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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. 22, 2015

Filed:

May. 19, 2011
Applicants:

Setsu Yamamoto, Kanagawa, JP;

Takahiro Miura, Kanagawa, JP;

Takeshi Hoshi, Kanagawa, JP;

Tsuyoshi Ogawa, Kanagawa, JP;

Yoshihiro Fujita, Kanagawa, JP;

Shozo Hirano, Kanagawa, JP;

Kazumi Watanabe, Kanagawa, JP;

Satoshi Nagai, Kanagawa, JP;

Masahiro Yoshida, Kanagawa, JP;

Satoru Asai, Kanagawa, JP;

Makoto Ochiai, Kanagawa, JP;

Jun Semboshi, Kanagawa, JP;

Inventors:

Setsu Yamamoto, Kanagawa, JP;

Takahiro Miura, Kanagawa, JP;

Takeshi Hoshi, Kanagawa, JP;

Tsuyoshi Ogawa, Kanagawa, JP;

Yoshihiro Fujita, Kanagawa, JP;

Shozo Hirano, Kanagawa, JP;

Kazumi Watanabe, Kanagawa, JP;

Satoshi Nagai, Kanagawa, JP;

Masahiro Yoshida, Kanagawa, JP;

Satoru Asai, Kanagawa, JP;

Makoto Ochiai, Kanagawa, JP;

Jun Semboshi, Kanagawa, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 11/02 (2006.01); G01N 29/46 (2006.01); B23K 31/12 (2006.01); G01N 29/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 29/46 (2013.01); B23K 31/125 (2013.01); G01N 29/2418 (2013.01); G01N 2291/267 (2013.01);
Abstract

A welding inspection method has steps of: generating transmission laser light for generating an ultrasonic wave and transmitting the transmission laser light to an object to be inspected during or after welding operation for irradiation; generating reception laser light for detecting an ultrasonic wave and transmitting the reception laser light to the object to be inspected for irradiation; collecting laser light scattered and reflected at surface of the object to be inspected; performing interference measurement of the laser light and obtaining an ultrasonic signal; and analyzing the ultrasonic signal obtained by the interference measurement. At least one of the transmission laser light generated in the transmission laser light irradiation step and the reception laser light generated in the reception laser light irradiation step is irradiated onto a welded metal part or a groove side surface.


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