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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2021
Blake Kay Burton, Grantsville, UT (US);
Arthur K. Fox, Murray, UT (US);
Blake Kay Burton, Grantsville, UT (US);
Arthur K. Fox, Murray, UT (US);
Cypress In-Line Inspection, LLC, Tulsa, OK (US);
Abstract
An improved geometry sensor for an inline inspection tool used for determining defects in a pipe or other conduit. The sensor having an arm pivotally mounted to a base on a body of an inline inspection tool and a spring biasing the arm away from the body of the inline inspection tool. A magnet mounted to the arm, the magnet having a magnetic field. A Hall effect sensor fixed relative to the body of the of the inline inspection. The outer end of the arm moves along an interior surface of a conduit as the tool passes through a pipe with the arm and magnet pivoting relative to the body and the Hall effect sensor detecting movement and deflection of the arm by measuring changes in the magnetic field.
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