MOUNTABLE EDDY CURRENT SENSOR FOR IN-SITU REMOTE DETECTION OF SURFACE & SUB-SURFACE FATIGUE CRACKS

Patent Number: 8,013,600
Issued: 9/6/2011
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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.