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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 09, 2021
Filed:
Apr. 19, 2019
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventors:
Mark Albrecht, Lake Stevens, WA (US);
Kwok Tung Chan, Seattle, WA (US);
Everette D. Gray, Seattle, WA (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 5/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 5/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for evaluating a surface of a bore formed in a structure, where the bore defines a bore axis. The method includes moving a probe at least partially through the bore in a first lineal direction about the bore axis while simultaneously rotating the probe about the bore axis. The probe includes a contact element contacting the surface of the bore at a plurality of first contact points as the probe moves in the first lineal direction.