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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 11, 2013
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
Thomas Richard Jenkins, Lewistown, PA (US);
Dane Eugene Hackenberger, Mifflintown, PA (US);
Robert Charles Shaffer, Reedsville, PA (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 29/26 (2006.01); G01N 29/24 (2006.01); G01N 29/04 (2006.01); G01N 29/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 29/262 (2013.01); G01N 29/221 (2013.01); G01N 29/2493 (2013.01);
Abstract
A rolling ultrasonic scanner comprises a member having an inspection surface for rolling across the surface of an object under test. A plurality of ultrasonic transducers are disposed within the member in a formation such that they are each aimed at a common point that is coincident with the surface of the object.