Patents by Inventor Victor Frangopol

Victor Frangopol has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 4018082
    Abstract: Device for nondestructive ultrasonic testing of cylindrical parts, comprising a basin in which the part to be tested, for example a journal bearing provided with an antifriction alloy is immersed. The basin is mounted on a revolving plate having a gear driven by means of an inclined-tooth pinion. A vertically movable horizontal arm, depending upon diameter of the part to be tested, carries two piezoelectric transducers and an arcograph, the marking of the bonding fault area on the surface of the part to be tested being effected by means of an electric arc produced between one trace element of the arcograph, which receives a voltage signal from the monitor of a fault detector through the control assembly of the arcograph, and the inner surface of the part to be tested. The entire cylindrical surface is explored along a tangent of partially superposed helixes and the pitch of the helix is equal to, or smaller than the diameter of the piezoelectric transducer crystal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1975
    Date of Patent: April 19, 1977
    Assignee: Institutul Pentru Creatie Stintifica si Tehnica-Increst
    Inventors: Victor Manoliu, Andrei Lutescu, Gheorghe Ionescu, Silviu Heretoiu, Victor Frangopol, Lucuta Petru