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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 28, 2004
Filed:
Jan. 21, 2003
Vladimir Tsukernik, West Roxbury, MA (US);
Neil J. Goldfine, Newton, MA (US);
Andrew P. Washabaugh, Chula Vista, CA (US);
Darrell E. Schlicker, Watertown, MA (US);
Karen E. Walrath, Arlington, MA (US);
Eric Hill, Watertown, MA (US);
Vladimir A. Zilberstein, Chestnut Hill, MA (US);
JENTEK Sensors, Inc., Waltham, MA (US);
Abstract
Pressurized elastic support structures or balloons are used to press flexible sensors against the surface a material under test. Rigid support elements can also be incorporated into the inspection devices to maintain the basic shape of the inspection structure and to facilitate positioning of the sensors near the test material surface. The rigid supports can have the approximate shape of the test material surface or the pressurization of one or more balloons can be used to conform the sensor to the shape of the test material surface.