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Damping device for focused piezoelectric transducer

US4608507A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 29, 1984
Grant dateAug 26, 1986
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Expiry dateJun 29, 2004

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG10K11/002
  • WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

An ultrasonic detection apparatus having a transducer, a lens, and a damping ring, the damping ring being made of a material which is impedance-matched to the lens but which has a lower speed of sound so that stray noise in the lens travels into the damping ring and dissipates rather than remaining in the lens and reflecting back to the transducer as noise.

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