Method and an apparatus for bolt inspection

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9964524
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14751187

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A method and an apparatus for bolt inspection are presented. The bolt has a cylindrical threaded surface delimited by a pair of end faces that are opposite to each other. An ultrasonic transducer device contacts one of the pair of end faces for performing a scan operation. A guide structure is engaged with the bolt that guides a motion of the ultrasonic transducer device such that only a portion of a transducer contact surface contacts the one of the pair of end faces during the scan operation. The guide structure delimits a radial extent of the motion of the ultrasonic transducer device during the scan operation.

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SIEMENS ENERGY INC4400 ALAFAYA TRAIL ORLANDO FL 32826

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Landy, James F Cape Canaveral, US 7 24
Marcantel, Derrick Oviedo, US 3 13
Quinn, Thomas F Winter Springs, US 6 15
Ryan, Daniel R Stanley, US 6 27

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