US 12,460,989 B2
Non-destructive scanning device for airfoil-shaped bodies
David A. Jack, Waco, TX (US); Benjamin M. Blandford, Waco, TX (US); and Gary Georgeson, Tacoma, WA (US)
Assigned to Baylor University, Waco, TX (US)
Filed by Verifi Technologies, LLC, Waco, TX (US)
Filed on Jun. 12, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/208,595.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/351,626, filed on Jun. 13, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0400377 A1, Dec. 14, 2023
Int. Cl. G01M 5/00 (2006.01); B64C 27/00 (2006.01)
CPC G01M 5/0075 (2013.01) [B64C 27/006 (2013.01); G01M 5/0025 (2013.01); G01M 5/0033 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for non-destructively scanning rotorcraft blades, comprising:
a central base, including a top component and a bottom component bridged by and integrally formed with a connector; and
an inspection module attached to an elongate member including at least one peg;
wherein at least one bottom wheel extends from the bottom component inwardly toward the top component;
wherein at least one top wheel extends from the top component inwardly toward the bottom component;
wherein the central base defines at least one recess extending longitudinally along the central base;
wherein the at least one recess is configured to accept the at least one peg of the elongate member; and
wherein the elongate member is rotatable about the at least one peg, such that the position of the inspection module with respect to the central base is able to be adjusted.