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US 2012/0266679 A1Published application
Ultrasonic coupler assembly
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsXiaolei Shirley Ao, Oleg Alexander Khrakovsky, Christopher Alan Frail, Yue Ma
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Abstract
An ultrasonic coupler assembly for coupling an ultrasonic transducer to a pipe wall is disclosed, wherein the ultrasonic coupler is configured using three quadrilateral sections to reduce the temperature extreme to which the ultrasonic transducer is exposed and to improve the quality of the ultrasonic signal passing through the ultrasonic coupler.
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An ultrasonic coupler assembly for coupling an ultrasonic transducer to a pipe wall comprising:
- a first quadrilateral section;
- a second quadrilateral section;
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- a rhomboid section between and connecting the first quadrilateral section and the second quadrilateral section.
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An ultrasonic coupler assembly for coupling an ultrasonic transducer to a pipe wall comprising:
- a first trapezoid section;
- a second trapezoid section;
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- a rhomboid section between and connecting the first trapezoid section and the second trapezoid section,
- wherein the rhomboid section comprises a top side extending from the right end of the top side of the first trapezoid section to the left end of the top side of the second trapezoid section, a bottom side extending from the right end of the bottom side of the first trapezoid section to the left end of the bottom side of the second trapezoid section, a left side adjacent to the right side of the first trapezoid section, and a right side adjacent to the left side of the second trapezoid section, wherein the top side is parallel to the bottom side, the left side is parallel to the right side, the left side forms an acute angle with the top side and an obtuse angle with the bottom side, and the right side forms an obtuse angle with the top side and an acute angle with the bottom side,
- wherein the first trapezoid section comprises a top side extending from the right end of the top side of the rhomboid section, a bottom side extending from the left end of the bottom side of the rhomboid section, a right side adjacent to the left side of the rhomboid section, and a left side, wherein the top side is parallel to the bottom side, the right side forms right angles with the top side and the bottom side, and the left side forms an acute angle with the top side and an obtuse angle with the bottom side, and
- wherein the second trapezoid section comprises a top side extending from the right end of the top side of the rhomboid section, a bottom side extending from the right end of the bottom side of the rhomboid section, a left side adjacent to the right side of the rhomboid section, and a right side, wherein the top side is parallel to the bottom side, the left side forms right angles with the top side and the bottom side, and the right side forms an obtuse angle with the top side and an acute angle with the bottom side.
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An ultrasonic coupler assembly for coupling an ultrasonic transducer to a pipe wall comprising:
- a first orthogonal parallelogram section;
- a second orthogonal parallelogram section;
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- a rhomboid section between and connecting the first orthogonal parallelogram section and the second orthogonal parallelogram section,
- wherein the rhomboid section comprises a top side extending from the right end of the top side of the first orthogonal parallelogram section to the left end of the top side of the second orthogonal parallelogram section, a bottom side extending from the right end of the bottom side of the first orthogonal parallelogram section to the left end of the bottom side of the second orthogonal parallelogram section, a left side adjacent to the right side of the first orthogonal parallelogram section, and a right side adjacent to the left side of the second orthogonal parallelogram section, wherein the top side is parallel to the bottom side, the left side is parallel to the right side, the left side forms an acute angle with the top side and an obtuse angle with the bottom side, and the right side forms an obtuse angle with the top side and an acute angle with the bottom side,
- wherein the first orthogonal parallelogram section comprises a top side extending from the left end of the top side of the rhomboid section, a bottom side extending from the left end of the bottom side of the rhomboid section, a right side adjacent to the left side of the rhomboid section, and a left side, wherein the top side is parallel to the bottom side, the right side is parallel to the left side, the right side forms right angles with the top side and the bottom side, and the left side forms right angles with the top side and the bottom side, and
- wherein the second orthogonal parallelogram section comprises a top side extending from the right end of the top side of the rhomboid section, a bottom side extending from the right end of the bottom side of the rhomboid section, a left side adjacent to the right side of the rhomboid section, and a right side, wherein the top side is parallel to the bottom side, the right side is parallel to the left side, the left side forms right angles with the top side and the bottom side, and the right side forms right angles with the top side and the bottom side.
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