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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2017
Applicant:
Itt Manufacturing Enterprises Llc, Wilmington, DE (US);
Inventors:
A. David Sandiford, Lake Hughes, CA (US);
Tao Jiang, Stevenson Ranch, CA (US);
Assignee:
ITT MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES LLC, Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 25/72 (2006.01); H05B 3/20 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01); G01J 5/10 (2006.01); G01J 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 25/72 (2013.01); G01J 5/10 (2013.01); G06T 7/0008 (2013.01); H05B 3/20 (2013.01); G01J 2005/0077 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10048 (2013.01);
Abstract
Various methods of diagnosing defects and disbonds in devices and materials are disclosed. In some embodiments, the methods involve cooling a portion of a material or device, heating a portion of the material or device with a heating instrument, terminating the application of heat to the material or device, and imaging the material or device using a thermal imager after heat is removed. In certain variants, disbonds and/or defects can be visualized as hotter areas and spots on the material through the thermal image.