Patents by Inventor Nicolas Badeau

Nicolas Badeau 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).

  • Water wedge for flexible probe
    Patent number: 10564131
    Abstract: Disclosed is an ultrasonic inspection probe assembly comprising a water wedge and a flexible probe array assembly having a flexible acoustic module. The wedge is machined to match a test surface to be inspected and is configured to shape the acoustic module so that the active surface of the acoustic module is parallel to the test surface. Different wedges may be machined to match different test surfaces, but the same flexible probe array assembly may be used for all such surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: Olympus Scientific Solutions Americas Inc.
    Inventors: Nicolas Badeau, Jason Habermehl
  • ULTRASONIC MEASUREMENT OF SURFACE PROFILE AND AVERAGE DIAMETER OF A TUBE
    Publication number: 20200018594
    Abstract: Disclosed is a system and method for ultrasonic measurement of the average diameter and surface profile of a tube. A calibration block is used to calibrate the average tube diameter, and a correction is applied to account for any temperature difference of the couplant between calibration and test measurements. By using a linear probe, or a single probe with a finely pitched helicoidal scan, errors in diameter measurement due to presence of surface pits may be compensated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2018
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Applicant: Olympus Scientific Solutions Americas Inc.
    Inventors: Jinchi Zhang, Nicolas Badeau
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ULTRASOUND INSPECTION WITH TIME REVERSAL
    Publication number: 20180348170
    Abstract: Disclosed is a system and method of determining the test surface profile and compensating the gain amplitude when using time reversal focal laws in ultrasound non-destructive testing. Computer simulations are used to compute the diffraction field at time of incidence of the transmitted parallel wave front on the test surface. Knowledge of the surface profile and the diffraction field allows determination of coverage at the test surface and improved accuracy of flaw sizing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Applicant: Olympus Scientific Solutions Americas Inc.
    Inventors: Nicolas Badeau, Guillaume Painchaud-April, Benoit Lepage
  • WATER WEDGE FOR FLEXIBLE PROBE
    Publication number: 20170336366
    Abstract: Disclosed is an ultrasonic inspection probe assembly comprising a water wedge and a flexible probe array assembly having a flexible acoustic module. The wedge is machined to match a test surface to be inspected and is configured to shape the acoustic module so that the active surface of the acoustic module is parallel to the test surface. Different wedges may be machined to match different test surfaces, but the same flexible probe array assembly may be used for all such surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2017
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Applicant: Olympus Scientific Solutions Americas Inc.
    Inventors: Nicolas Badeau, Jason Habermehl