Patents by Inventor Jean P. Vallee

Jean P. Vallee 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: 5062300
    Abstract: A ultrasonic device for non-destructive testing of thin tubes, for instance heat exchanger tubes, comprises a head having a longitudinal axis and insertable into a tube. A mechanism imparts to the head a rectilinear motion along and a rotational motion about the axis. The head contains ultrasonic transducers coupled with the tube through a fluid and able to transmit an ultrasonic beam in the form of volume waves in a direction at an angle with the longitudinal axis and to detect echoes. The transducers include one (or more) ultrasonic transducer delivering a focussed beam directed in a plane containing the longitudinal axis and at an angle with a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, and one (or more) second ultrasonic transducer delivering a focussed beam parallel to a line perpendicular to the longitudinal axis and located at a distance from the line. Circumferential as well as longitudinal flaws may consequently be detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 1988
    Date of Patent: November 5, 1991
    Inventor: Jean P. Vallee