IP Library Granted Patent US 9,435,769
Granted Patent B2
US 9,435,769 · App. 14/531,233 · Granted Sep 6, 2016

Ultrasonic testing sensor and ultrasonic testing method

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Patent No.
US 9,435,769
App. No.
14/531,233
Granted
Sep 6, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

The transmission sensor 1 T and the reception sensor 1 R are disposed so as to sandwich a testing target 301 therebetween. The reception sensor 1 R receives a false signal arising from a GL generated upon ML scanning by a scanning angle equal to or greater than a minimum scanning angle Φmin but equal to or smaller than a maximum scanning angle Φmax.

Claims (8)

1. An ultrasonic testing method, comprising the steps of:

calculating a generation angle Δφ of a grating lobe;

evaluating, on the basis of a shape of a testing target and positions of a transmission sensor and a reception sensor with respect to the testing target, whether there exists a reflection source in a grating lobe generation direction;

measuring a reception position of a reflected wave by the reception sensor; and

comparing the reception position of the grating lobe based on the calculated generation angle Δφ and the measured reception position of the reflected wave with each other to evaluate whether the reflected wave is a reflected wave of the grating lobe.

2. The ultrasonic testing method according to claim 1 , further comprising the steps of:

transmitting a main lobe in the grating lobe generation direction; and

determining, when a reflected wave by the main lobe is measured at the reception position of the grating lobe based on the calculated generation angle Δφ, that the reflected wave is noise by the grating lobe.

Assignments (3)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE REMOVING PATENT APPLICATION NUMBER 11921683 PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 054975 FRAME: 0438. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded May 26, 2023
From: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
To: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.
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CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jan 13, 2021
From: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
To: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.
Reel/Frame 054975/0438 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 18, 2014
From: SUZUKI, YUTAKA; CHIBA, HIROAKI; KUDO, TAKESHI
To: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
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