplate that carries a calibration part including a hole similar to the hole for inspection ... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7772840 | Eddy current testing method The eddy current testing apparatus includes a probe having an eddy current testing sensor including a pair of eddy current testing coils. The apparatus also includes an eddy current testing flaw detector inputting detection signals from the eddy current testing sens... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7579830 | Apparatus and methods for inspecting cooling slot defects in turbine rotor wheels A probe is pulled along a cooling slot of a turbine wheel to detect defects along the slot surfaces. The cooling slot extends radially inwardly of the bases of both the dovetails and dovetail slots. A housing assembly is releasably coupled to the rim of the turbine ... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7521926 | Method for testing a component in a non-destructive manner and for producing a gas turbine blade The invention relates to a method for the nondestructive testing of a component, in which corrosion regions close to the surface, composed of oxidized carbides or sulfided base material close to the surface, are determined by means of an eddy current measurement. Th... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7518359 | Inspection of non-planar parts using multifrequency eddy current with phase analysis A non-planar part has a non-planar surface such as an edge, and may contain an anomaly such as a crack. The non-planar part is inspected using an eddy current technique. The method includes providing the non-planar part having the non-planar surface thereon, driving... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7495433 | Device for detecting defects in electrically conductive materials in a nondestructive manner Disclosed is a device for detecting defects which are deep in electrically conductive materials in a non-destructive manner, comprising an excitation device provided with induction coils which are used to produce low frequency eddy currents in the material, and a re... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7474092 | Method and device for long-range guided-wave inspection of fire side of waterwall tubes in boilers Methods and devices for inspecting waterwall tubes for the detection of fire side damage over a long length of the tube are described. The system of the invention uses a magnetostrictive strip and a flat coil-type plate magnetostrictive sensor (MsS) that are held in... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7443156 | Apparatus and method for identifying defects on objects or for locating objects Apparatus and associated method for identifying defects on objects provide for—under computer driving—the AC voltage energization of at least one transmitting coil to be simultaneously effected by a carrier signal, and for an essentially amplitude-modulated rece... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7436992 | Methods and apparatus for testing a component A method for inspecting a component. The method includes generating a scan plan of a component to be inspected, coupling a side-mount probe to an eddy current inspection system, inducing an eddy current into the component, measuring the eddy current in the component... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7414395 | Method and apparatus inspecting pipelines using magnetic flux sensors The method for detecting stress corrosion cracking (SCC) of pipelines, comprising the steps of: identifying pipeline locations and pipeline conditions that are amenable to inspection by a magnetic flux inline tool and by a TFI tool; performing two inspections on the... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7397238 | Methods and apparatus for inspecting materials Apparatus and methods for inspecting materials such as cylindrical and tubular members are disclosed. One apparatus includes a frame that supports a magnetic coil and a detector assembly, the detector assembly having one or more magnetic detectors adapted to be spac... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7375514 | Flexible hand held MR scanning array for cracks/flaws A non-destructive testing device has an excitation coil with a plurality of conductor ribbons attached to a flexible membrane. A frame supports the membrane and incorporates wheels for translation across a surface to be inspected and resilient suspension for maintai... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7368907 | Omni-directional electric current perturbation probe An electric current perturbation probe includes at least one driver coil and at least one receiver. The at least one driver coil produces an omni-directional magnetic field. The at least one receiver is decoupled from the omni-directional magnetic field. In one exam... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7355395 | Method and apparatus for eddy current-based quality inspection of dry electrode structure A system for non-destructive non-contact quality inspection of dry electrode units of energy storage includes an eddy current-based inspection system having a conveyor belt, and a hollow dielectric shell. An outer surface of the shell has a plurality of spaced apart... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7348771 | Method for verifying sensor condition Sensor condition verification may be performed on electromagnetic sensors and sensor arrays mounted to a material surface. The sensors typically have a periodic winding or electrode structure that creates a periodic sensing field when driven by an electrical signal.... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7328619 | Phased array ultrasonic NDT system for fastener inspections An ultrasonic probe suited for testing the integrity of sheet metal surfaces around fastener openings is provided with means to center the probe over such openings. Both a mechanical centering rod and an electronic display assist the user in centering such probe. On... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7327868 | Magnetic stripline scanner A magnetic stripline scanner for reading lines of magnetic data on a media including a portable housing having a scanning side. A linear array of magnetic field sensors, such as spin valve magnetic memory cells, is at least partially disposed within the housing, pro... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7312608 | Systems and methods for inspecting electrical conductivity in composite materials Systems and methods for inspecting electrical conductivity in composite materials having conductive structures are disclosed. In one embodiment, a system of inspecting electrical conductivity in an electrical bonding region includes a coil coupled to an alternating ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7312607 | Eddy current part inspection system At least one measurement coil of an eddy current part inspection system is oriented relative to a track surface so that the longitudinal axis of the magnetic field generated by the at least one measurement coil is skewed relative to the track surface so as to be sub... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7309618 | Method and apparatus for real time metal film thickness measurement A semiconductor processing system is provided. The semiconductor processing system includes a first sensor configured to isolate and measure a film thickness signal portion for a wafer having a film disposed over a substrate. A second sensor is configured to detect ... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7304474 | Eddy current inspection device with arrays of magnetoresistive sensors There is provided an inspection device for the detection of flaws in a component. The inspection device comprises a magnetic field generator, a first array of magnetoresistive sensors and a second array of magnetoresistive sensors, in which the second array is subst... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7301335 | Apparatus and method for eddy-current magnetic scanning a surface to detect sub-surface cracks around a boundary An RFEC excitation unit and sensor apparatus and method that facilitate detection of cracks or other anomalies within or under a surface and immediately next to an expected structure (such as a rivet) that would otherwise cause a signal change preventing detection o... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7300157 | Pixel-shifting projection lens assembly to provide optical interlacing for increased addressability A projection display system includes a projection lens assembly that has multiple projection lens elements that are configured to receive light imparted with display information by a pixelated display device. The projection lens elements project the light toward a d... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7295004 | Eddy current probe and method of manufacture thereof An eddy current probe includes a plurality of deformable substrates each having a pair of coils wound coaxially thereabout in spaced relation and a housing supporting said plurality of substrates adjacent to each other with each substrate compressed in a direction l... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7295003 | Non-destructive testing system and method utilizing a magnetic field to identify defects in a layer of a laminated material Techniques for detecting defects in the proximity of a hole of a laminate structure include inserting a generally cylindrical body portion into a hole such that a first coil of wire will reside in a plane substantially parallel to a first electrically conductive lay... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7289913 | Local feature characterization using quasistatic electromagnetic sensors Local features such as cracks in materials are nondestructively characterized by measuring a response with an electromagnetic sensor and converting this response into a selected property using a database. The database is generated prior to data acquisition by using ... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7275865 | Temperature measuring apparatus using change of magnetic field A temperature measuring apparatus measures the temperature of a wafer in real time using a change of magnetic field during a thermal process. The temperature measuring apparatus includes: at least one conductive structure disposed on one surface of the wafer, in whi... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7250757 | Apparatus and method for circuit analysis using magnetic and electromagnetic stimulation of the circuit for dual magnetic field imaging A material analysis system configured to determine whether a circuit is defective includes a magnetic field generator configured to generate a first magnetic field that is configured to induce at least one eddy current in a conductive portion of the circuit, wherein... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7235967 | Eddy current testing probe and eddy current testing apparatus An eddy current testing probe has a flexible substrate adapted to face to a surface of a test article, a plurality of coils which are fixed to the flexible substrate and energized one of which is capable of being changed sequentially, a pressing member for pressing ... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7233142 | Planer reader of non-erasable magnetic media and local permeability A planer reader and method of probing the magnetic permeability of a material using a magnetic flux circuit comprises a substrate; a near-circular soft magnetic layer adjacent to the substrate; a gap configured in the soft magnetic layer, wherein the gap creates an ... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7227984 | Method and apparatus for identifying defects in a substrate surface by using dithering to reconstruct under-sampled images A surface inspection apparatus in accordance with the principles of the invention includes an optical system having a plurality of time delay integration (TDI) sensors. The plurality of TDI sensors are arranged to generate a plurality of images of an object so that ... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7218101 | Eddy current method of inspecting a pressure vessel shell A pressure vessel penetration sidewall adjacent a tube installed in the penetration by a clearance fit is inspected by passing an eddy current probe having a pair of circumferential coils through the tube. Eddy currents are induced in the pressure vessel as the prob... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7215118 | Transducer for generating and measuring torsional waves, and apparatus and method for structural diagnosis using the same A method and an apparatus for structural diagnosis, which generates torsional waves upon a shaft, beam or pipe having arbitrary cross-sections, such as a circular cross-section, and senses existence or location of the cracks through analyzing reflected waves are dis... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7212895 | Magnetic sensor A magnetic flux is sensed within a gap at a first location between two portions of a vehicle body/structure and a signal generated responsive thereto controls an element of the vehicle, wherein the magnetic flux is responsive to a disturbance of the vehicle body/str... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7209844 | Magnetic crash sensor A first magnetic field generated by a first coil operatively associated with a first portion of a vehicle interacts with at least one conductive element operatively associated with or at least a part of a second portion of the vehicle so as to generate an eddy curre... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7190162 | Methods and apparatus for inspecting a component A method for inspecting a gas turbine engine rotor disk, wherein the rotor disk includes a plurality of dovetail slots, includes providing a probe assembly including an eddy current probe and a probe fixture, wherein the eddy current probe includes a body portion an... | 03/13/2007 |
