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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:
Dec. 01, 2015

Filed:

Jul. 26, 2013
Applicant:

Itrobotics, Inc., Stafford, TX (US);

Inventors:

Anouar Jamoussi, Sugar Land, TX (US);

Zhiyong Wang, Missouri City, TX (US);

Bruce Maxfield, Buford, WY (US);

Assignee:

ItRobotics, Inc., Stafford, TX (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 27/72 (2006.01); G01N 27/82 (2006.01); G01N 29/22 (2006.01); G01N 29/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 27/82 (2013.01); G01N 29/225 (2013.01); G01N 29/2412 (2013.01); G01N 2291/0422 (2013.01); G01N 2291/0423 (2013.01); G01N 2291/2636 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems, devices, and methods of inspecting a body of a tubular, are provided. An exemplary electro-magnetic acoustic transducers (EMAT) tubular inspection system for inspecting a body of a tubular includes an EMAT in-line tubular inspection device. The device can include a spine having a longitudinal support body and radially projecting rails, and multiple telescoping sections each connected to the radially projecting rails. The telescoping sections can include a magnetic back panel, one or more wheels positioned to engage an inner surface of a body of a tubular during inspection, and signal propagating and receiving modules carried by the magnetic back panel. Each module can include a magnet and different types of EMAT inspection transducer coil arrangements connected to the magnet. The different types of EMAT inspection transducer coil arrangements provide for the generation of NBSH, SW, and SV waves.


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