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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:
Mar. 05, 2024
Filed:
Jan. 03, 2022
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventors:
Farahnaz Sisco, Mukilteo, WA (US);
Jeffrey Martin Devlin, Seattle, WA (US);
Nathan Christopher McRae, Seattle, WA (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 11/14 (2006.01); B64F 5/60 (2017.01); G01B 9/02015 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 11/14 (2013.01); B64F 5/60 (2017.01); G01B 9/02023 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems and methods are provided for inspection. One embodiment is a method for measuring a hole. The method includes driving a fiber optic probe into the hole, determining a profile by scanning the hole via the fiber optic probe, and determining whether an interface gap exists at the hole based on the profile.