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Rail inspection system

US10989694B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateSep 11, 2017
Grant dateApr 27, 2021
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Expiry dateNov 1, 2037

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01N2291/2623
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Provided is a rail inspection system capable of accurately detecting a defect of a railroad rail. The system includes: a sensor part group that has a plurality of sensor parts having receiver coils, and first oscillator coils and second oscillator coils corresponding to the receiver coils being arranged in a line parallel in a width direction of a railroad rail to be inspected; an oscillation part that supplies an oscillation signal to each of the first oscillator coils and the second oscillator coils; and a detection part group that has a plurality of detection parts to detect, with respect to an output signal from each of the receiver coils when the sensor part group moves in a laying direction of the railroad rail, a first inspection signal corresponding to a first phase of the output signal and a second inspection signal corresponding to a second phase of the output signal.

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