US 11,971,389 B2
Systems, methods, and apparatus for ultra-sonic inspection of a surface
Chase David, Montgomery, TX (US); Jose Aparicio, Katy, TX (US); Juan Roberto Mendoza Mora, Corpus Christi, TX (US); Kevin Y. Low, Pittsburgh, PA (US); Troy Demmer, Glenshaw, PA (US); Edward A. Bryner, Pittsburgh, PA (US); and Scott Ashley Corl, Pittsburgh, PA (US)
Assigned to Gecko Robotics, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA (US)
Filed by Gecko Robotics, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA (US)
Filed on Apr. 21, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/726,336.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/178,497, filed on Apr. 22, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/254,833, filed on Oct. 12, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0341886 A1, Oct. 27, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G01N 29/265 (2006.01); G01N 29/04 (2006.01)
CPC G01N 29/265 (2013.01) [G01N 29/04 (2013.01); G01N 2291/0289 (2013.01)] 25 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system, comprising:
an inspection robot structured to move in a direction of travel on an inspection surface, the inspection robot comprising:
a payload comprising a base, a first ultrasonic (UT) phased array and a second UT phased array, the first UT phased array and the second UT phased array being arranged in a parallel configuration, and the first UT phased array and the second UT phased array each attached to the base, and
a rastering device structured to move the payload including the base, the first UT phased array, and the second UT phased array in a same direction of inspection, the direction of inspection being distinct from the direction of travel and the direction of inspection being distinct from the parallel configuration of the first UT phased array and the second UT phased array.