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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:
Dec. 27, 1988
Filed:
Apr. 17, 1987
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Mannesmann AG, Duesseldorf, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
73643 ;
Abstract
Electrically conductive work pieces such as steel tubes or pipes are tested by means of a transducer comprised of a row of magnetic pole pieces through which a dc flux pattern of alternating polarity and direction is set up along a line of pole extensions and through which bidirectional ac ultrasonic transmission takes place to discover defects which return ultrasonic pulses.