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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 21, 2017
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Steven K. Brady, Renton, WA (US);
Landon K. Henson, Snoqualmie, WA (US);
Benjamin E. Koltenbah, Federal Way, WA (US);
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
Disclosed herein is a probe for detecting structural integrity of a part. The probe comprises an outer shield, having a hollow tubular shape, defining a first interior channel, and comprising a part-engagement end. The probe also comprises an inner shield, within the first interior channel, having a hollow tubular shape, spaced apart from the outer shield, and comprising a first end portion and a second end portion, opposite the first end portion. The first end portion of the inner shield is closer to the part-engagement end of the outer shield than the second end portion of the inner shield. The first end portion of the inner shield comprises a wall extension, protruding in a direction extending from the second end portion of the inner shield to the first end portion of the inner shield and circumferentially extending about less than an entire circumference of the inner shield.