Garment incorporating a non destructive control system

• US 9,733,270 B2
• Filed: 05/31/2011
• Issued: 08/15/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 06/01/2010
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company EADS France (Airbus SE)
• Original Assignee: European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company EADS France (Airbus SE)
• Inventors: Pages, Marion
• Primary Examiner(s): Assouad, Patrick
• Assistant Examiner(s): Zhang, Haidong
• Application Number:
  US13/701,038
• Publication Number:
  US 20130106403A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,268 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 27/902 by moving the sensors
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 29/226 Handheld or portable devices
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 33/367 Fabric or woven textiles
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 1/0416 Connectors, terminals G01R1/0425 and G01R1/0433 take precedence; with measurement function for battery poles G01R31/364

Abstract

A garment of vest type (1) incorporating a non-destructive control system includes, as constituent elements, an electronic measurement device (26) able to be connected to a measurement sensor, and linked to an electronic card (20) itself linked to an electrical power supply source (21) and to a viewing and control screen (27), and cables for electrically and electronically linking the constituent elements to one another.

Claims

1. A non-destructive testing system, comprising:

a non-destructive electronic measurement device capable of being connected to a non-destructive measurement sensor,

said non-destructive electronic measurement device configured to generate an excitation signal to be received by said non-destructive measurement sensor so as to generate a stimulus in a part to be tested, and to process and interpret a resulting signal received in return from the part to be tested by way of said non-destructive measurement sensor, and

said non-destructive electronic measurement device being linked to an electronic card that is itself linked to an electrical power supply source and to a viewing and control screen,

said non-destructive electronic measurement device, said electronic card, said electrical power supply source, and said viewing and control screen being electrically and electronically linked by connecting cables,

wherein said non-destructive electronic measurement device, said electronic card, said electrical power supply source, said viewing and control screen, and said connecting cables are incorporated into a vest type of garment, and

wherein said non-destructive testing system also comprises an adjustment device for adjusting a position of said electrical power supply source in said vest, said adjustment device comprising

a movement guide that guides a movement of said electrical power supply source between pre-defined positions on the vest, and

immobilizing means that reversibly immobilizes the power supply source in each of said defined positions,

wherein the movement guide and the immobilizing means are distinct from one another,

wherein the movement guide comprises a guide rail affixed to the vest, and a hook that is affixed to the power supply source and engaged around the rail in a manner such that the power supply source, by way of said hook engaged to said rail, is free to slide along a length of said rail, and

wherein the immobilizing means comprises a first band, affixed to the vest, arranged substantially parallel to the rail and comprising first loops or hooks, and further comprises a second band, affixed to the power supply source, with second hooks or loops adhered thereto and complementary to the first loops or hooks of the first band so as to reversibly adhere to the first loops or hooks of the first band.

2. The system according to claim 1, wherein a connecting cable provided for linking the electronic measurement device and a measurement sensor comprises, at an end to be connected to said sensor, a connector placed on an outside of the vest.

3. The system according to claim 2, wherein said connector is placed on a sleeve of said vest.

4. The system according to claim 1, wherein the electronic measurement device, electronic card, electrical power supply source and the connecting cables are arranged on an inside surface of said vest that faces a user'"'"'s body.

5. The system according to claim 4, wherein said vest comprises an outer cover and a removable inner lining, and the electronic measurement device, electronic card, electrical power supply source and connecting cables are arranged between said outer cover and said inner lining.

6. The system according to claim 1, wherein the vest comprises, on an outside surface, a pocket for receiving the viewing and control screen, and said vest is pierced, inside said pocket, by a hole for passage of a connecting cable linking said screen and said electronic card.

7. The system according to claim 1, wherein the viewing and control screen is incorporated into a sleeve of said vest.

8. The system according to claim 1, wherein the vest comprises, on an outside surface, a pocket for receiving said measurement sensor.

9. The system according to claim 1, further comprising:

lighting arranged on an outside surface of the vest.

10. The system according to claim 9, wherein said lighting is arranged on a sleeve of said vest.

11. The system according to claim 1, wherein:

a connecting cable provided for linking the electronic measurement device and the measurement sensor comprises, at a sensor end of the connecting cable, a connector placed on the outside of the vest,

the electronic measurement device, electronic card, electrical power supply source and the connecting cables are arranged on an inside surface of said vest that faces a user'"'"'s body, and

the vest comprises, on an outside surface, a pocket for receiving the viewing and control screen, said vest being pierced, inside said pocket, by a hole for passage of a connecting cable linking said screen and said electronic card.

12. The system according to claim 11, wherein said connector is placed on a sleeve of said vest.

13. The system according to claim 11, wherein said vest comprises an outer cover and a removable inner lining, and the electronic measurement device, electronic card, electrical power supply source and connecting cables are arranged between said outer cover and said inner lining.

14. The system according to claim 11, wherein the viewing and control screen is incorporated into a sleeve of said vest.

15. The system according to claim 11, wherein the vest comprises, on the outside surface, a pocket for receiving said measurement sensor.

16. The system according to claim 11, further comprising:

lighting arranged on the outside surface of the vest.

17. The system according to claim 16, wherein said lighting is arranged on a sleeve of said vest.

18. The system according to claim 1, wherein the adjustment device is configured to adjust a position of the electrical power supply source between a back and a front of the vest.