US 12,259,359 B2
Apparatus for inspecting the condition of the pipewall of a pipeline
Jeffrey Chak-Fai Kwan, Calgary (CA); Hongwei Zhang, Calgary (CA); Ran Wu, Calgary (CA); and Xiangjie Kong, Calgary (CA)
Assigned to Pure Technologies U.S. Inc., Columbia, MD (US)
Filed by Pure Technologies U.S. Inc., Columbia, MD (US)
Filed on Jun. 2, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/336,522.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/033,615, filed on Jun. 2, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0372970 A1, Dec. 2, 2021
Int. Cl. G01N 29/22 (2006.01)
CPC G01N 29/223 (2013.01) [G01N 2291/0289 (2013.01); G01N 2291/106 (2013.01); G01N 2291/2636 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An ultrasonic module for use in a pipeline inspection apparatus, the module comprising:
a plurality of ultrasonic transducers configured to assess a condition of a pipeline; and
an elongate body including a front end and a rear end opposed to the front end, the body configured to mount the plurality of ultrasonic transducers around a circumference of the elongate body aligned along adjacent transverse planes wherein the plurality of ultrasonic transducers aligned along one transverse plane are rotationally offset from the plurality of ultrasonic transducers aligned along an adjacent transverse plane,
wherein a wall of the elongate body defines a plurality of apertures, each one aperture dimensioned to receive at least one ultrasonic transducer therein.