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Ultrasonic transducer

US5869767A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 28, 1997
Grant dateFeb 9, 1999
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Expiry dateAug 28, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S310/80
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

An ultrasonic transducer (10) comprises a flexible transmitter (18), a flexible receiver array (22), and flexible electrodes (14), (16), (20), for the transmitter and receiver. The elements of the transducer are arranged such that the transducer may be flexed for conformity with surfaces of test specimens of a variety of non-planar configurations.

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