MOUNTABLE EDDY CURRENT SENSOR FOR IN-SITU REMOTE DETECTION OF SURFACE & SUB-SURFACE FATIGUE CRACKS
Patent Number: | 8,013,600 |
Issued: | 9/6/2011 |
Official Filing: | View the Complete Patent |
Abstract: | A wireless, integrated, mountable, portable, battery-operated, non-contact eddy current sensor that provides similar accuracy to 1970 s laboratory scale equipment (e.g., a Hewlett-Packard GP4194A Impedance Analyzer) at a fraction of the size and cost. |
Application Number: | 119,009/12 |
Government Interests: | STATEMENT OF GOVERNMENT INTEREST This invention was made with Government support under Contract No. DE-NA0003525 awarded by the United States Department of Energy/National Nuclear Security Administration. The Government has certain rights in the invention. |