Patents by Inventor Borja Lopez

Borja Lopez 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).

  • Medium-range magnetostrictive ultrasonic guided wave scanner systems and methods
    Patent number: 10119942
    Abstract: An inspection system includes a magnetostrictive scanner probe, a ferromagnetic strip, at least one magnet, and a processor. The magnetostrictive scanner probe includes a probe body for supporting at least one flexible sensor coil and a position encoder. The ferromagnetic strip is configured to be coupled to a structure, and the at least one magnet is configured to apply a biasing magnetization to the ferromagnetic strip. The processor is configured to cause a time-varying current to be generated in the at least one flexible sensor coil to induce a time-varying magnetization in said ferromagnetic strip perpendicular to said biasing magnetization to generate shear horizontal-type guided wave energy into said structure, and process reflected shear horizontal-type guided wave energy received by the at least one flexible sensor coil as the probe is moved relative to said structure to generate at least one two-dimensional image of a region of said structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: FBS, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven E. Owens, Cody J. Borigo, Joseph L. Rose, Borja Lopez
  • MEDIUM-RANGE MAGNETOSTRICTIVE ULTRASONIC GUIDED WAVE SCANNER SYSTEMS AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20160238564
    Abstract: An inspection system includes a magnetostrictive scanner probe, a ferromagnetic strip, at least one magnet, and a processor. The magnetostrictive scanner probe includes a probe body for supporting at least one flexible sensor coil and a position encoder. The ferromagnetic strip is configured to be coupled to a structure, and the at least one magnet is configured to apply a biasing magnetization to the ferromagnetic strip. The processor is configured to cause a time-varying current to be generated in the at least one flexible sensor coil to induce a time-varying magnetization in said ferromagnetic strip perpendicular to said biasing magnetization to generate shear horizontal-type guided wave energy into said structure, and process reflected shear horizontal-type guided wave energy received by the at least one flexible sensor coil as the probe is moved relative to said structure to generate at least one two-dimensional image of a region of said structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2016
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Applicant: FBS, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven E. Owens, Cody J. Borigo, Joseph L. Rose, Borja Lopez