Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Clamp-on ultrasonic flowmeter and method for adjusting transducer elements using an adjusting device having at least two degrees of freedom
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Application No.: US16956503Application Date: 2018-11-14
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Publication No.: US11448538B2Publication Date: 2022-09-20
- Inventor: Achim Wiest , Oliver Brumberg , Andreas Berger
- Applicant: Endress+Hauser Flowtec AG
- Applicant Address: CH Reinach
- Assignee: Endress+Hauser Flowtec AG
- Current Assignee: Endress+Hauser Flowtec AG
- Current Assignee Address: CH Reinach
- Agency: Endress+Hauser (USA) Holding Inc.
- Agent Kelly J. Smith
- Priority: DE102017130976.4 20171221
- International Application: PCT/EP2018/081238 WO 20181114
- International Announcement: WO2019/120773 WO 20190627
- Main IPC: G01F1/66
- IPC: G01F1/66 ; G01F1/667 ; G01F15/18

Abstract:
A clamp-on ultrasonic flowmeter includes a measuring tube, a pair of ultrasonic contact transducers, and an electronic measuring/operating circuit for operating the transducers. Each transducer includes a transducer element for generating and detecting ultrasonic signals and a coupling element. The transducer element is located on one side of the coupling element facing away from the measuring tube, and is designed to be acoustically coupled to the measuring tube via another side of the coupling element facing the measuring tube, and designed to transmit ultrasonic signals between the transducer element and measuring tube. The ultrasonic flowmeter comprises an adjusting device for at least one transducer for adjusting the transducer. The adjusting device is arranged and configured to modify at least one angle of the signal path with respect to the coupling face or a signal path length, wherein the adjusting device has at least two degrees of freedom.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210080303A1 CLAMP-ON ULTRASONIC FLOWMETER AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING THE CLAMP-ON ULTRASONIC FLOWMETER Public/Granted day:2021-03-18
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