Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System and method for inspecting fasteners
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Application No.: US16157984Application Date: 2018-10-11
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Publication No.: US11125724B2Publication Date: 2021-09-21
- Inventor: Manuel Kenneth Bueno , Willis James Perry , Robert Charles Shaffer
- Applicant: General Electric Company
- Applicant Address: US NY Schenectady
- Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Schenectady
- Agency: Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.
- Main IPC: G01N29/04
- IPC: G01N29/04 ; G01N29/26 ; G01N29/44

Abstract:
A fastener probe assembly includes a disc configured to rotate about a first axis of a fastener, an ultrasound probe coupled to the disc, and an encoder configured to determine an orientation of the ultrasound probe relative to the first axis of the fastener during an inspection of the fastener. The ultrasound probe is configured to interface with an axial end of the fastener, to emit ultrasound signals into the axial end of the fastener, and to receive ultrasound signals from the fastener.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190107514A1 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INSPECTING FASTENERS Public/Granted day:2019-04-11
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