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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 21, 2011
Applicants:
Xiaolei Shirley AO, Lexington, MA (US);
Oleg Alexander Khrakovsky, Lynn, MA (US);
Christopher Alan Frail, Natick, MA (US);
Amber Yue MA, Burlington, MA (US);
Inventors:
Xiaolei Shirley Ao, Lexington, MA (US);
Oleg Alexander Khrakovsky, Lynn, MA (US);
Christopher Alan Frail, Natick, MA (US);
Amber Yue Ma, Burlington, MA (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 29/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An ultrasonic coupler assembly for coupling an ultrasonic transducer to a pipe wall is disclosed, wherein the ultrasonic coupler is configured using three quadrilateral sections to reduce the temperature extreme to which the ultrasonic transducer is exposed and to improve the quality of the ultrasonic signal passing through the ultrasonic coupler.