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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 2010
Filed:
Feb. 08, 2005
Applicants:
Arie Ariav, Doar-Na Hof Ashkelon, IL;
Vladimir Ravitch, Ashkelon, IL;
David Nitsan, Azur, IL;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Nexense Ltd., Yavne, IL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 27/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and apparatus for detecting a predetermined condition of a panel by transmitting a cyclically-repeating energy wave through the material () of the panel from first location () to a second location (); measuring the transit time of the cyclically-repeating energy wave from the first location to the second location; and utilizing the measured transit time to detect the predetermined condition including the force on, the temperature of, a deformation in, the fatigue condition of, or a fracture in, structural panel, the presence of a force applied to, water on, or breakage in of the panel.