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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 05, 2012
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
Xiaolei Shirley Ao, Lexington, MA (US);
Oleg Alexander Khrakovsky, Lynn, MA (US);
Yue Ma, Burlington, MA (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 29/24 (2006.01); G01F 1/66 (2006.01); G01N 29/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01F 1/662 (2013.01); G01F 1/667 (2013.01); G01N 29/222 (2013.01); G01N 29/223 (2013.01); G01N 29/2468 (2013.01);
Abstract
An ultrasonic signal coupler includes a pipe having a first ultrasonic waveguide and a second ultrasonic waveguide penetrating the pipe so that ultrasonic transducers attached to ends of the ultrasonic waveguides communicate ultrasonic signals through the ultrasonic waveguides directly through a fluid traveling through the pipe.