General Electric Company

Christopher Alan Frail

Xiaolei Shirley Ao

Oleg Alexander Khrakovsky

Robert A McCarey, Jr

Amber Yue Ma

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.

Ultrasonic coupler assembly

A holder for a transducer having a sensor portion and a body portion is disclosed. The holder includes a base having an opening for receiving the transducer, a support member configured to support the transducer body portion with respect to the base, a noise suppression member disposed so as to suppress noise transmission between the base and the transducer sensor portion, and a compression member disposed to compress the noise suppression member to enhance noise suppression. The support member and the compression member are secured to the base independently from and mechanically in parallel to each other.

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Natick, MA, United States of America

Christopher Alan Frail