US4564810A
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Aluminum cladding thickness measurement probe and instrument having an automatic calibration and readout circuit coupled to a differential amplifier circuit
Assignee: Boeing Co
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Filing: 1983-09-08
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Granted: 1986-01-14
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Expires: 2003-09-08
Abstract
Abstract A system for measuring the cladding thickness on aluminum sheets which includes a cylindrical probe holder with four evenly spaced contact points surrounding a low temperature coefficient torroidal ferrite core which provides a signal to an aluminum cladding thickness signal processing circuit comprising a crystal oscillator, low drift detector, and push button calibration instrument portion thereby enabling drift free repeatable measurements.
Inventors
- 👤 Glenn A. Geithman
- 👤 Albert W. Chau
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-30 13:44
CPC Classifications
G; G01; G01B; G01B7/00; G01B7/02; G01B7/06; G01B7/10; G01B7/105
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 3
Claim 1
Independent Claim
119 words
A cladding thickness measuring signal processing circuit comprising in combination: a power supply circuit coupled to a voltage regulator circuit; a low distortion, frequency stable 1.26 MHz oscillator circuit having amplitude feedback for providing amplitude stability; a power splitter circuit coupled between said voltage regulator circuit and said low distortion, frequency stable oscillator circuit; a bridge circuit including a test probe input terminal; a buffer and driver circuit coupled between said low distortion, frequency stable oscillator circuit and said bridge circuit; a differential amplifier circuit; a detector circuit having peak detectors with thermo-tracking, said detector circuit coupled between said differential amplifier circuit and said bridge circuit; and, an automatic calibration and readout circuit coupled to said differential amplifier circuit.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
119 words
A cladding thickness measuring signal processing circuit comprising in combination: a power supply circuit coupled to a voltage regulator circuit; a low distortion, frequency stable 1.26 MHz oscillator circuit having amplitude feedback for providing amplitude stability; a power splitter circuit coupled between said voltage regulator circuit and said low distortion, frequency stable oscillator circuit; a bridge circuit including a test probe input terminal; a buffer and driver circuit coupled between said low distortion, frequency stable oscillator circuit and said bridge circuit; a differential amplifier circuit; a detector circuit having peak detectors with thermo-tracking, said detector circuit coupled between said differential amplifier circuit and said bridge circuit; and, an automatic calibration and readout circuit coupled to said differential amplifier circuit.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
52 words
The invention according to claim 1 wherein said automatic calibration and readout circuit includes: a sample and hold circuit coupled to a further differential amplifier circuit; a readout meter; a scaling circuit coupled between said differential amplifier circuit and said readout meter; and, a voltage comparator circuit coupled to said scaling circuit.
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