Magnetostrictive transducer
US4986808A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 20, 1988 |
| Grant date | Jan 22, 1991 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 20, 2008 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB06B1/085
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A magnetostrictive transducer comprising a plurality of elongated strips of magnetostrictive material, each strip having a proximal end, a distal end and a substantially V-shaped cross section wherein each arm of the V is formed by a longitudinal length of the strip, each strip being attached to an adjacent strip at both the proximal end and the distal end to form and integral substantially rigid column having a central axis with fins extending radially relative to said axis; and an ultrasonic resonant vibrator including such a transducer.
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