Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Methods, systems, and fixtures for inspection of gasket welds
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Application No.: US14939098Application Date: 2015-11-12
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Publication No.: US09678043B2Publication Date: 2017-06-13
- Inventor: Kevin Ostergren
- Applicant: BP Corporation North America Inc.
- Applicant Address: US TX Houston
- Assignee: BP Corporation North America Inc.
- Current Assignee: BP Corporation North America Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Houston
- Agent Kelly L. Cummings
- Main IPC: G01N29/07
- IPC: G01N29/07 ; G01N29/22

Abstract:
A method may involve positioning a fixture over a portion of a tube portion of a gasket, where the gasket includes a first lip portion joined to a second lip portion by a weld of the gasket and the first lip portion joined to the second lip portion defines the tube portion, where the fixture comprises a housing and an injection port; positioning an ultrasonic probe in the housing; filling, by the injection port, coupling fluid between the ultrasonic probe and the tube portion of the gasket; and scanning at least a portion of the weld with the ultrasonic probe, where scanning the at least a portion of the weld may involve transmitting, by the ultrasonic probe, a plurality of ultrasonic waves through the coupling fluid into the tube portion, and translating the fixture in a longitudinal direction along the tube portion of the gasket.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170138909A1 METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND FIXTURES FOR INSPECTION OF GASKET WELDS Public/Granted day:2017-05-18
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