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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2018
Applicant:
Zetec, Inc., Snoqualmie, WA (US);
Inventor:
William Oren Wekell, Maple Valley, WA (US);
Assignee:
Zetec, Inc., Snoqualmie, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 27/82 (2006.01); G01N 27/90 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 27/9033 (2013.01); G01N 27/902 (2013.01);
Abstract
A flexible eddy current probe for non-destructive testing of a metallic object, the probe having a flexible printed circuit containing eddy current drive and sense coils and a rotary encoder configured to measure liner distance as the eddy current probe is scanned over the object. The probe features an encoder arm that adjustably connects a flexible eddy current sensor array to the rotary encoder.