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Patent No.:

US 10067096 B1

Date of Patent:

Sep. 04, 2018

Filed:

Sep. 02, 2016

Apparatus, system and method for automated nondestructive inspection of metal structures

Applicant:

Diakont Advanced Technologies, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);

Inventors:

Mikhail Evgenievich Fedosovsky, Saint Petersburg, RU;

Mikhail Vladimirovich Sokolov, Saint Petersburg, RU;

Edward Petit de Mange, Carlsbad, CA (US);

Assignee:

Dakont Advanced Technologies, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);

Attorney:

Fox Rothschild LLP

Primary Examiner:

Lisa Caputo

Assistant Examiner:

Tarun Sinha

Int. Cl.

CPC ...

G01N 29/265 (2006.01); G01N 33/20 (2006.01); G01N 27/90 (2006.01); G01N 27/82 (2006.01);

U.S. Cl.

CPC ...

G01N 29/265 (2013.01); G01N 27/82 (2013.01); G01N 27/902 (2013.01); G01N 33/20 (2013.01); G01N 2291/0234 (2013.01);

Abstract

The provided apparatus for automated nondestructive inspection of a metal structure having a surface comprises an ultrasonic nondestructive inspection unit, a nondestructive inspection unit based on magnetic flux leakage method, an eddy-current nondestructive inspection unit, a control unit connected to the ultrasonic nondestructive inspection unit, the nondestructive inspection unit based on the magnetic flux leakage method and the eddy-current nondestructive inspection unit for sending control signals to carry out inspection of the metal structure, and a navigation unit connected to the control unit, wherein the navigation unit determines a position of said apparatus relative to the metal structure, determines a state of the surface of the metal structure and sends signals into the control unit. The nondestructive inspection unit based on magnetic flux leakage method changes a magnetic field induction generated by this unit from a minimum value close to zero value to a predetermined maximum value.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Fedosovsky, Mikhail. (2018). Apparatus, system and method for automated nondestructive inspection of metal structures (U.S. Patent No. 10067096). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/10067096

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