公开(公告)号：US08841823B2

公开(公告)日：2014-09-23

申请号：US13242025

申请日：2011-09-23

申请人： Todd Jackson

发明人： Todd Jackson

IPC分类号： H01L41/053 ,  G01N29/24 ,  G01N29/28

CPC分类号： G01N29/24 ,  G01N29/28

摘要： A wear cap including a flexible barrel and a rigid disc enables a high-frequency ultrasonic transducer to properly align to the surface of a material to be tested. The wear cap may be employed for any type of contact sensor that requires a protective wear cap and that needs to align to the surface of a material to be tested. An ultrasonic transducer assembly includes a wear cap and an ultrasonic transducer. The ultrasonic transducer is mounted in the wear cap and includes a transducer body with a cylindrical shape. A method of producing a wear cap for an ultrasonic transducer includes selecting a flexible material, forming a flexible barrel from the flexible material, selecting a rigid material, forming a rigid disc from the rigid material, and affixing the rigid disc to an end of the flexible barrel.

摘要翻译： 包括柔性桶和刚性盘的磨损盖使得高频超声波换能器能够正确对准被测材料的表面。 耐磨帽可以用于任何类型的接触传感器，其需要保护性耐磨帽并且需要与被测试材料的表面对准。 超声波换能器组件包括磨损帽和超声换能器。 超声波换能器安装在磨损帽中，并且包括具有圆柱形形状的换能器主体。 制造用于超声换能器的磨损帽的方法包括选择柔性材料，从柔性材料形成柔性筒，选择刚性材料，从刚性材料形成刚性盘，并将刚性盘固定到 弹性桶

公开(公告)号：US20130211782A1

公开(公告)日：2013-08-15

申请号：US13370855

申请日：2012-02-10

申请人： Samuel Rosenberg ,  Todd Jackson

发明人： Samuel Rosenberg ,  Todd Jackson

IPC分类号： G06F15/00

CPC分类号： B25J9/16

摘要： Methods automatically and comprehensively self-test the operation, hardware, and programs of a robotic system to reveal problems in a robotic system. The system preferably evaluates repeatability of measurement by each distance sensor, an accuracy of measurement by each distance sensor, an accuracy of movement of any positioning joints used to position the robot arm, and an accuracy of at least one routine of the system control programs. The positioning joints may include one or more rotational joints or one or more translational joints. In some embodiments, the robotic system is a robotic pulse/echo layer thickness (PELT) system. When a robotic system has passed all of the tests, then the system performance has been verified. The inclusion of these self-tests allows a robotic PELT system owner to determine whether or not the robotic portion of a system is performing correctly.

摘要翻译： 方法自动全面自我检测机器人系统的操作，硬件和程序，揭示机器人系统中的问题。 该系统优选地评估每个距离传感器的测量的重复性，每个距离传感器的测量精度，用于定位机器人手臂的任何定位关节的移动精度以及系统控制程序的至少一个程序的精度。 定位接头可以包括一个或多个旋转接头或一个或多个平移接头。 在一些实施例中，机器人系统是机器人脉冲/回波层厚度（PELT）系统。 当机器人系统通过所有测试时，系统性能已被验证。 包含这些自检使机器人PELT系统所有者能够确定系统的机器人部分是否正确地执行。

公开(公告)号：US20130211766A1

公开(公告)日：2013-08-15

申请号：US13786988

申请日：2013-03-06

申请人： Ascent Ventures, LLC

发明人： Samuel Rosenberg ,  Todd Jackson

IPC分类号： G01S15/06 ,  G01B21/16

CPC分类号： G01S15/06 ,  G01B21/042 ,  G01B21/16 ,  Y10S901/09

摘要： Methods and apparatus enable a robotic system to detect and determine the location, orientation, surface contours, and features of an object that are not otherwise accurately known in order to allow the robotic system to accurately place a pulse/echo layer thickness-gauge ultrasonic transducer gauge onto the surface of the object. The robotic system uses one or more distance measurement sensors to determine the position, orientation, local contour, and other features of the surface in relation to the robot. Another method calibrates an inaccurate distance sensor. Yet another method maintains overall system functionality in a system with multiple distance sensors in the event that one or more of the distance sensors fails. The robotic system may also determine when maintenance is required.

摘要翻译： 方法和装置使得机器人系统能够检测和确定物体的位置，方向，表面轮廓和特征，这些位置，方向，表面轮廓和特征不是其他方面被正确地知道，以便允许机器人系统准确地放置脉冲/回波层厚度超声波换能器 测量物体的表面。 机器人系统使用一个或多个距离测量传感器来确定相对于机器人的表面的位置，方向，局部轮廓和其他特征。 另一种方法校准不准确的距离传感器。 在一个或多个距离传感器故障的情况下，另一种方法在具有多个距离传感器的系统中维持整体系统功能。 机器人系统还可以确定何时需要维护。

公开(公告)号：US20130074602A1

公开(公告)日：2013-03-28

申请号：US13242025

申请日：2011-09-23

申请人： Todd Jackson

发明人： Todd Jackson

IPC分类号： G01N29/34

CPC分类号： G01N29/24 ,  G01N29/28

摘要： A wear cap including a flexible barrel and a rigid disc enables a high-frequency ultrasonic transducer to properly align to the surface of a material to be tested. The wear cap may be employed for any type of contact sensor that requires a protective wear cap and that needs to align to the surface of a material to be tested. An ultrasonic transducer assembly includes a wear cap and an ultrasonic transducer. The ultrasonic transducer is mounted in the wear cap and includes a transducer body with a cylindrical shape. A method of producing a wear cap for an ultrasonic transducer includes selecting a flexible material, forming a flexible barrel from the flexible material, selecting a rigid material, forming a rigid disc from the rigid material, and affixing the rigid disc to an end of the flexible barrel.

摘要翻译： 包括柔性桶和刚性盘的磨损盖使得高频超声波换能器能够正确对准被测材料的表面。 耐磨帽可以用于任何类型的接触传感器，其需要保护性耐磨帽并且需要与被测试材料的表面对准。 超声波换能器组件包括磨损帽和超声换能器。 超声波换能器安装在磨损帽中，并且包括具有圆柱形形状的换能器主体。 制造用于超声波换能器的磨损帽的方法包括选择柔性材料，从柔性材料形成柔性筒，选择刚性材料，从刚性材料形成刚性盘，并将刚性盘固定到 弹性桶

公开(公告)号：US20130074601A1

公开(公告)日：2013-03-28

申请号：US13241989

申请日：2011-09-23

申请人： Todd Jackson

发明人： Todd Jackson

IPC分类号： G01M13/04

CPC分类号： G01N29/24 ,  G01N29/265 ,  G01N29/28 ,  G01N2291/2638

摘要： A spherical bearing provides a passive apparatus that enables a contact sensor that needs to self-align to the surface of a test object. In some embodiments, the contact sensor is a transducer. This self-alignment apparatus may be used in a measurement system for aligning the face of a contact transducer to the surface of a material to be measured. The spherical bearing may be dry or may be lubricated with a liquid or with pressurized air to minimize the bearing friction and enable the transducer to self-align. The upper portion of the spherical bearing is preferably attached to a spring-loaded piston. The transducer is preferably attached to the lower portion of the spherical bearing. The spring-loaded piston holds the spherical bearing portions together and centers the floating lower bearing portion after each measurement operation. A cowling preferably retains the lower bearing portion between measurements.

摘要翻译： 球面轴承提供了一种无源装置，其使得需要自对准测试对象表面的接触传感器。 在一些实施例中，接触传感器是换能器。 该自对准装置可以用于将接触换能器的面与待测材料的表面对准的测量系统中。 球面轴承可以是干燥的，也可以用液体或加压空气润滑，以使轴承摩擦力最小化，并使换能器自对准。 球面轴承的上部优选地附接到弹簧加载的活塞。 传感器优选地附接到球面轴承的下部。 弹簧加载的活塞将球面轴承部分保持在一起，并且在每次测量操作之后使浮动的下轴承部分居中。 整流罩优选地在测量之间保持下轴承部分。

公开(公告)号：US20220013103A1

公开(公告)日：2022-01-13

申请号：US17478894

申请日：2021-09-18

申请人： Ascent Ventures, LLC

发明人： James M. Chwalek ,  Todd A Jackson

IPC分类号： G10K11/32 ,  G10K11/02 ,  G01N29/28 ,  G01N29/04 ,  G01N29/24 ,  H01L41/25

摘要： An ultrasonic transducer that includes a delay line, an active piezoelectric element, and interposing metal conductive layer between the delay line and active piezoelectric element. The delay line and active piezoelectric element are joined so that ultrasonic waves may be coupled from the active piezoelectric element into the delay line or from the delay line into the active piezoelectric element. A via is formed, using a milling operation, in the active piezoelectric element to expose the edge of the interposing metal conductive layer between the delay line and active piezoelectric element. A conductive layer makes electrical contact between the interposing metal conductive layer and the surface of the active piezoelectric element to allow an electrical connection to be made from the surface of the active piezoelectric element to the interposing metal conductive layer.

公开(公告)号：US20210283656A1

公开(公告)日：2021-09-16

申请号：US17196840

申请日：2021-03-09

申请人： Ascent Ventures, LLC

发明人： James M. Chwalek ,  Todd A. Jackson

IPC分类号： B06B1/06 ,  H01L41/312

摘要： An ultrasonic transducer includes a delay line substrate, a piezoelectric element, a metal conductive layer between the delay line substrate and the piezoelectric element, and a backing layer applied to the piezoelectric element. The delay line substrate and the piezoelectric element are acoustically joined, configured to couple ultrasonic waves from the piezoelectric element into the delay line substrate or from the delay line substrate into the piezoelectric element. The backing layer includes a metal film, the metal film has a thickness and an acoustic impedance, and the thickness and the acoustic impedance each have value sufficient to provide acoustic damping. The backing layer has a substantially columnar cross-sectional morphology with a substantially granular surface morphology.

公开(公告)号：US08683882B2

公开(公告)日：2014-04-01

申请号：US13241989

申请日：2011-09-23

申请人： Todd Jackson

发明人： Todd Jackson

IPC分类号： G01N9/24 ,  G01D21/00

CPC分类号： G01N29/24 ,  G01N29/265 ,  G01N29/28 ,  G01N2291/2638

摘要： A spherical bearing provides a passive apparatus that enables a contact sensor that needs to self-align to the surface of a test object. In some embodiments, the contact sensor is a transducer. This self-alignment apparatus may be used in a measurement system for aligning the face of a contact transducer to the surface of a material to be measured. The spherical bearing may be dry or may be lubricated with a liquid or with pressurized air to minimize the bearing friction and enable the transducer to self-align. The upper portion of the spherical bearing is preferably attached to a spring-loaded piston. The transducer is preferably attached to the lower portion of the spherical bearing. The spring-loaded piston holds the spherical bearing portions together and centers the floating lower bearing portion after each measurement operation. A cowling preferably retains the lower bearing portion between measurements.

摘要翻译： 球面轴承提供了一种无源装置，其使得需要自对准测试对象表面的接触传感器。 在一些实施例中，接触传感器是换能器。 该自对准装置可以用于将接触换能器的面与待测材料的表面对准的测量系统中。 球面轴承可以是干燥的，也可以用液体或加压空气润滑，以使轴承摩擦力最小化，并使换能器自对准。 球面轴承的上部优选地附接到弹簧加载的活塞。 传感器优选地附接到球面轴承的下部。 弹簧加载的活塞将球面轴承部分保持在一起，并且在每次测量操作之后使浮动的下轴承部分居中。 整流罩优选地在测量之间保持下轴承部分。

公开(公告)号：US11417309B2

公开(公告)日：2022-08-16

申请号：US16204249

申请日：2018-11-29

申请人： Ascent Ventures, LLC

发明人： James M Chwalek ,  Todd A Jackson

IPC分类号： G01N29/24 ,  G10K11/32 ,  G10K11/02 ,  G01N29/28 ,  G01N29/04 ,  H01L41/25

摘要： An ultrasonic transducer that includes a delay line, an active piezoelectric element, and interposing metal conductive layer between the delay line and active piezoelectric element. The delay line and active piezoelectric element are joined so that ultrasonic waves may be coupled from the active piezoelectric element into the delay line or from the delay line into the active piezoelectric element. A via is formed, using a milling operation, in the active piezoelectric element to expose the edge of the interposing metal conductive layer between the delay line and active piezoelectric element. A conductive layer makes electrical contact between the interposing metal conductive layer and the surface of the active piezoelectric element to allow an electrical connection to be made from the surface of the active piezoelectric element to the interposing metal conductive layer.

公开(公告)号：US09579788B2

公开(公告)日：2017-02-28

申请号：US13370855

申请日：2012-02-10

申请人： Samuel Rosenberg ,  Todd Jackson

发明人： Samuel Rosenberg ,  Todd Jackson

IPC分类号： G06F15/00 ,  B25J9/16

CPC分类号： B25J9/16

摘要： Methods automatically and comprehensively self-test the operation, hardware, and programs of a robotic system to reveal problems in a robotic system. The system preferably evaluates repeatability of measurement by each distance sensor, an accuracy of measurement by each distance sensor, an accuracy of movement of any positioning joints used to position the robot arm, and an accuracy of at least one routine of the system control programs. The positioning joints may include one or more rotational joints or one or more translational joints. In some embodiments, the robotic system is a robotic pulse/echo layer thickness (PELT) system. When a robotic system has passed all of the tests, then the system performance has been verified. The inclusion of these self-tests allows a robotic PELT system owner to determine whether or not the robotic portion of a system is performing correctly.

摘要翻译： 方法自动全面自我检测机器人系统的操作，硬件和程序，揭示机器人系统中的问题。 该系统优选地评估每个距离传感器的测量的重复性，每个距离传感器的测量精度，用于定位机器人手臂的任何定位关节的移动精度以及系统控制程序的至少一个程序的精度。 定位接头可以包括一个或多个旋转接头或一个或多个平移接头。 在一些实施例中，机器人系统是机器人脉冲/回波层厚度（PELT）系统。 当机器人系统通过所有测试时，系统性能已被验证。 包含这些自检使机器人PELT系统所有者能够确定系统的机器人部分是否正确地执行。