Support for a waveguide for conducting mechanical waves and method for producing a support for a waveguide
AssigneeASM Automation Sensorik Messtechnik GmbH
InventorKlaus-Manfred Steinich
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Abstract
A support for a waveguide for conducting mechanical waves has a high proportion of gas and a low proportion of solid material. The support may include a plurality of annular flanges spaced along the waveguide for supporting the waveguide at small contact surface areas. The support may include open-cell or closed cell material.
Claims23
In combination with a waveguide for conducting mechanical wave, a support for the waveguide, comprising:
- a support body having a cell-form structure;
- said support body at least partially sheathing the waveguide and mechanically supporting the waveguide;
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- said cell-form structure having a high proportion of gas and a low proportion of solid material for minimizing an attenuation of the mechanical waves conducted on the waveguide.
A waveguide configuration, comprising:
- an elongate waveguide for conducting mechanical waves;
- a support body having a cell-form structure;
- said support body mechanically supporting said elongate waveguide by at least partially encircling said elongate waveguide over at least a part of a length thereof;
- said support body having a cell-form structure with a proportion of gas and a proportion of solid material, the proportion of gas being greater than the proportion of solid material for minimizing an attenuation of the mechanical waves conducted on the waveguide.
A method for producing a waveguide configuration having a waveguide surrounded by a support body, which comprises:
- providing an auxiliary core;
- producing a support body on the auxiliary core;
- connecting the auxiliary core to a waveguide;
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- drawing the waveguide into the support body by withdrawing the auxiliary core from the support body in an axial direction thereof.
A method for supporting a waveguide, which comprises:
- providing a coaxial cable having a conductor, a dielectric, a shielding, and a sheath;
- replacing the conductor with a waveguide by withdrawing the conductor from the coaxial cable and drawing the waveguide into the coaxial cable in an axial direction thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.