Patents by Inventor Tom Blechschmidt

Tom Blechschmidt 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 and device for ultrasonic inspection of composite parts, in particular made from carbon fiber reinforced plastics, device and computer program
    Patent number: 12209992
    Abstract: A method for ultrasonic inspection of composite parts includes providing a composite part to be inspected with a plurality of layers, determining the runtime and/or attenuation of an ultrasonic signal propagating through the composite part to be inspected, providing the runtime and/or attenuation of the ultrasonic signal propagating through a reference composite part, subtracting the runtime and/or attenuation of the ultrasonic signal in the reference composite part from the runtime and/or attenuation of the ultrasonic signal in the composite part to be inspected, or vice versa, and determining from the result of the subtraction one or more missing and/or additional layers in the inspected composite part. The difference of the runtime and/or attenuation of the ultrasonic signal in the inspected composite part relative to the reference composite part, and/or the difference of the thickness between the composite part and the reference part, is/are visualized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Patrick Peuker, Timo Dallman, Tom Blechschmidt, Guido Kuhlmann, Hubert Temmen
  • METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ULTRASONIC INSPECTION OF COMPOSITE PARTS, IN PARTICULAR MADE FROM CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS, DEVICE AND COMPUTER PROGRAM
    Publication number: 20230037495
    Abstract: A method for ultrasonic inspection of composite parts includes providing a composite part to be inspected with a plurality of layers, determining the runtime and/or attenuation of an ultrasonic signal propagating through the composite part to be inspected, providing the runtime and/or attenuation of the ultrasonic signal propagating through a reference composite part, subtracting the runtime and/or attenuation of the ultrasonic signal in the reference composite part from the runtime and/or attenuation of the ultrasonic signal in the composite part to be inspected, or vice versa, and determining from the result of the subtraction one or more missing and/or additional layers in the inspected composite part. The difference of the runtime and/or attenuation of the ultrasonic signal in the inspected composite part relative to the reference composite part, and/or the difference of the thickness between the composite part and the reference part, is/are visualized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Inventors: Patrick Peuker, Timo Dallman, Tom Blechschmidt, Guido Kuhlmann, Hubert Temmen