Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Apparatus and system for inspecting structures
- Patent Title (中): 用于检查结构的装置和系统
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Application No.: US13351876Application Date: 2012-01-17
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Publication No.: US08822932B2Publication Date: 2014-09-02
- Inventor: Daniel Jay Scoville , Rajashekar Venkatachalam , Christopher Jay Morse
- Applicant: Daniel Jay Scoville , Rajashekar Venkatachalam , Christopher Jay Morse
- Applicant Address: US NY Schenectady
- Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Schenectady
- Agency: Hiscock & Barclay LLP
- Main IPC: G01T1/161
- IPC: G01T1/161

Abstract:
This disclosure describes an apparatus and a system for inspection of deepwater assets, e.g., pipes and pipelines that traverse the ocean floor. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes a housing that retains a compensation fluid therein to form a fluidic environment. A digital detector resides in the fluidic environment. The digital detector can generate digital images in response to radiation that penetrate though the deepwater asset and impinges on components of the digital detector. In one embodiment, the digital detector utilizes one or more seal members to secure the components together. The seal members may be permeable and/or impermeable to the compensation fluid thereby preventing and/or permitting migration of the compensation fluid between certain components of the digital detector.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130181136A1 APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR INSPECTING STRUCTURES Public/Granted day:2013-07-18
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