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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2011
Applicants:
William T. Yost, Newport News, VA (US);
Karl Elliott Cramer, Yorktown, VA (US);
Daniel F. Perey, Yorktown, VA (US);
Inventors:
William T. Yost, Newport News, VA (US);
Karl Elliott Cramer, Yorktown, VA (US);
Daniel F. Perey, Yorktown, VA (US);
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 29/07 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and apparatus for evaluating and/or quantifying damage to wire strands of a wire caused during installation of a crimped wire connector, involves launching an ultrasonic wave having known characteristics into a wire at a location that is either the crimp or is adjacent the crimped wire connector, and detecting changes in the characteristics (e.g., amplitude and/or phase shift) of the wave as it is propagates along a length of the wire.