Claims
- 1. An ultrasonic fixture assembly for holding multiple ultrasonic transducers, comprising:
- a central support rod for attaching said fixture assembly to an immersion type ultrasonic inspection manipulator;
- a support member attached at one end to said support rod and having a plurality of uniformly, circumferentially spaced openings formed therein, each opening for receiving a respective ultrasonic transducer;
- a plurality of tubes each slidably received in a respective one of said plurality of openings at an end of said support member opposite to said one end, one end of each of said plurality of tubes being coupled to an operating end of an associated one of the ultrasonic transducers and a distal end of each of said plurality of tubes having a mirror for reflecting ultrasonic energy from the associated one of the ultrasonic transducers at a predetermined angle into a workpiece under inspection; and
- a central opening formed in said support member and having a centerline in alignment with a centerline of said central support rod and said support member for receiving a center ultrasonic transducer, the center transducer being used to align said ultrasonic fixture assembly with a bore of a workpiece to be inspected to position each of said mirrors an equal distance from the workpiece.
- 2. The ultrasonic fixture assembly of claim 1, further comprising means for retaining each of the transducers and said tubes in a predetermined position within each of said tube's respective support member opening.
Parent Case Info
This application is a division of application Ser. No. 08/112,728, filed Aug. 26, 1993, U.S. Pat. No. 5,421,200.
Government Interests
The government has rights in this invention pursuant to Contract No. F33657-85-C-2147 awarded by the Department of Air Force.
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Divisions (1)
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