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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2010
Steven K. Brady, Renton, WA (US);
William P. Motzer, Seattle, WA (US);
Jeffrey R. Kollgaard, Seattle, WA (US);
Nathan R. Smith, Newcastle, WA (US);
Nancy Wood, Clayton, MO (US);
David Fortner, Sullivan, MO (US);
Steven K. Brady, Renton, WA (US);
William P. Motzer, Seattle, WA (US);
Jeffrey R. Kollgaard, Seattle, WA (US);
Nathan R. Smith, Newcastle, WA (US);
Nancy Wood, Clayton, MO (US);
David Fortner, Sullivan, MO (US);
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for measuring porosity of a structure includes an ultrasonic transducer device configured to be pressed against a structure, the ultrasonic transducer device being further configured to emit ultrasonic pulses into the structure and detect echo profiles; and an electronic device including: a manager having an interface gate, a back-surface sensing gate and a back surface analysis gate; a pulse generator interfacing with the manager and the ultrasonic transducer device; a data acquisition device interfacing with the ultrasonic transducer device and the manager; and a display having a porosity indicator interfacing with the manager.