Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Piezoelectric actuator for downhole applications
- Patent Title (中): 用于井下应用的压电致动器
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Application No.: US13016820Application Date: 2011-01-28
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Publication No.: US08714005B2Publication Date: 2014-05-06
- Inventor: Thomas Vetter
- Applicant: Thomas Vetter
- Applicant Address: US TX Houston
- Assignee: Baker Hughes Incorporated
- Current Assignee: Baker Hughes Incorporated
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Houston
- Agency: Bracewell & Giuliani LLP
- Main IPC: G01V1/40
- IPC: G01V1/40

Abstract:
A transducer for use with a downhole tool, where the transducer includes concentric piezoelectric elements coupled with a member that extends from the top surface of one element to the bottom surface of another element. The elements expand and contract to vibrate by applying electrical potential to the elements. The element having the member on its bottom surface expands and contracts with applied electrical potential and also is urged upward, by the coupling member, an amount equal to the vertical displacement of the element having the member on its top surface. Thus the element having the member on its bottom surface is vertically displaced by an amount substantially equal to the expansion of the elements.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110192222A1 PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATOR FOR DOWNHOLE APPLICATIONS Public/Granted day:2011-08-11
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