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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 08, 2022
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
Aparna C. Sheila-Vadde, Bangalore, IN;
Manoj Kumar Koyithitta Meethal, Bangalore, IN;
James Wilson Rose, Guilderland, NY (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Evendale, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 27/90 (2021.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 27/9006 (2013.01);
Abstract
A sensor for a flexible sensor assembly includes a drive coil, a first set of sensing coils, a second set of sensing coils, and a configuration for sensing for discontinuities in a structure desired to be sensed. A method of operating the sensor can include positioning the sensor proximate to the structure, energizing the drive coil, and sensing eddy currents with the sensing coils.