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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. 18, 2003
Filed:
Feb. 10, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Kent L. Deines, Poway, CA (US);
Assignee:
RD Instruments, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01F 1/86 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01F 1/86 ;
Abstract
Fluid flow in a conduit is measured with an acoustic Doppler system installed in an opening in the pipe. The Doppler system may include transducers and driving circuitry to produce narrow beam pulses of acoustic energy. The transducers may be coupled to an acoustic refractive lens which is sealed in the opening.