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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2024
Filed:
Jul. 06, 2021
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventor:
Kareem Shehab, Seattle, WA (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Arlington, VA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 29/265 (2006.01); B25J 9/16 (2006.01); G01N 29/04 (2006.01); G01N 29/22 (2006.01); G01N 29/28 (2006.01); G01N 35/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 29/265 (2013.01); B25J 9/1694 (2013.01); G01N 29/04 (2013.01); G01N 29/225 (2013.01); G01N 29/28 (2013.01); G01N 35/0099 (2013.01); G01N 2291/023 (2013.01); G01N 2291/0289 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed herein is an apparatus for ultrasonic inspection. The apparatus comprises, in certain examples, a base, a lower coupler block slidably coupled to the base such that the base is translationally movable relative to the lower coupler block, and a pair of wings rotatably coupled to the lower coupler block at a wing pivot point and pivotable between a first angle and a second angle. In certain examples, the apparatus also includes a sensor carriage located within the base and slidably coupled to the base such that the sensor carriage is translationally movable relative to the base.