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US 7,681,452 B2Granted
Junior ultrasonic miniature air gap inspection crawler
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsPaul C. Bagley, Richard Hatley, Kenneth Hatley, Robert M. Roney
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Abstract
An inspection head for an air gap inspection device. The inspection head may include a pair of expandable shoes, an inspection device attached to the pair of shoes, and a transducer assembly attached to one of the pair of shoes.
Claims18
An inspection head for an air gap inspection device, comprising:
- a pair of expandable shoes;
- an inspection device attached to the pair of shoes;
- and
- a transducer assembly attached to one of the pair of shoes, the transducer assembly comprising:
- a base,
- a plurality of arms, each pivotably attached directly to the base,
- a transducer head attached directly to each of the plurality of arms, and
- a motor thread operable to drive at least one of the arms so as to alter a direction of the transducer head.
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An inspection head for an air gap inspection device, comprising:
- a pair of expandable shoes;
- an inspection device attached to the pair of shoes;
- and
- a transducer assembly comprising:
- a base,
- a plurality of arms, each arm pivotably directly attached to the base,
- an ultrasonic transducer attached directly to each of the plurality of arms, and
- means for driving at least one of the arms to pivot the ultrasonic transducer about the transducer assembly.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.