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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 2008
Filed:
Aug. 10, 2006
Thomas Owen Maginnis, Anaheim, CA (US);
Kim Ngoc VU, Yorba Linda, CA (US);
Thomas Owen Maginnis, Anaheim, CA (US);
Kim Ngoc Vu, Yorba Linda, CA (US);
Celerity, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Abstract
An ultrasonic flow sensor that includes a conduit having a length, a first ultrasonic transducer disposed at a first position along the length of the conduit, a second ultrasonic transducer disposed at a second position along the length of the conduit, the second position being spaced apart from the first position, a first reflecting interface and a second reflecting interface. The first reflecting interface is in registration with the first ultrasonic transducer to receive first acoustic energy from the first ultrasonic transducer and to reflect the first acoustic energy in a direction generally along a length of the conduit and into a fluid within the conduit. The second reflecting interface is in registration with the second ultrasonic transducer to receive second acoustic energy from the second ultrasonic transducer and to reflect the second acoustic energy in a direction generally along the length of the conduit and into the fluid within the conduit.