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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2022
Filed:
Jan. 17, 2020
Applicant:
Zetec Inc., Snoqualmie, WA (US);
Inventor:
Tom O'Dell, Maple Valley, WA (US);
Assignee:
Zetec, Inc., Snoqualmie, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 27/90 (2021.01); G01N 27/87 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 27/9006 (2013.01); G01N 27/87 (2013.01); G01N 27/9046 (2013.01);
Abstract
An eddy current instrument for non-destructive testing of a tubular metallic object, the instrument comprising a probe head with probe coils and probe coil signal conditioning and analog to digital conversion electronics and a probe connector module with a processor and probe coil excitation signal generation electronics. The probe connector processor is configured to interface to an external computing device, which may be a personal computer. The probe head and probe connector module may be connected by a rigid shaft or by a flexible coupling.