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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:
Nov. 10, 1981
Filed:
Jun. 06, 1980
Applicant:
Inventor:
Charles H Jones, Pasadena, MD (US);
Assignee:
Westinghouse Electric Corp., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
367 11 ; 367 88 ; 367150 ;
Abstract
A conical acoustic lens in conjunction with a ring of transducer elements located on a circle disposed above the lens is utilized to form a plurality of radial beams for imaging a target area beneath the apparatus. The transducers may occupy the fully 360.degree. of the circle or a sector less than 360.degree. in which the case the apparatus may be rotated to give full 360.degree. coverage.