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High power ultrasonic transducer

US6137209A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJul 7, 1999
Grant dateOct 24, 2000
Priority date
Expiry dateJul 7, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG10K11/004
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A method to improve the high output characteristics of a ultrasonic transducer 1 by urging a cooling gas 13 to flow through the transducer, thereby passing a cooling member 18 between at least one pair of adjacent piezoelectric elements 6, 7. In a preferred embodiment sulfurhexafluoride (SF.sub.6) is used as cooling gas.

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