US 12,235,243 B2
Cover unit of ultrasonic transducer
Jun Hyuk Kwak, Sejong-si (KR); Kyung Jun Song, Busan (KR); Jong Jin Park, Sejong-si (KR); and Hak Joo Lee, Daejeon (KR)
Assigned to CENTER FOR ADVANCED META-MATERIALS, Daejeon (KR); and PUSAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY COOPERATION FOUNDATION, Busan (KR)
Filed by CENTER FOR ADVANCED META-MATERIALS, Daejeon (KR); and PUSAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY COOPERATION FOUNDATION, Busan (KR)
Filed on May 11, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/741,524.
Application 17/741,524 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2020/014240, filed on Oct. 19, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2019-0143828 (KR), filed on Nov. 11, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0268742 A1, Aug. 25, 2022
Int. Cl. G10K 11/00 (2006.01); G01N 29/24 (2006.01); G01N 29/28 (2006.01)
CPC G01N 29/28 (2013.01) [G01N 29/2487 (2013.01); G10K 11/002 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cover unit for ultrasonic transducers adapted to radiate high power ultrasound signals through amplification of received ultrasound, the cover unit comprising:
a body to which an ultrasound generator adapted to generate ultrasound is coupled;
first slits disposed at a lower portion of the body in the form of multiple rings having different radii and spaced apart from each other, the first slits having a first width;
second slits depressed from an upper surface of the body to communicate with the first slits and having a second width smaller than the first width;
third slits depressed from the upper surface of the body and each disposed between adjacent second slits, the third slits having a third width smaller than the first width;
a bottom formed under the first slits;
a first sidewall formed between adjacent first slits; and
a second sidewall formed between a second slit of the second slits and a third slit of the third slits.