Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Flush mounted ultrasonic transducer arrays for flow measurement
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Application No.: US15131270Application Date: 2016-04-18
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Publication No.: US09970798B2Publication Date: 2018-05-15
- Inventor: David Brian Barkin , Ira Oaktree Wygant
- Applicant: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
- Applicant Address: US TX Dallas
- Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
- Current Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Dallas
- Agent Michael A. Davis, Jr.; Charles A. Brill; Frank D. Cimino
- Main IPC: G01F1/66
- IPC: G01F1/66 ; G01F25/00
Abstract:
A flow meter system includes a first ultrasonic transducer array to be flush-mounted to a pipe. The system also includes a second ultrasonic transducer array to be flush-mounted to the pipe. The system further includes a controller coupled to the first and second ultrasonic transducer arrays and configured to cause bidirectional beam steering between the first and second ultrasonic transducer arrays.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160231154A1 Flush Mounted Ultrasonic Transducer Arrays for Flow Measurement Public/Granted day:2016-08-11
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