Patent ID: 11860131
Assignee: VERIFI TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 7:
8. A method for ultrasonic testing of composite materials, comprising:
providing a transducer housing assembly comprising:
a central housing, having a front end and a back end, defining an interior sealed chamber;
a transducer;
a fluid connector attached to the central housing, wherein the fluid connector is operable to connect to a fluid pump;

wherein the transducer is located within the interior sealed chamber of the central housing;
wherein the fluid connector is operable to connect with a fluid pump to introduce coupling fluid into the interior sealed chamber;
wherein the front end of the central housing is sealed by a membrane;
wherein the membrane is acoustically translucent or acoustically transparent to the coupling fluid; and
the fluid pump introducing coupling fluid into the interior sealed chamber via the fluid connector;
the transducer emitting ultrasonic waves into a test material;
the transducer housing assembly receiving ultrasonic waves reflected from the test material; and
wherein the central housing includes at least one surface offset element extending longitudinally outward from the front end of the central housing, wherein the at least one surface offset element is operable to retract by a specified amount.