Non-destructive inspection system having self-aligning probe assembly
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsByungwoo Lee, Yanyan Wu, Nicholas Joseph Kray
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Abstract
An inspection system comprises a sensor configured to acquire inspection data of the object, a motion control device, a joint assembly coupled to the motion control device, and a probe housing coupled to the joint assembly and configured to hold the sensor. The inspection system further comprises a compliant element coupled to the probe housing and configured to cooperate with the joint assembly and the motion control device to position the sensor relative to the object. A self-aligning probe assembly is also presented.
Claims20
An inspection system for performing non-destructive inspection of an object, the inspection system comprising:
- a sensor configured to acquire inspection data for the object;
- a motion control device;
- a joint assembly coupled to the motion control device;
- a probe housing coupled to the joint assembly and configured to hold the sensor;
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- a compliant element coupled to the probe housing and configured to cooperate with the joint assembly and the motion control device to position the sensor relative to the object.
A self-aligning probe assembly, comprising:
- a joint assembly;
- a probe housing coupled to the joint assembly and configured to hold a sensor;
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- a compliant element coupled to the probe housing and configured to cooperate with the joint assembly to facilitate aligning the sensor to contact and to have an angle in a range of 90+/−15 degrees with an inspected surface of an object.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.