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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.

Patent No.:

US 9934896 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2018

Filed:

Nov. 10, 2016

Inspection apparatus and inspection system for inspecting access-restricted spaces and areas

Applicant:

Airbus Operations Gmbh, Hamburg, DE;

Inventors:

Matthias Hegenbart, Hamburg, DE;

Peter Linde, Hamburg, DE;

Detlev Konigorski, Hamburg, DE;

Assignee:

AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH, Hamburg, DE;

Attorney:

Lorenz & Kopf, LLP

Primary Examiner:

Ramon M Barrera

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01F 6/00 (2006.01); H01F 7/02 (2006.01); H02N 15/04 (2006.01); G01N 21/88 (2006.01); G01N 27/90 (2006.01); H01F 6/04 (2006.01); H01F 7/20 (2006.01); G01N 21/954 (2006.01); H01F 7/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01F 7/0294 (2013.01); G01N 21/88 (2013.01); G01N 21/954 (2013.01); G01N 27/9006 (2013.01); H01F 6/00 (2013.01); H01F 6/04 (2013.01); H01F 7/06 (2013.01); H01F 7/20 (2013.01); H02N 15/04 (2013.01); G01N 27/902 (2013.01);
Abstract

This relates to an inspection apparatus for inspecting a structural component to which access is restricted, comprising a movable unit including a superconductor and an inspection device, a drive unit including a magnetic field generator adapted to generate a magnetic field, wherein said movable unit and said drive unit are arranged with a predetermined gap therebetween for receiving said structural component and are coupled in a force-locking manner by means of the frozen magnetic flux, i.e., without a physical connection, between the magnetic field generator and the superconductor. Thus, spaces or areas to which access is restricted can be inspected without the need of physically connecting the drive unit and the movable unit.

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