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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2005
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2001
Michael Leonard Dziech, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Michael Leonard Dziech, Cincinnati, OH (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A sensor measurement of an article having an article surface shape is performed using a hand-held senor probe having a probe housing, a sensor support rotatably mounted in the probe housing and having an orienting structure defined thereon. The orienting structure is preferably an orienting face with substantially the article surface shape. A sensor, such as a eddy current sensor, is affixed to the sensor support and is operable through the orienting face of the sensor support. The orienting face of the sensor support is pressed against the article surface to orient the sensor support and thence the sensor relative to the article surface, and the sensor measurement is performed. The sensor is preferably a ball having the orienting face thereon, and mounted to the probe housing in a ball-and-socket relationship.