Patents by Inventor Frederic Reverdy

Frederic Reverdy 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).

  • Method and system having ultrasonic sensor movable by translation device for ultrasonic profiling of weld samples
    Patent number: 7690260
    Abstract: A system for ultrasonic profiling of a weld sample includes a carriage movable in opposite first and second directions. An ultrasonic sensor is coupled to the carriage to move over the sample as the carriage moves. An encoder determines the position of the carriage to determine the position of the sensor. A spring is connected at one end of the carriage. Upon the carriage being moved in the first direction toward the spring such that the carriage and the sensor are at a beginning position and the spring is compressed the spring decompresses to push the carriage back along the second direction to move the carriage and the sensor from the beginning position to an ending position. The encoder triggers the sensor to take the ultrasonic measurements of the sample when the sensor is at predetermined positions while the sensor moves over the sample between the beginning and positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2010
    Assignees: Ford Motor Company, The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: James Panyard, Timothy Potter, William Charron, Deborah Hopkins, Frederic Reverdy
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM HAVING ULTRASONIC SENSOR MOVABLE BY TRANSLATION DEVICE FOR ULTRASONIC PROFILING OF WELD SAMPLES
    Publication number: 20080271537
    Abstract: A system for ultrasonic profiling of a weld sample includes a carriage movable in opposite first and second directions. An ultrasonic sensor is coupled to the carriage to move over the sample as the carriage moves. An encoder determines the position of the carriage to determine the position of the sensor. A spring is connected at one end of the carriage. Upon the carriage being moved in the first direction toward the spring such that the carriage and the sensor are at a beginning position and the spring is compressed the spring decompresses to push the carriage back along the second direction to move the carriage and the sensor from the beginning position to an ending position. The encoder triggers the sensor to take the ultrasonic measurements of the sample when the sensor is at predetermined positions while the sensor moves over the sample between the beginning and positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2007
    Publication date: November 6, 2008
    Applicants: FORD MOTOR COMPANY, THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: James Panyard, Timothy Potter, William Charron, Deborah Lynne Hopkins, Frederic Reverdy