Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Ultrasonic transducer with a sealed 3D-printed mini-horn array
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Application No.: US16149068Application Date: 2018-10-01
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Publication No.: US11619527B2Publication Date: 2023-04-04
- Inventor: Henry Charles Straub, Jr. , Alex Mezheritsky , Kerry Dwayne Groeschel
- Applicant: Micro Motion, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CO Boulder
- Assignee: Micro Motion, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Micro Motion, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CO Boulder
- Agency: The Ollila Law Group LLC
- Main IPC: B06B1/06
- IPC: B06B1/06 ; G01F15/00 ; G10K11/02 ; G01F1/66 ; B33Y80/00

Abstract:
A flow meter includes a pair of ultrasonic transducers. Each transducer includes a housing, a piezoelectric crystal disposed within the housing, and a mini-horn array coupled to the housing. The mini-horn array, which may be formed via a 3D printing technique, includes an opening-free enclosure, a closed cavity inside the enclosure, and a plurality of horns enclosed within the closed cavity. The horns include a horn base portion adjacent to a proximal end surface of the cavity and a horn neck portion that extends from the base portion in a direction away from the piezoelectric crystal and towards a distal end surface of the cavity. The horn neck portions are separated by spaces within the cavity, wherein the spaces between the horn necks may be filled with powder.
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