Patents by Inventor Tal AFEK

Tal AFEK 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).

  • Characterization and classification of spot welds by ultrasonic diagnostic techniques
    Patent number: 12175649
    Abstract: A system for ultrasonic examination of spot welds comprising a probe, a computer, and a display screen, the computer configured for spot weld analysis by appropriate analytical software, the probe for coupling to a spot weld via a couplant, wherein the probe comprises a two dimensional array of sensors that is each configured to conduct an A scan analysis, thereby providing a color pixel indicating weld quality in terms of parameters selected from the group of size, shape, voids, upper sheet-weld nugget interface strength and lower sheet-weld nugget interface strength, such that the two dimensional array of sensors produces a two dimensional pixilated image indicating the weld quality in terms of selected parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: SCANMASTER (IRT) LTD.
    Inventors: Michael Bron, Marina Uzelevski, Tal Afek
  • IMPROVED CHARACTERIZATION AND CLASSIFICATION OF SPOT WELDS BY ULTRASONIC DIAGOSTIC TECHNIQUES
    Publication number: 20210312604
    Abstract: A system for ultrasonic examination of spot welds comprising a probe, a computer, and a display screen, the computer configured for spot weld analysis by appropriate analytical software, the probe for coupling to a spot weld via a couplant, wherein the probe comprises a two dimensional array of sensors that is each configured to conduct an A scan analysis, thereby providing a color pixel indicating weld quality in terms of parameters selected from the group of size, shape, voids, upper sheet-weld nugget interface strength and lower sheet-weld nugget interface strength, such that the two dimensional array of sensors produces a two dimensional pixilated image indicating the weld quality in terms of selected parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2019
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Applicant: SCANMASTER (IRT) LTD.
    Inventors: Michael BRON, Marina UZELEVSKI, Tal AFEK