Patents by Inventor Thomas Theodorus A. Van Overbeek

Thomas Theodorus A. Van Overbeek 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: 7950284
    Abstract: Device for ultrasonic inspection of a wall of a pipeline that encloses a fluidum. The device is arranged to be moveable along a device axis through the pipeline along a longitudinal direction of the pipeline. The device is provided with electronic means, a body, a transmitting transducer and at least two receiving transducers, mutually spaced apart in a first transducer array along an array direction that is directed substantially parallel to the device axis. The electronic means are arranged to operate the transmitting transducer for transmitting a first ultrasonic signal to propagate through the fluidum to reach the wall, and to operate the at least two receiving transducers for receiving a second ultrasonic signal, which originates from the first ultrasonic signal after it is modified by the wall, according to a tandem method. The at least two receiving transducers are operated for receiving substantially simultaneously.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: Röntgen Technische Dienst B.V.
    Inventors: Frederik Hendrik Dijkstra, Paul André De Jong, Herman Jozef Moolenaar, Thomas Theodorus A. Van Overbeek