Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Inspection apparatus and method of inspecting a reactor component using the same
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Application No.: US14155799Application Date: 2014-01-15
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Publication No.: US10311986B2Publication Date: 2019-06-04
- Inventor: Matthew Robert Hastings , Ryan M. Smith , Lenin N. Benicki
- Applicant: Matthew Robert Hastings , Ryan M. Smith , Lenin N. Benicki
- Applicant Address: US NC Wilmington
- Assignee: GE-HITACHI NUCLEAR ENERGY AMERICAS LLC
- Current Assignee: GE-HITACHI NUCLEAR ENERGY AMERICAS LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US NC Wilmington
- Agency: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C.
- Main IPC: G21C17/003
- IPC: G21C17/003 ; G21C17/007 ; G21C17/013 ; G21C19/20 ; G21C15/25

Abstract:
An inspection apparatus may include an installation platform and a scan head. The scan head may be configured to engage in an index movement, a theta movement, a wrist fold movement, and a scan movement. During the scan movement, a transducer of the scan head travels a circumferential path so as to allow an inspection of a surface that is opposite of a surface on which the installation platform is mounted. The inspection apparatus may be used to inspect a reactor component in a nuclear reactor.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150200025A1 INSPECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD OF INSPECTING A REACTOR COMPONENT USING THE SAME Public/Granted day:2015-07-16
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