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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:
Apr. 12, 1983
Filed:
Sep. 03, 1981
Applicant:
Inventors:
Erik Primbsch, Ahrensburg, DE;
Wolf Bickel, Bergisch Gladbach, DE;
Assignee:
Krautkramer-Branson, Inc., Stratford, CT (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ; G01N / ; G02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
73643 ; 350 9615 ;
Abstract
Laser light for producing acoustic waves in a specimen to be examined is carried to the specimen from a single laser by a plurality of fiber optic cables. The fiber optic cables have different path lengths to cause a specific time delay between adjacent fiber optic cables to focus and steer the sonic waves in a desired direction.