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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:
May. 09, 1978
Filed:
Oct. 29, 1976
Applicant:
Inventors:
Charles H Jones, Pasadena, MD (US);
George R Douglas, Arnold, MD (US);
Assignee:
Westinghouse Electric Corp., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
310333 ; 310319 ; 310366 ; 73522 ; 73 8 / ;
Abstract
A detector of acoustic emissions from a structure includes a piezoelectric element responsive to both compressional wave energy and to shear wave energy from any direction so that the source of the acoustic emission may be determined.