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AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsGary Austin Lamberton, Michael Rowe
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A method of making a flexible delay line for a transducer, a flexible delay line, and a transducer are provided. The method includes providing a mold having a desired geometry, applying a flexible material to the mold, curing the flexible material in the mold, and removing the cured material from the mold. The cured material forms a flexible delay line having a geometry conforming to a face of the ultrasonic transducer. The flexible delay line for a transducer includes a flexible material having an aperture shaped to receive a face of the transducer. The flexible delay line is operable to conform to a flat or an irregular surface.
A method of making a flexible delay line for an ultrasonic transducer having a face comprising:
A flexible delay line for a transducer comprising a flexible material having an aperture shaped to receive and surround a face of the transducer with the face of the transducer directly attached to the flexible delay line, wherein the flexible delay line is operable to conform to a flat or an irregular surface.
A transducer comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.