Patents by Inventor Neil Dean SMITH

Neil Dean SMITH 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).

  • Transducer assembly
    Patent number: 11846606
    Abstract: A dual element time-of-flight diffraction (TOFD) transducer assembly (10) for use in detecting an anomaly (78) in a test piece (70), the transducer assembly (10) comprising: a first transducer element (35) a configured to transmit ultrasonic signals (85a) to the test piece (70), and a second transducer element (35b) configured to receive diffracted ultrasonic signals (85b) from the test piece, wherein the first and second transducer elements (35a, 35b) are housed within a common housing (15), the housing (15) also forming part of the transducer assembly (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: GB INSPECTION SYSTEMS LTD
    Inventors: Timothy James Armitt, Neil Dean Smith, Kam Tong Choong
  • Transducer assembly
    Patent number: 11169119
    Abstract: A transducer assembly for use in determining a health state of a joint (45) between first and second joined parts (42, 44); the transducer assembly comprising a transducer module (50) comprising a transducer element (100) for transmitting or receiving an ultrasonic signal to or from, respectively, the joint, and a mounting part (52) comprising an internal wedge portion (70), formed integrally with the mounting part (52), to which the transducer element (100) is fixed permanently so that the transducer module forms a unitary replaceable module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: GB INSPECTION SYSTEMS LTD.
    Inventors: Timothy James Armitt, Neil Dean Smith
  • A TRANSDUCER ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20200408717
    Abstract: A dual element time-of-flight diffraction (TOFD) transducer assembly (10) for use in detecting an anomaly (78) in a test piece (70), the transducer assembly (10) comprising: a first transducer element (35) a configured to transmit ultrasonic signals (85a) to the test piece (70), and a second transducer element (35b) configured to receive diffracted ultrasonic signals (85b) from the test piece, wherein the first and second transducer elements (35a, 35b) are housed within a common housing (15), the housing (15) also forming part of the transducer assembly (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2019
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: Timothy James ARMITT, Neil Dean SMITH, CHOONG Kam Tong
  • TRANSDUCER ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20190323994
    Abstract: A transducer assembly for use in determining a health state of a joint (45) between first and second joined parts (42, 44); the transducer assembly comprising a transducer module (50) comprising a transducer element (100) for transmitting or receiving an ultrasonic signal to or from, respectively, the joint, and a mounting part (52) comprising an internal wedge portion (70), formed integrally with the mounting part (52), to which the transducer element (100) is fixed permanently so that the transducer module forms a unitary replaceable module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Inventors: Timothy James ARMITT, Neil Dean SMITH