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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 26, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 27, 2013
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventors:
Keith J. Davis, Seattle, WA (US);
Richard H. Bossi, Renton, WA (US);
John A. Mittleider, Kent, WA (US);
Arthur M. Vetter, Renton, WA (US);
Assignee:
THE BOEING COMPANY, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 29/22 (2006.01); G10K 11/02 (2006.01); G01N 29/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G10K 11/02 (2013.01); G01N 29/28 (2013.01); G01N 2291/0422 (2013.01);
Abstract
A transducer for stimulating an article under test with ultrasonic vibration may include a transducer body having a transmitting face and configured to generate ultrasonic vibration through the transmitting face, and an couplant mounted on the transmitting face, the couplant having a multiplicity of vertically aligned carbon nanotubes extending therefrom in a direction substantially normal to the transmitting face.