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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2018
Siemens Energy, Inc., Orlando, FL (US);
James F. Landy, Cape Canaveral, FL (US);
Thomas F. Quinn, Winter Springs, FL (US);
Daniel R. Ryan, Mims, FL (US);
Derrick Marcantel, Oviedo, FL (US);
SIEMENS ENERGY, INC., Orlando, FL (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for bolt inspection are presented. The bolt has a cylindrical threaded surface delimited by a pair of end faces that are opposite to each other. An ultrasonic transducer device contacts one of the pair of end faces for performing a scan operation. A guide structure is engaged with the bolt that guides a motion of the ultrasonic transducer device such that only a portion of a transducer contact surface contacts the one of the pair of end faces during the scan operation. The guide structure delimits a radial extent of the motion of the ultrasonic transducer device during the scan operation.