Ultrasonic array sensor, ultrasonic inspection instrument and ultrasonic inspection method

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 6957583
APP PUB NO 20040118210A1
SERIAL NO

10696564

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An ultrasonic inspection instrument for detecting a crack and performing sizing in the depth direction of the crack. By a transmitter element array and a receiver element array included in a common sensor, focus points between focused acoustic fields are electronically scanned in a range including a location where half the sum of the transmitting angle of ultrasonic waves to an inspection-target material and the receiving angle of diffraction echoes from the inspection-target material is 30 degrees, so that a tip portion of the crack is detected from the received diffraction echoes. Thus, the detectability of the ultrasonic inspection instrument for detecting diffraction waves in a subject to be inspected and performing crack inspection is stabilized and kept high.

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HITACHI-GE NUCLEAR ENERGY LTD1-1 SAIWAI-CHO 3-CHOME HITACHI-SHI IBARAKI 3170073 ?3170073

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Adachi, Hirokazu San Francisco, CA 3 55
Koike, Masahiro Hitachi, JP 79 719
Kono, Naoyuki Mito, JP 29 323
Matsui, Tetsuya Hitachi, JP 46 533
Senoo, Makoto Tokai, JP 28 127
Shimura, Takao Hitachi, JP 3 37
Tooma, Masahiro Kanasago, JP 7 120

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