Patents by Inventor Franklyn R. Webb

Franklyn R. Webb 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).

  • System and Method for Characterizing Ferromagnetic Material
    Publication number: 20190064115
    Abstract: A system and method using magnetic sensing to non-intrusively and non-destructively characterize ferromagnetic material within infrastructure. The system includes sensors for measuring magnetic field gradients from a standoff distance adjacent to ferromagnetic material. The method includes using the system to measure magnetic fields, determining magnetic field gradients measured by a sensor array, and comparing measured and modeled or historical magnetic field gradients at the same or similar positions to identify differences caused by a phenomenon in the ferromagnetic material, and, in a particular embodiment, to recognize defects and developing defects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2018
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Inventors: Brian P. Timmons, Rami S. Mangoubi, Zachary R. Hoffman, Franklyn R. Webb
  • System and method for characterizing ferromagnetic material
    Patent number: 10067090
    Abstract: A system and method using magnetic sensing to non-intrusively and non-destructively characterize ferromagnetic material within infrastructure. The system includes sensors for measuring magnetic field gradients from a standoff distance adjacent to ferromagnetic material. The method includes using the system to measure magnetic fields, determining magnetic field gradients measured by a sensor array, and comparing measured and modeled or historical magnetic field gradients at the same or similar positions to identify differences caused by a phenomenon in the ferromagnetic material, and, in a particular embodiment, to recognize defects and developing defects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian P. Timmons, Rami S. Mangoubi, Zachary R. Hoffman, Franklyn R. Webb
  • System and Method for Characterizing Ferromagnetic Material
    Publication number: 20170315094
    Abstract: A system and method using magnetic sensing to non-intrusively and non-destructively characterize ferromagnetic material within infrastructure. The system includes sensors for measuring magnetic field gradients from a standoff distance adjacent to ferromagnetic material. The method includes using the system to measure magnetic fields, determining magnetic field gradients measured by a sensor array, and comparing measured and modeled or historical magnetic field gradients at the same or similar positions to identify differences caused by a phenomenon in the ferromagnetic material, and, in a particular embodiment, to recognize defects and developing defects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2017
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Inventors: Brian P. Timmons, Rami S. Mangoubi, Zachary R. Hoffman, Franklyn R. Webb