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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:
Apr. 20, 1993
Filed:
Nov. 26, 1991
Applicant:
Inventor:
Manohar Bashyam, Mason, OH (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ; G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
73640 ; 73629 ;
Abstract
A transducer device for an ultrasonic flaw detection system comprises a right angle rectangular block with one longitudinal edge being shaped to accurately conform to the curvature of the surface to be inspected. An ultrasonic sound wave beam in the block is reflected 90.degree. by a rotating mirror to cut a 360.degree. arc path through the surface to be inspected.