Patents by Inventor Robert E. Beissner

Robert E. Beissner 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, apparatus, and article of manufacture for modeling eddy current probes and simulating eddy current examinations
    Patent number: 6135627
    Abstract: A method, an apparatus, and an article for manufacture for modeling an eddy current probe and simulating an eddy current examination of a material is presented. An eddy current probe model of the eddy current probe is produced using a first numerical technique, such as the finite element method. A magnetic vector potential for a surface is obtained from the eddy current probe model, and is transformed. A material model of the material is produced using a second numerical technique, such as the volume integral method or the boundary element method. An examination of the material is simulated using the transformed magnetic vector potential and the material model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2000
    Assignee: Southwest Research Institute
    Inventors: Robert E. Beissner, Edith A. Creek