US 12,072,319 B2
Systems for assessment of weld adjacent heat affected zones
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 May 25, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/752,955.
Application 17/752,955 is a continuation of application No. 17/726,336, filed on Apr. 21, 2022.
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 2022/0341887 A1, Oct. 27, 2022
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)] 26 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
an inspection robot comprising:
a first payload comprising a first plurality of ultrasonic (UT) phased arrays; and
a second payload comprising a second plurality of ultrasonic (UT) phased arrays,
wherein the inspection robot is configured to move in a direction of travel corresponding to a weld of an inspection surface,
wherein the first payload is structured to measure characteristics of a first region of the inspection surface on a first side of the weld while the second payload is structured to measure characteristics of a second region of the inspection surface on a second side of the weld; and
a controller configured to determine a size of the first region in response to the measured characteristics provided by at least one of the first payload or the second payload.