Patent
   D455210
Priority
Jan 31 1997
Filed
Nov 05 1999
Issued
Apr 02 2002
Expiry
Apr 02 2016
Assg.orig
Entity
unknown
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The ornamental design for an ultrasonic transducer assembly controller, as shown and described.

FIG. 1 is a front-left view of an ultrasonic transducer assembly controller that incorporates our new design.

FIG. 2 is a top view thereof.

FIG. 3 is a bottom view thereof.

FIG. 4 is a left-side view thereof.

FIG. 5 is a right-side view thereof.

FIG. 6 is a front view thereof; and,

FIG. 7 is a rear view thereof.

Henderson, Richard W., Wong, Gilbert Y., Park, William J., Gamelsky, Jeff Neil, Hansen, Glenn

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