Patents by Inventor Eddie Thelonious Boyd

Eddie Thelonious Boyd 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).

  • Non-destructive test systems with infrared thermography assemblies and ultrasonic test assemblies, and associated methods
    Patent number: 11639914
    Abstract: Non-destructive test systems and associated methods. A non-destructive test system includes an infrared thermography assembly and an ultrasonic test assembly for testing a test piece. The infrared thermography assembly may include one or more thermography sensor modules and a thermography test controller. The ultrasonic test assembly may include one or more ultrasonic sensor subassemblies with respective excitation modules and respective detector modules and an ultrasonic test controller. Each excitation module may be configured to produce a respective ultrasonic beam within the test piece, and each detector module may be configured to detect a respective reflected vibration of the test piece. In some examples, a method of performing a non-destructive test on a test piece includes testing an infrared test region of the test piece with an infrared thermography assembly and testing an ultrasonic test region of the test piece with an ultrasonic test assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: William Paul Motzer, Eddie Thelonious Boyd, Sadie Lee Fieni, David A. Lilienthal
  • NON-DESTRUCTIVE TEST SYSTEMS WITH INFRARED THERMOGRAPHY ASSEMBLIES AND ULTRASONIC TEST ASSEMBLIES, AND ASSOCIATED METHODS
    Publication number: 20220187249
    Abstract: Non-destructive test systems and associated methods. A non-destructive test system includes an infrared thermography assembly and an ultrasonic test assembly for testing a test piece. The infrared thermography assembly may include one or more thermography sensor modules and a thermography test controller. The ultrasonic test assembly may include one or more ultrasonic sensor subassemblies with respective excitation modules and respective detector modules and an ultrasonic test controller. Each excitation module may be configured to produce a respective ultrasonic beam within the test piece, and each detector module may be configured to detect a respective reflected vibration of the test piece. In some examples, a method of performing a non-destructive test on a test piece includes testing an infrared test region of the test piece with an infrared thermography assembly and testing an ultrasonic test region of the test piece with an ultrasonic test assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: William Paul Motzer, Eddie Thelonious Boyd, Sadie Lee Fieni, David A. Lilienthal