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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.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2014

Filed:

Sep. 14, 2010
Applicants:

Steven K. Brady, Renton, WA (US);

William P. Motzer, Seattle, WA (US);

Jeffrey R. Kollgaard, Seattle, WA (US);

Nathan R. Smith, Newcastle, WA (US);

Inventors:

Steven K. Brady, Renton, WA (US);

William P. Motzer, Seattle, WA (US);

Jeffrey R. Kollgaard, Seattle, WA (US);

Nathan R. Smith, Newcastle, WA (US);

Assignee:

The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 17/00 (2006.01); G01H 1/08 (2006.01); G01N 9/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A method of standardizing ultrasonic flaw detectors utilizing electronic porosity standards which includes the steps of obtaining bandwidth characteristics of an ultrasonic flaw detector, obtaining broadband porosity attenuation characteristics of porosity samples, and generating porosity vs. attenuation curves calibrated to the apparatus using the bandwidth characteristics and the broadband porosity attenuation characteristics.


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