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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:
May. 15, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2008
Applicants:
Pei-chung Wang, Shanghai, CN;
Samuel P. Marin, Oakland Township, MI (US);
Sheila A. Marin, Legal Representative, Oakland Township, MI (US);
Daniel C. Hutchinson, Goodrich, MI (US);
Inventors:
Pei-Chung Wang, Shanghai, CN;
Samuel P. Marin, Oakland Township, MI (US);
Sheila A. Marin, legal representative, Oakland Township, MI (US);
Daniel C. Hutchinson, Goodrich, MI (US);
Assignee:
GM Global Technology Operations LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 3/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method to diagnose a failed weld in a welding process includes monitoring a location of a weld created on a plurality of work pieces, diagnosing the weld as a failed weld based on said location with respect to a closest edge of one of the work pieces, and identifying said failed weld based on the diagnosing.