Patent ID: 8302481
Filing Date: 2012-11-06
Classification: B06B,G10K

Abstract:
1. A detachable end piece for attaching to a stinger body of a stinger of a vibration excitator, the detachable end piece receiving vibration from the stinger body, transferring the vibration to an object to be examined, and sensing a response from the object to the vibration, the end piece comprising: a head end face for attachment to an object to be examined; an opposite end opposite the head end face, said opposite end provided with stinger attachment means for detachably attaching the end piece to a stinger body; a recessed sensor accommodation chamber having walls and a bottom and arranged in the head end face, the recessed sensor accommodation chamber completely situated in the end piece; a sensor arranged in the recessed sensor accommodation chamber; and elastic means coupling the sensor to the recessed sensor accommodation chamber, the sensor otherwise free from contact with the walls and the bottom of the recessed sensor accommodation chamber.