Method for the production of ultrasound transformers
AssigneeSiemens Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsRudolf Thurn, Hans-Joachim Burger
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Abstract
A method for producing an ultrasound transformer as a single integral unit that includes a piezoelectric transformer element coupled to an acoustical matching layer formed from an elastomer capable of vibrating. The method includes the steps of: producing an elastomer body from a molded part which has centering contours; positioning the transformer element into the elastomer body; centering the transformer element with the centering contours; and, coupling the transformer element to the matching layer.
Claims16
A method for producing an ultrasound transformer as a single integral unit that includes a piezoelectric transformer element coupled to an acoustical matching layer formed from an elastomer capable of vibrating said method comprising the steps of:
- producing an elastomer body from a molded part having centering contours to form the matching layer;
- positioning the transformer element into the elastomer body;
- centering the transformer element by engaging said transformer element with the centering contours;
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- coupling the transformer element to the matching layer.
The method of claim i wherein the step of coupling the transformer element to the matching layer comprises the step of gluing the transformer layer to the matching layer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.