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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2015
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Gregory Alan Beaty, Golden, CO (US);
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus for providing real time measurement of capacitance for a plurality of transducing elements in an acoustic probe during repair are disclosed. An example method includes determining, at a second time, a capacitance of a transducing element of the plurality of transducing elements; when the capacitance of the transducing element is (A) outside an acceptable range and (B) different than an initial capacitance of the transducing element, triggering an alert, the initial capacitance determined at a first time prior to the second time and continuing to determine the capacitance of the transducing element; and when the capacitance of the transducing element is within the acceptable range, continuing to determine the capacitance of the transducing element.