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公开(公告)号:US20190265140A1
公开(公告)日:2019-08-29
申请号:US16405927
申请日:2019-05-07
Applicant: The Boeing Company
Inventor: Morteza Safai , Xiaoxi Wang
Abstract: A vacuum system and method for inspecting a workpiece that can include use of the vacuum system, where the vacuum system can include a housing defining at least a portion of a vacuum chamber, a piston within the housing that oscillates to vary a volume of the vacuum chamber, a first valve and a second valve in fluid communication with the vacuum chamber, and a hood in fluid communication with the second valve and the vacuum chamber. The vacuum system can include high-speed valves that enable vacuum system cycling and thus vacuum pressure cycling at a rapid frequency.
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公开(公告)号:US10350839B2
公开(公告)日:2019-07-16
申请号:US14719141
申请日:2015-05-21
Applicant: The Boeing Company
Inventor: Morteza Safai , Gary E. Georgeson
IPC: B29C70/74 , B29C73/12 , B29C73/26 , G06F3/14 , B24B49/12 , B29C69/00 , G05B19/048 , B29C73/10 , B29K67/00 , B29K105/12 , B29K309/08 , B29L9/00
Abstract: Systems and processes for enabling an off-site expert to interact with an on-site technician during repair of composite structure. The off-site expert can provide real-time guidance to an on-site technician before and during the performance of repair procedures to avoid errors. The off-site expert is also able to monitor the repair procedures in real time to verify that correct procedures are being employed. In particular, the systems and processes disclosed herein can provide direct visual guidance, feedback, and out-of-plan warnings for manual or automated scarfing and other operations during repair of composite structure. In some embodiments, the repair process combines optical three-dimensional surface measurement, illumination by at least one of visible, ultraviolet and infrared light, and digital light processing projection to provide step-by-step monitoring of the repair.
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公开(公告)号:US20190128847A1
公开(公告)日:2019-05-02
申请号:US15794476
申请日:2017-10-26
Applicant: The Boeing Company
Inventor: Keith D. Humfeld , Eileen O. Kutscha , Morteza Safai
Abstract: A composite material joined with a curable phenolic resin adhesive, with the phenolic resin adhesive comprising a stiffening agent precursor, and with the stiffening agent precursor selected to react with reaction by-products of the phenolic resin adhesive during curing to produce a reaction product stiffening agent in a cured bonding layer that is detectable by ultrasound, resins comprising the stiffening agent precursor, bonding layers comprising the reaction product stiffening agent, and methods for making the composite material joints and inspecting the composite material joints are disclosed.
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公开(公告)号:US20190113450A1
公开(公告)日:2019-04-18
申请号:US15787201
申请日:2017-10-18
Applicant: The Boeing Company
Inventor: Morteza Safai , Xiaoxi Wang
IPC: G01N21/3554
CPC classification number: G01N21/3554 , G01N22/04 , G01N25/72 , G01N2201/0696
Abstract: A method and system for an aerospace vehicle. A pulse of electromagnetic radiation is transmitted into the composite sandwich panel such that the composite sandwich panel is heated above an ambient temperature. An amount of infrared radiation generated in the composite sandwich panel is detected in response to transmitting the pulse of electromagnetic radiation into the composite sandwich panel using a time window selected to detect the amount of infrared radiation when the pulse of electromagnetic radiation heats the composite sandwich panel. The amount of infrared radiation detected indicates a level of moisture in the composite sandwich panel.
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公开(公告)号:US20190079031A1
公开(公告)日:2019-03-14
申请号:US15701244
申请日:2017-09-11
Applicant: The Boeing Company
Inventor: Morteza Safai , Gary Ernest Georgeson
IPC: G01N23/203 , G01N23/083
CPC classification number: G01N23/203 , G01B15/02 , G01N23/02 , G01N23/06 , G01N23/083 , G01N23/18 , G01N23/20083 , G01N29/043 , G01N29/225 , G01N29/265 , G01N2223/628 , G01N2291/2634
Abstract: A method and system for scanning an elongate structure. A scanner in a scanning system is moved axially along the elongate structure using a translating structure in the scanning system. The elongate member is scanned axially as the scanner moves axially along the elongate structure. The scanner is moved rotationally around the elongate structure at a location in which an inconsistency is detected at the location during an axial scan. The elongate structure is scanned rotationally at the location while the scanner moves rotationally around the elongate structure.
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公开(公告)号:US10191014B2
公开(公告)日:2019-01-29
申请号:US15244698
申请日:2016-08-23
Applicant: The Boeing Company
Inventor: John R. Hull , Gary E. Georgeson , Morteza Safai , Barry A. Fetzer , Steven K. Brady , Jeffrey G. Thompson
Abstract: A system for nondestructive evaluation of a test object includes a platform, an electromagnetic acoustic transducer (EMAT) to create acoustic vibrations that travel along the test object; an infrared detector positioned to record thermal images of a plurality of test areas on the test object to detect flaws in the test object as the platform and the test object move relative to each other; and a control connected to actuate the EMAT and the infrared detector, synchronize the creation of vibrations with the recording of thermal images, receive a signal from the infrared detector indicative of the thermal image of the surface of the test object, and record locations of the flaws appearing on the thermal images of the test areas, all as the platform and the test object move relative to each other.
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公开(公告)号:US10180403B1
公开(公告)日:2019-01-15
申请号:US15629638
申请日:2017-06-21
Applicant: The Boeing Company
Inventor: Morteza Safai , Xiaoxi Wang
IPC: G01B9/02 , G01N21/956
Abstract: Provided is a method and system for dynamic shearographic inspection. The dynamic shearographic method allows nondestructive inspection of layered materials, in particular, those including a porous material. The method uses a load profile that increases and decreases the load, for example in a saw-tooth manner, without decreasing the load back down to the initial loading state, usually zero loading. Using the load profile in this manner constantly refreshes the reference speckle images to minimize background noise and allows defects to be distinguished from the noise.
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公开(公告)号:US20180340837A1
公开(公告)日:2018-11-29
申请号:US15607173
申请日:2017-05-26
Applicant: The Boeing Company
Inventor: Morteza Safai
Abstract: A thermal imaging system comprises a substrate, stacked graphene arrays on the substrate, and a number of bandpass filters separating the stacked graphene arrays.
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公开(公告)号:US10119939B2
公开(公告)日:2018-11-06
申请号:US15159979
申请日:2016-05-20
Applicant: The Boeing Company
Inventor: Barry A. Fetzer , Gary E. Georgeson , Morteza Safai , Jeffrey G. Thompson , Steven Kenneth Brady , John R. Hull
IPC: G01N29/22 , G01N29/27 , G01N29/44 , G01N29/04 , G01N29/275
Abstract: A vehicle examination system includes an axle inspection system that is configured to inspect an axle of a vehicle. The axle inspection system includes an ultrasound scanning assembly, and an axle coupler that retains the ultrasound scanning assembly. The axle coupler is configured to moveably secure the ultrasound scanning assembly to the axle. An axle inspection control unit is in communication with the ultrasound scanning assembly. The axle inspection control unit is configured to control the ultrasound scanning assembly to ultrasonically scan the axle for anomalies as the vehicle moves.
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公开(公告)号:US10078049B2
公开(公告)日:2018-09-18
申请号:US15158057
申请日:2016-05-18
Applicant: The Boeing Company
Inventor: Morteza Safai , Kimberly D. Meredith
CPC classification number: G01N21/45 , G01B9/02098 , G01B11/162 , G01M11/081 , G01N21/88
Abstract: Described herein is an apparatus for non-destructive testing that includes a cavity. The apparatus also includes an input element coupled with the cavity and configured to receive a laser beam and to direct the laser beam into the cavity. The apparatus additionally includes multiple output elements formed in the cavity and spaced apart along the cavity. Each output element of the multiple output elements is configured to direct a portion of the laser beam out of the cavity such that each portion of the laser beam directed out of a respective one of the multiple output elements has a substantially similar intensity.
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