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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 03, 2011
Applicants:
Rocco Difoggio, Houston, TX (US);
Roger R. Steinsiek, Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Rocco DiFoggio, Houston, TX (US);
Roger R. Steinsiek, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
BAKER HUGHES, A GE COMPANY, LLC, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 31/00 (2006.01); H04R 17/00 (2006.01); G01V 1/52 (2006.01); H04R 17/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 31/00 (2013.01); G01V 1/523 (2013.01); H04R 17/00 (2013.01); H04R 17/02 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49005 (2015.01);
Abstract
In one aspect, the disclosure provides an apparatus that includes an acoustic transducer, and a backing coupled to the transducer, wherein the backing includes solid grains with fluid between the grains.