The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Oct. 19, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 04, 2004
Simon D Senibi, Covington, WA (US);
David L Banks, Bellevue, WA (US);
Chris K Carrell, Bothell, WA (US);
Mark a Curry, Lynwood, WA (US);
Simon D Senibi, Covington, WA (US);
David L Banks, Bellevue, WA (US);
Chris K Carrell, Bothell, WA (US);
Mark A Curry, Lynwood, WA (US);
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A mobile platform is provided which has at least one component having an array of distributed piezoelectric transmitters and an associated array of distributed receivers. The receivers are configured to receive ultrasonic transmissions from the transmitters. Data from the receivers is stored in memory and processed through an algebraic reconstruction tomography algorithm which forms an image of the defect within the component. An algorithm is used to determine the position and size of the defect.