MACHINE ROTOR ULTRASONIC IMAGING SYSTEM AND RELATED METHODS

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United States of America Patent

APP PUB NO 20170322185A1
SERIAL NO

15149835

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Various embodiments include an ultrasonic detection method, performed using an ultrasonic detection system having a set of corresponding transmitting phased array devices and receiving phased array devices, the method including: for each of a plurality of static positions about a portion of a machine rotor: transmitting, at a corresponding transmitting phased array device, a set of ultrasonic waves through the portion of the machine rotor, and receiving, at the corresponding receiving phased array device, the set of ultrasonic waves after transmission through the portion of the machine rotor, to obtain a set of ultrasonic detection information about the machine rotor; and forming an ultrasonic representation of the machine rotor by aligning the sets of the ultrasonic detection information about the machine rotor obtained from each of the plurality of static positions about the portion of the machine rotor.

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GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY1 RIVER ROAD SCHENECTADY NY 12345

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Bergman, Robert William Scotia, US 12 61
Davidson, Paul Howard Albany, US 11 11
Freda, Michael Charles Long Beach Township, US 4 7
Laurer, Kurt Neal Saratoga Springs, US 8 49
Malison, Robert Charles Schenectady, US 3 7
Moldenhauer, Thomas Earnest Burnt Hills, US 8 88
Pendergast, August Elwood Greenfield Center, US 4 0
Reed, Francis Alexander Duanesburg, US 20 147
Sassatelli, John Matthew Valley Falls, US 24 89

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