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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2009
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2007
Marc Mcdaniel, Botkins, OH (US);
Charles Hoke, Piqua, OH (US);
Chad J. Miller, Minster, OH (US);
Stephen A. Schumann, Troy, OH (US);
Marc McDaniel, Botkins, OH (US);
Charles Hoke, Piqua, OH (US);
Chad J. Miller, Minster, OH (US);
Stephen A. Schumann, Troy, OH (US);
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle cylinder head coolant passage inspection device and a method for inspecting vehicle cylinder head coolant passages therewith. A device and method of the present invention can be used to detect blockages present within such coolant passages. A device and method of the present invention uses one or more fiber-optic probes that can both emit and receive light. The probe(s) are used with a sensor that can register light reflected by a blockage and received by a probe(s) while in a coolant passage. Reflected light readings registered by the sensor can be used to determine whether a blockage is present.