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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:
Jul. 05, 2022
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2020
Applicants:
Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation, Falls Church, VA (US);
Xarion Laser Acoustics Gmbh, Vienna, AT;
Inventors:
Clint D. Thomson, Smithfield, UT (US);
Igor V. Ivakhnenko, Bountiful, UT (US);
Lukas Balthasar Fischer, Vienna, AT;
Wolfgang Rohringer, Vienna, AT;
Fabian Luecking, Vienna, AT;
Assignees:
Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation, Falls Church, VA (US);
XARION Laser Acoustics GmbH, Vienna, AT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 29/24 (2006.01); G01N 29/36 (2006.01); G01N 29/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 29/2418 (2013.01); G01N 29/36 (2013.01); G01N 29/4445 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods, devices, and systems for detecting one or more discontinuities of a structure may include a laser emitter configured to generate and direct an ultrasonic signal into a structure and a receiver comprising an optical microphone. The optical microphone may comprise an array of optical microphones configured in a complementary manner to the emitter.