Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Inspection robot with couplant chamber disposed within sled for acoustic coupling
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Application No.: US15853391Application Date: 2017-12-22
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Publication No.: US10698412B2Publication Date: 2020-06-30
- Inventor: Mark Loosararian , Joshua Moore , Yizhu Gu , Kevin Low , Edward Bryner , Logan MacKenzie , Ian Miller , Alvin Chou , Todd Joslin
- Applicant: Gecko Robotics, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US PA Pittsburgh
- Assignee: Gecko Robotics, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Gecko Robotics, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US PA Pittsburgh
- Agency: GTC Law Group PC & Affiliates
- Main IPC: G01N29/00
- IPC: G01N29/00 ; G01N29/22 ; G01N29/265 ; G01N29/28 ; G05D1/02 ; B62D57/02 ; G05B19/00 ; G01B17/02 ; B25J5/00 ; B60B19/00 ; G01B7/06 ; B25J9/16 ; G05D1/00 ; G01N29/07

Abstract:
A system includes an inspection robot having a number of payloads, a number of arms mounted to the payloads, and a number of sleds mounted to the arms. The system includes a number of sensors, each mounted to a corresponding sled, such that the sensor is operationally coupleable to an inspection surface in contact with a bottom surface of the corresponding sled. A couplant chamber is provided within at least two of the sleds, the couplant chamber between a transducer of a sensor and the inspection surface. The system includes a biasing member for each of the arms, where the biasing member provides a down force on the corresponding sled.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180181136A1 INSPECTION ROBOT Public/Granted day:2018-06-28
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