Patent ID: 7998077

Claim:
A device for rotating a transducer of an ultrasonic probe, comprising: a drive motor; a pulley rotatably driven by the drive motor; a pair of wire-ropes wound around the pulley, a first end of each of the pair of wire-ropes coupled to the pulley; a rotatable transducer having a plurality of ultrasonic elements, the transducer including a wire-rope guide mounted to each side of the transducer for guiding a respective one of the pair of wire-ropes; and a buffer spring mounted opposite to each wire-rope guide, each buffer spring coupled to a second end of each of the pair of wire-ropes and the transducer, wherein a pair of wire-rope holes extend through the transducer, wherein each of the wire-ropes passes through one of the pair of wire-rope holes so that the second end of each of the wire-ropes is coupled to a corresponding buffer spring, and wherein the pulley includes: a wire-rope holder protruded from the pulley concentrically, the wire-ropes being wound around the wire-rope holder; a via hole formed from a periphery to a center of the wire-rope holder for inserting the first end of each of the wire-ropes thereto; a screw hole formed from a surface of the pulley to the via hole; and a screw fastened in the screw hole for fixing the first end of each of the wire-ropes inserted in the via hole.