Mechanical ultrasonic and high frequency sonic device
AssigneeSiemens Westinghouse Power Corporation
InventorPaul Zombo
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Abstract
A mechanical ultrasonic device that includes a housing assembly, a mechanical vibration assembly disposed within the housing assembly, and having an impact member. The mechanical vibration assembly is structured to vibrate the impact member at a frequency between about 5 kHz to 40 kHz. The impact member may be brought into contact with a test object thereby causing the ultrasonic vibration, or high frequency sonic vibration, to be transmitted through the test object.
Claims23
A mechanical high frequency sonic and ultrasonic device comprising:
- a housing assembly;
- a mechanical vibration assembly disposed within said housing and having an impact member;
- and
- wherein said mechanical vibration assembly is structured to vibrate said impact member at a frequency between about 5 kHz to 40 kHz.
A mechanical high frequency sonic and ultrasonic device comprising:
- a housing assembly;
- a mechanical vibration assembly disposed within said housing and having an impact member;
- wherein said mechanical vibration assembly is structured to vibrate said impact member at a frequency between about 5 kHz to 40 kHz;
- and
- wherein said mechanical vibration assembly is structured to allow frequency sweeping, pulsing multiple frequencies, and multiplexing.
A mechanical high frequency sonic and ultrasonic device comprising:
- a housing assembly;
- a mechanical vibration assembly disposed within said housing and having an impact member;
- wherein said mechanical vibration assembly is structured to vibrate said impact member at a frequency between about 5 kHz to 40 kHz;
- and
- wherein said mechanical vibration assembly is structured to produce frequencies having various waveforms.
A mechanical high frequency sonic and ultrasonic device comprising:
- a housing assembly;
- a mechanical vibration assembly disposed within said housing and having an impact member;
- wherein said mechanical vibration assembly is structured to vibrate said impact member at a frequency between about 5 kHz to 40 kHz;
- said mechanical vibration assembly is a solenoid assembly having a core assembly;
- said impact member is said core assembly;
- said core assembly has mass of less than about 10 grams;
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- said core assembly includes an outer jacket and an inner core.
A mechanical high frequency sonic and ultrasonic device comprising:
- a housing assembly;
- a mechanical vibration assembly disposed within said housing and having an impact member;
- wherein said mechanical vibration assembly is structured to vibrate said impact member at a frequency between about 5 kHz to 40 kHz;
- and
- said mechanical vibration assembly includes a motor, an off-center disk, and an impact housing;
- said motor coupled to said off-center disk;
- said off-center disk is rotatably coupled to said impact housing;
- and said impact housing is said impact member.
A mechanical high frequency sonic and ultrasonic device comprising:
- a housing assembly;
- a mechanical vibration assembly disposed within said housing and having an impact member;
- wherein said mechanical vibration assembly is structured to vibrate said impact member at a frequency between about 5 kHz to 40 kHz;
- said mechanical vibration assembly is a motor coupled to an eccentric shaft and an impact head assembly;
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- said impact head assembly is said impact member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.