Inspection robot having vertically distributed payloads with horizontally distributed sensor sleds

US10534365B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Gecko Robotics, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Mark Loosararian · Glenshaw, US
• Joshua Moore · Pittsburgh, US
• Yizhu Gu · Pittsburgh, US
• Kevin Y. Low · Pittsburgh, US
• Edward A. Bryner · Pittsburgh, US
• Logan MacKenzie · Penn Hills, US
• Ian Miller · Aspinwall, US
• Alvin Chou · Alpharetta, US
• Todd Joslin · Wexford, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 5, 2018
• Grant date: Jan 14, 2020
• Expiry date: Jun 10, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G05D1/0038
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A system includes an inspection robot having mounted sleds, and a number of sensors each mounted to a sled. A couplant chamber is disposed within at least two of the sleds, each couplant chamber between a transducer of the sensor and an inspection surface. Each couplant chamber includes a cone, the cone having a cone tip portion at an inspection surface end, and a sensor mounting end opposite the cone tip portion. A couplant entry for each couplant chamber is at a vertically upper side of the cone in the intended orientation of the inspection robot on the inspection surface.