Couplant and arrangement of couplant, transducer, and construction component
AssigneeAktiebolaget Skf
InventorsJoseph Erskine, Keith Hamilton, Gerard McGoogan, Tim Smith, Allan Thomson, Mairi Joan Torrie, Sebastian Ziegler, Andreas Clemens Van Der Ham
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Abstract
A couplant and an arrangement of a couplant include a transducer and a construction component. The couplant is adapted to couple the transducer to a surface of the construction component. The couplant comprises basically 15% to 75% mass portion of hard metal.
Claims19
A couplant for coupling a transducer to a surface of a construction component, the couplant comprising thirty percent (30%) to thirty-five percent (35%) mass portion of hard metal, the couplant further comprising a curing material containing an adhesive such that the couplant is configured to directly glue the transducer to the surface of the construction equipment, the couplant further comprising a grease such that the couplant can encapsulate the transducer onto the surface to protect the transducer from water such that the transducer can be used in an underwater application.
An arrangement of a transducer, a construction component and a couplant, comprising:
- the couplant comprising thirty percent (30%) to thirty-five percent (35%) mass portion of hard metal, the couplant further comprising a curing material containing an adhesive such that the coupulant is configured to directly glue the transducer to the surface of the construction equipment, the transducer being glued to the construction component by the couplant with the couplant between a surface of the construction component and the transducer and the couplant placed over the transducer so as to encapsulate the transducer, the couplant further comprising a grease such that the couplant protects the transducer from water during use in an underwater application.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.