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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2024
Filed:
Feb. 11, 2021
Applicant:
Mide Technology Corporation, Woburn, MA (US);
Inventor:
Robert Carter, Arlington, MA (US);
Assignee:
MIDE Technology Corporation, Woburn, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B06B 1/06 (2006.01); A01M 29/18 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01M 29/18 (2013.01); B06B 1/0644 (2013.01); B06B 2201/55 (2013.01); B06B 2201/75 (2013.01);
Abstract
An ultrasonic transducer for wind turbine applications. The transducer includes a housing with a central diaphragm portion, a peripheral wall thereabout, and a flexure portion supporting the diaphragm portion relative to the peripheral wall. The apex of a cone is secured to the housing central diaphragm portion and the cone has a peripheral rim secured to the metal housing peripheral wall. A driver such as a piezoelectric element is secured to the housing central diaphragm portion opposite the cone apex.