Patent ID: 8011083
Filing Date: 2011-09-06
Classification: G01F,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: disconnecting a wiring harness that electrically couples electronics of an ultrasonic meter to a transducer assembly; removing the transducer assembly as a single unit from a transducer housing, the transducer housing comprises an acoustic matching layer exposed to the measured fluid, and the acoustic matching layer remains in the transducer housing when the transducer assembly is removed; inserting a replacement transducer assembly as a single unit into the transducer housing such that the transducer assembly abuts the matching layer, the transducer assembly configured to generate acoustic signals that propagate through the measured fluid; compressing a biasing member within the replacement transducer assembly, wherein the biasing member biases a first portion of the replacement transducer assembly away from a telescopically coupled second portion of the replacement transducer assembly, and the biasing member at least partially biases a distal end of the replacement transducer assembly towards the acoustic matching layer on a distal end of the transducer housing; and reconnecting the wiring harness.