ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,601,622, issued on April 14, was assigned to Tancy Instrument Group Co. LTD. (Wenzhou, China).
"Acoustic isolators for gas transducers" was invented by Don Augenstein (Grand Rapids, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An isolation mounting for an ultrasonic transducer that includes at least one metal isolation washer and/or a metal load bearing nut. The isolation washer and load bearing nut include raised protrusions on a top surface that minimize the contact area between the transducer and a transducer housing in a body of an ultrasonic flowmeter in which the transducer is installed. The isolation mounting interrupts propagation of ac...