Systems and Methods for Ultrasonic Inspection of Complex Geometries

Abstract

A sensor probe may include a plurality of sensor elements, wherein a sensor element, of the plurality of sensor elements includes an ultrasound transducer. The sensor probe includes a body formed at least in part from a flexible material. The flexible material provides acoustic coupling between the ultrasound transducer and a component surface, and wherein the flexible material establishes a conformal surface between the plurality of sensor elements and the component surface. The sensor probe may further include a locomotion actuator operable to move the sensor probe along the component surface; a controller configured to control operation of the plurality of sensor elements and the locomotion actuator. .

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.