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Method and device for measuring dimensions of hollow spaces and gaps

  • US 6,761,071 B2
  • Filed: 01/28/2002
  • Issued: 07/13/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/26/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for measuring gaps and hollow spaces in motor vehicle body construction, the method which comprises:

  • introducing a filler element into one of a gap and a hollow space in a motor vehicle body, the one of the gap and the hollow space having a given dimension, the filler element being an element selected from the group consisting of a compressible sealing strip, an elastomeric filler element, a plastomeric filler element, an expansion element, and a dimensionally unstable body;

    providing a probe of an ultrasonic testing unit such that the filler element encloses the probe; and

    measuring the given dimension of the one of the gap and the hollow space by using the ultrasonic testing unit.

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