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Acoustic transducer for a borehole logging tool

CA 1294894 C · Owner: Mobil Oil Corporation · Inventors: Sims, Claude Campbell

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Abstract From the Canadian patent

A bender acoustic transducer has a flat piezoelectric element, 26 affixed to a flat elongated inert element 27. The ends of the inert element 27 are hinged on a supporting rectangular frame 28 which has a rectangular opening. Opposite surfaces of the transducer are exposed so that when a voltage is applied a dipole, acoustic wave is generated by the transducer.

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  • Granted January 28, 1992. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended January 28, 2009.
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FiledApril 30, 1987
GrantedJanuary 28, 1992
Term endedJanuary 28, 2009
Patent numberCA 1294894 C
Classification (IPC)G01V1/40 +2 more

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19881991199419972000200320062009Application filedApril 30, 1987Patent grantedJan 28, 1992Term endedJan 28, 2009

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