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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:
Nov. 20, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 08, 2010
Applicants:
John Ruediger Mader Viertl, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Manu Mathai, Karnataka, IN;
Grady Baggett, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Inventors:
John Ruediger Mader Viertl, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Manu Mathai, Karnataka, IN;
Grady Baggett, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 27/84 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A magnetic particle inspection (MPI) apparatus is disclosed that includes a chordal field coil pair and a radial field coil pair. The chordal field coil pair includes first and second chordal field coils configured to produce a chordally oriented magnetic flux about a test article.