US3687219A - Ultrasonic beam expander - Google Patents
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- G10K11/00—Methods or devices for transmitting, conducting or directing sound in general; Methods or devices for protecting against, or for damping, noise or other acoustic waves in general
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US3968459A (en) * | 1975-01-29 | 1976-07-06 | Sperry Rand Corporation | Ultrasonic driver transducer |
US4011747A (en) * | 1975-06-20 | 1977-03-15 | The Board Of Trustees Of The Leland Stanford University | Method and apparatus for acoustic scanning using waves scattered by an acoustic grating |
US4028933A (en) * | 1974-02-15 | 1977-06-14 | The Board Of Trustees Of Leland Stanford Junior University | Acoustic microscope |
US4137779A (en) * | 1972-12-08 | 1979-02-06 | Kraftwerk Union Aktiengesellschaft | Methods and arrangement for the determination of crack-depths in ultrasonic non destructive testing |
US4143554A (en) * | 1977-03-14 | 1979-03-13 | Second Foundation | Ultrasonic scanner |
US4183249A (en) * | 1975-03-07 | 1980-01-15 | Varian Associates, Inc. | Lens system for acoustical imaging |
US4197921A (en) * | 1978-04-06 | 1980-04-15 | Rca Corporation | Anti-reflective acoustic wavefront refraction element |
US4205686A (en) * | 1977-09-09 | 1980-06-03 | Picker Corporation | Ultrasonic transducer and examination method |
US4281661A (en) * | 1977-11-23 | 1981-08-04 | C. G. R.-Ultrasonic | Medical echo sounding apparatus with a wide sector scanning angle |
US4387720A (en) * | 1980-12-29 | 1983-06-14 | Hewlett-Packard Company | Transducer acoustic lens |
US4391281A (en) * | 1977-01-06 | 1983-07-05 | Sri International | Ultrasonic transducer system and method |
US4450542A (en) * | 1982-03-05 | 1984-05-22 | Sperry Corporation | Multiple beam lens transducer for sonar systems |
US4700575A (en) * | 1985-12-31 | 1987-10-20 | The Boeing Company | Ultrasonic transducer with shaped beam intensity profile |
US4799177A (en) * | 1985-12-31 | 1989-01-17 | The Boeing Company | Ultrasonic instrumentation for examination of variable-thickness objects |
US4881618A (en) * | 1986-06-06 | 1989-11-21 | Olympus Optical Co., Ltd. | Acoustic lens for use in acoustic microscope |
US4967873A (en) * | 1988-07-27 | 1990-11-06 | Olympus Optical Co., Ltd. | Acoustic lens apparatus |
US5235553A (en) * | 1991-11-22 | 1993-08-10 | Advanced Imaging Systems | Solid ultrasonic lens |
US5365024A (en) * | 1989-03-31 | 1994-11-15 | Olympus Optical Co., Ltd. | Acoustic lens system |
US5948985A (en) * | 1996-05-31 | 1999-09-07 | Ormet Corporation | Method and apparatus for ultrasonic testing of aluminum billet |
US6229562B1 (en) | 1997-07-08 | 2001-05-08 | Stanley H. Kremen | System and apparatus for the recording and projection of images in substantially 3-dimensional format |
US20090025474A1 (en) * | 2007-07-23 | 2009-01-29 | Peter Lagergren | Ultrasonic fuel level monitoring system incorporating an acoustic lens |
US20100242593A1 (en) * | 2009-03-25 | 2010-09-30 | Lagergren Peter J | Ultrasonic liquid level monitoring system |
US8412473B2 (en) | 2011-04-11 | 2013-04-02 | Schmitt Industries, Inc. | Event monitoring and detection in liquid level monitoring system |
US9411040B2 (en) * | 2014-06-23 | 2016-08-09 | Goodrich Corporation | Systems and methods for acoustic windows |
US11141130B2 (en) * | 2015-07-01 | 2021-10-12 | Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique (Cnrs) | Insonification method for obtaining a predetermined field of ultrasonic waves and production method for making an ultrasonic lens for these purposes |
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US3168659A (en) * | 1960-01-11 | 1965-02-02 | Gen Motors Corp | Variable focus transducer |
US3239801A (en) * | 1964-12-18 | 1966-03-08 | Automation Ind Inc | Liquid lens ultrasonic beam controlling device |
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US2565159A (en) * | 1949-04-21 | 1951-08-21 | Brush Dev Co | Focused electromechanical device |
US3168659A (en) * | 1960-01-11 | 1965-02-02 | Gen Motors Corp | Variable focus transducer |
US3239801A (en) * | 1964-12-18 | 1966-03-08 | Automation Ind Inc | Liquid lens ultrasonic beam controlling device |
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US4137779A (en) * | 1972-12-08 | 1979-02-06 | Kraftwerk Union Aktiengesellschaft | Methods and arrangement for the determination of crack-depths in ultrasonic non destructive testing |
US4028933A (en) * | 1974-02-15 | 1977-06-14 | The Board Of Trustees Of Leland Stanford Junior University | Acoustic microscope |
US3968459A (en) * | 1975-01-29 | 1976-07-06 | Sperry Rand Corporation | Ultrasonic driver transducer |
US4183249A (en) * | 1975-03-07 | 1980-01-15 | Varian Associates, Inc. | Lens system for acoustical imaging |
US4011747A (en) * | 1975-06-20 | 1977-03-15 | The Board Of Trustees Of The Leland Stanford University | Method and apparatus for acoustic scanning using waves scattered by an acoustic grating |
US4391281A (en) * | 1977-01-06 | 1983-07-05 | Sri International | Ultrasonic transducer system and method |
US4143554A (en) * | 1977-03-14 | 1979-03-13 | Second Foundation | Ultrasonic scanner |
US4205686A (en) * | 1977-09-09 | 1980-06-03 | Picker Corporation | Ultrasonic transducer and examination method |
US4281661A (en) * | 1977-11-23 | 1981-08-04 | C. G. R.-Ultrasonic | Medical echo sounding apparatus with a wide sector scanning angle |
US4197921A (en) * | 1978-04-06 | 1980-04-15 | Rca Corporation | Anti-reflective acoustic wavefront refraction element |
US4387720A (en) * | 1980-12-29 | 1983-06-14 | Hewlett-Packard Company | Transducer acoustic lens |
US4450542A (en) * | 1982-03-05 | 1984-05-22 | Sperry Corporation | Multiple beam lens transducer for sonar systems |
US4700575A (en) * | 1985-12-31 | 1987-10-20 | The Boeing Company | Ultrasonic transducer with shaped beam intensity profile |
US4799177A (en) * | 1985-12-31 | 1989-01-17 | The Boeing Company | Ultrasonic instrumentation for examination of variable-thickness objects |
US4881618A (en) * | 1986-06-06 | 1989-11-21 | Olympus Optical Co., Ltd. | Acoustic lens for use in acoustic microscope |
US4967873A (en) * | 1988-07-27 | 1990-11-06 | Olympus Optical Co., Ltd. | Acoustic lens apparatus |
US5365024A (en) * | 1989-03-31 | 1994-11-15 | Olympus Optical Co., Ltd. | Acoustic lens system |
US5235553A (en) * | 1991-11-22 | 1993-08-10 | Advanced Imaging Systems | Solid ultrasonic lens |
US5948985A (en) * | 1996-05-31 | 1999-09-07 | Ormet Corporation | Method and apparatus for ultrasonic testing of aluminum billet |
US6229562B1 (en) | 1997-07-08 | 2001-05-08 | Stanley H. Kremen | System and apparatus for the recording and projection of images in substantially 3-dimensional format |
US20030160864A1 (en) * | 1997-07-08 | 2003-08-28 | Kremen Stanley H. | System and apparatus for recording and projecting 3-dimensional images |
US7142232B2 (en) | 1997-07-08 | 2006-11-28 | Kremen Stanley H | System and apparatus for recording and projecting 3-dimensional images |
EP2171409A1 (en) * | 2007-07-23 | 2010-04-07 | Schmitt Measurement Systems, INC. | Ultrasonic fuel level monitoring system incorporating an acoustic lens |
US20090025474A1 (en) * | 2007-07-23 | 2009-01-29 | Peter Lagergren | Ultrasonic fuel level monitoring system incorporating an acoustic lens |
US7905143B2 (en) * | 2007-07-23 | 2011-03-15 | Schmitt Measurement Systems, Inc. | Ultrasonic fuel level monitoring system incorporating an acoustic lens |
EP2171409A4 (en) * | 2007-07-23 | 2013-05-29 | Schmitt Measurement Systems Inc | Ultrasonic fuel level monitoring system incorporating an acoustic lens |
US20100242593A1 (en) * | 2009-03-25 | 2010-09-30 | Lagergren Peter J | Ultrasonic liquid level monitoring system |
US8104341B2 (en) * | 2009-03-25 | 2012-01-31 | Schmitt Measurement Systems, Inc. | Ultrasonic liquid level monitoring system |
US8412473B2 (en) | 2011-04-11 | 2013-04-02 | Schmitt Industries, Inc. | Event monitoring and detection in liquid level monitoring system |
US9411040B2 (en) * | 2014-06-23 | 2016-08-09 | Goodrich Corporation | Systems and methods for acoustic windows |
US11141130B2 (en) * | 2015-07-01 | 2021-10-12 | Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique (Cnrs) | Insonification method for obtaining a predetermined field of ultrasonic waves and production method for making an ultrasonic lens for these purposes |
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