IP Library Granted Patent US 5,728,992
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US 5,728,992 · App. 08/609,082

Apparatus and method for real time evaluation of laser welds especially in confined spaces such as within heat exchanger tubing

Inventor: Kenneth J. Swidwa
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Granted: Mar 17, 1998 Filed: Feb 29, 1996
Inventor
Kenneth J. Swidwa
Assignee (at issue)
Westinghouse Electric Company LLC

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Patent No.
US 5,728,992
App. No.
08/609,082
Filed
1996-02-29
Granted
1998-03-17
Kind
A