US 12,298,274 B2
Flexible sensor assembly
Aparna C. Sheila-Vadde, Bangalore (IN); Manoj Kumar Koyithitta Meethal, Bangalore (IN); and James Wilson Rose, Guilderland, NY (US)
Assigned to General Electric Company, Evendale, OH (US)
Filed by GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Schenectady, NY (US)
Filed on Dec. 8, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/077,463.
Claims priority of application No. 202211050583 (IN), filed on Sep. 5, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0077453 A1, Mar. 7, 2024
Int. Cl. G01N 27/90 (2021.01)
CPC G01N 27/9006 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sensor for inspecting a component, comprising:
a drive coil selectably energizable to generate a magnetic field and extending in a first direction;
a first set of sensing coils arranged adjacent to each other in the first direction; and
a second set of sensing coils arranged adjacent to each other in the first direction and overlying the first set of sensing coils, wherein the second set of sensing coils are offset from the first set of sensing coils in the first direction.