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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2011
Filed:
May. 12, 2008
Mountable eddy current sensor for in-situ remote detection of surface and sub-surface fatigue cracks
Applicants:
Esteban Yepez, Iii, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Dennis P. Roach, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Kirk A. Rackow, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Waylon A. Delong, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Inventors:
Esteban Yepez, III, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Dennis P. Roach, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Kirk A. Rackow, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Waylon A. DeLong, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Assignee:
Sandia Corporation, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 27/82 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A wireless, integrated, mountable, portable, battery-operated, non-contact eddy current sensor that provides similar accuracy to 1970's laboratory scale equipment (e.g., a Hewlett-Packard GP4194A Impedance Analyzer) at a fraction of the size and cost.