Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Ultrasound inspection system of limited access composite structures
- Patent Title (中): 有限接近复合结构超声检查系统
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Application No.: US13526698Application Date: 2012-06-19
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Publication No.: US09188566B2Publication Date: 2015-11-17
- Inventor: Gary E. Georgeson , Richard H. Bossi , Clarence L. Gordon, III , Jeffrey R. Kollgaard , William P. Motzer , Alan Frank Stewart
- Applicant: Gary E. Georgeson , Richard H. Bossi , Clarence L. Gordon, III , Jeffrey R. Kollgaard , William P. Motzer , Alan Frank Stewart
- Applicant Address: US IL Chicago
- Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
- Current Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Chicago
- Agency: Yee & Associates, P.C.
- Main IPC: G01N29/24
- IPC: G01N29/24

Abstract:
A method for and apparatus for inspecting a location on a test object with a number of obstructions to reaching the location. An elongate optical fiber carrier holding a number of optical fibers is moved to the location on the test object with the number of obstructions to reaching the location. A pattern of light is transmitted from the number of optical fibers onto a surface of the test object at the location. The pattern of the light is configured to cause sound waves in the test object when the pattern of the light encounters the surface of the test object. A response is detected to the sound waves using the number of optical fibers.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130333472A1 Ultrasound Inspection System of Limited Access Composite Structures Public/Granted day:2013-12-19
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