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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.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 1984

Filed:

May. 26, 1981
Applicant:
Inventor:

Michael W Joosten, Ponca City, OK (US);

Assignee:

Conoco Inc., Ponca City, OK (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B / ; G01N / ; G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
73788 ; 73799 ; 73801 ; 73852 ; 73856 ; 148402 ; 181207 ; 248638 ; 369263 ;
Abstract

A damping device for use with acoustic information generation machines for isolating a generation portion of the generation device from contamination by extraneous acoustic emissions. A metal isolation piece consisting of a shape-memory alloy is disposed between an extraneous noise source and the generation portion of the device. Acoustic information generation devices in accordance with the present invention include phonograph record playing devices and testing devices for recording acoustic signals generated upon stressing a test piece. Thus, the present invention provides improved phonograph record playing devices and an improved testing device.


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