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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2020
Filed:
May. 27, 2016
Applicant:
Grid Logic Incorporated, Lapeer, MI (US);
Inventor:
Matthew J. Holcomb, Metamora, MI (US);
Assignee:
Grid Logic Incorporated, Lapeer, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 27/02 (2006.01); G01N 27/82 (2006.01); B22F 3/105 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 27/025 (2013.01); G01N 27/82 (2013.01); B22F 3/1055 (2013.01); B22F 2202/07 (2013.01); Y02P 10/295 (2015.11);
Abstract
The invention provides a nondestructive tester that includes a coil for positioning adjacent a surface of an object, a voltage source connected to the coil to apply a forward power to the coil, a measurement circuit connected to the coil to measure a reflected power from the coil due to the forward power, and an analyzer connected to the measurement circuit and determining a result of a function of the reflected power to the forward power and utilizing a result of the function to determine whether a feature presence at or below the surface.