Patent ID: 7194908
Filing Date: 2007-03-27
Classification: G01N

Abstract:
1. An ultrasonic testing assembly structured to examine a test object having a surface, including the structure of the test object under said surface, said ultrasonic testing assembly comprising: a sled assembly structured to support a plurality of ultrasonic transducers, said sled assembly including at least one support member having a lower surface; at least one surface ultrasonic transducer coupled to said sled assembly and structured to extend below said support member lower surface and further structured to engage said test object surface, said surface ultrasonic transducer structured to examine internal structure of said test object and provide a first output; at least one profiling device coupled to said sled assembly, said profiling device structured to measure the profile of said test object surface and provide a second output; and a control device structured to correlate said first output and said second output and to calculate a corrected output.