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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2009
Applicants:
Donald R. Augenstein, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Bobbie W. Griffith, Harrisville, PA (US);
Inventors:
Donald R. Augenstein, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Bobbie W. Griffith, Harrisville, PA (US);
Assignee:
Cameron International Corporation, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01F 1/66 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An ultrasonic transducer for a pipe includes an ultrasonic source which produces plane waves. The transducer includes a housing having a face at least a portion of which is curved through which the plane waves produced from the source disposed in the housing are emitted and directed outward towards the pipe's interior wall so a full cross-section of the pipe's interior can be measured. A flow meter for detecting fluid flow rates in a pipe. A method for detecting fluid flow rates in a pipe.