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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8176617 | Methods for making a sensitive resonating beam accelerometer A method of making a resonating beam accelerometer (RBA). In an example process, a proof mass device and resonators are created from a quartz material. A direct bond is formed between the proof mass and the resonators by applying a predefined amount of pressure at a... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8132314 | Method and system for packaging and mounting surface acoustic wave sensor elements to a flex plate A method and system for packaging and mounting a sensor to a flex plate for use in sensing, for example, torque. In some instances, a SAW sense die can be adhesively bonded to a metal disc that includes at least one locating feature formed in the metal disc. An insu... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8127426 | Electronic apparatus having quartz crystal oscillating circuits An electronic apparatus has a display portion, and first and second oscillating circuits each having a quartz crystal resonator, the quartz crystal resonator of each of the first and second oscillating circuits vibrating in a different mode from each other. One of t... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8127427 | Quartz crystal unit, quartz crystal oscillator having quartz crystal unit, and electronic apparatus having quartz crystal oscillator A quartz crystal oscillator has an amplifier, a capacitor, a resistor and a quartz crystal unit comprised of a case, a quartz crystal tuning fork resonator vibratable in a flexural mode and a lid connected to the case. At least one groove with a first surface opposi... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8122587 | Manufacturing method of quartz crystal unit A method for manufacturing a quartz crystal unit comprises the steps of adjusting an oscillation frequency of a quartz crystal tuning fork resonator that is vibratable in a flexural mode of an inverse phrase and that has first and second quartz crystal tuning fork t... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8099853 | Method for manufacturing boundary acoustic wave device A method for manufacturing a boundary acoustic wave device prevents formation of discontinuous portions in a dielectric film without a significant decrease in the thickness of an IDT when the dielectric film is formed by deposition and without deterioration of elect... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8096042 | Method for manufacturing a quartz crystal resonator, quartz crystal unit and quartz crystal oscillator A method for manufacturing a quartz crystal unit comprises the steps of forming a quartz crystal tuning fork resonator having a quartz crystal tuning fork shape, forming at least one groove in at least one of opposite main surfaces of each of first and second quartz... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8074342 | Radio connection method A method for using a standard cable to replace the proprietary cables currently used to connect radio components. The invention also includes the hardware provided to carry out the method. A pair of jumper boxes are provided. Each jumper box contains a control jack,... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8074341 | Boundary acoustic wave device manufacturing method A method for manufacturing a boundary acoustic wave device includes the steps of preparing a laminated structure in which an IDT electrode is disposed at an interface between first and second solid media and reforming the first medium and/or the second medium by ext... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8069549 | Method for sealing a quartz crystal device A quartz crystal device includes a crystal resonator element and a package including a plurality of components. The plurality of components are bonded using a metal paste sealing material containing a metallic particle having an average particle size from 0.1 to 1.0... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8061014 | Method of assembling a cordless hand-held ultrasonic cautery cutting device A method for assembling an ultrasonic surgical assembly includes the steps of substantially simultaneously removably coupling an ultrasonic-driving-wave-signal generating circuit to an ultrasonic surgical handle body and removably inserting an ultrasonic-movement-pr... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8042255 | Rapid fabrication techniques for arbitrary shape piezoelectric transducer sensors The present invention provides methods for making an acoustic transducer. In one possible embodiment, a rigid inner shell is provided with a conductive exterior surface. Masking material is applied onto a first location on the conductive exterior surface of the rigi... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8011083 | Process of manufacturing a transducer assembly for an ultrasonic fluid meter Replacement of a transducer assembly for an ultrasonic fluid meter. At least some of the illustrative embodiments are methods including: disconnecting a wiring harness that electrically couples electronics of an ultrasonic meter to a transducer assembly; removing th... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7996984 | Process for making a FBAR bandpass filter A duplexer includes an FBAR band pass filter that can be easily embodied in single chip. A method for manufacturing the same includes the steps of forming a plurality of recesses in a substrate, forming an insulation layer on the substrate, and forming a plurality o... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7992283 | Surface micromachined differential microphone A differential microphone having a perimeter slit formed around the microphone diaphragm that replaces the backside hole previously required in conventional silicon, micromachined microphones. The differential microphone is formed using silicon fabrication technique... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7975364 | Method for producing a tuning-fork type crystal vibrating piece A method for producing a tuning-fork type crystal vibrating piece relates to a crystal tuning fork comprising a basal portion, a first vibrating arm, and a second vibrating arm, wherein both arms extend from the basal portion. The method for producing a crystal tuni... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7971337 | Method for producing a microphone module for a hearing aid device The production of a hearing aid device can be simplified by the use of a microphone module with a plurality of microphones. To attach and electrically contact the microphones, the invention provides a microphone carrier with three-dimensionally directed conductor tr... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7971338 | Fabricating method for earphone A fabricating method for an earphone includes the steps of: providing a front case and a speaker, the front case having a plurality of securing holes and a accommodating space, the speaker being disposed in the accommodating space; electrically connecting an earphon... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7941909 | Method of fabricating an ultra-small condenser microphone In the present invention, a plurality of condenser microphones is formed on a substrate. Then, charges are fixed to a dielectric film provided in each of the condenser microphones. After an amount of deposited charges of the dielectric film of each of the plurality ... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7941908 | Method for scalable manufacturing of medical diagnostic ultrasound imaging systems A plurality of application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) chips with different functions is provided. Each of the ASICs performs one or more functions along an ultrasound data path. The chips include communications protocols or processes for allowing scaling. Fo... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7934306 | Method for packaging micro electromechanical systems microphone A method for packaging micro electromechanical systems (MEMS) microphone has steps of providing a base, arranging and mounting multiple microphone component assemblies on the base, providing a frame, mounting the frame on the base, forming multiple microphone units,... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7926163 | Method of producing an oscillator device An oscillator device having an oscillating member, a resilient support and a supporting member is produced. The oscillating member is supported by the resilient support for oscillation about an oscillation axis. The oscillating member is formed with a movable elemen... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7921540 | System of component s usable in the manufacture of an acoustic transducer A linkage assembly (140) is used for mechanically coupling an armature (124) and a diaphragm (118) of a balanced receiver (100), the linkage assembly (140) formed from a first linkage member (822) displaced from a strip of s... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7905006 | Method of manufacturing faceplate for in-the-ear hearing aid Provided is a faceplate for an In-The-Ear (ITE) hearing aid and a method of manufacturing a faceplate for an In-The-Ear (ITE) hearing aid in which the faceplate can be manufactured in a compact size, using a foldable flexible printed circuit board (PCB), while maint... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7905007 | Method for forming a matching layer structure of an acoustic stack An acoustical stack for an ultrasound probe comprises a piezoelectric layer having top and bottom sides and a plurality of matching layer sections forming a matching layer structure. Each of the matching layer sections comprises a spring layer comprising a first mat... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7900338 | Method of making a transducer having a plastic matching layer Making a transducer having a plastic matching layer which includes providing a transducer housing having a proximal end and a distal end, and bonding a plastic to the distal end of the transducer housing (the plastic fluidly sealing and occluding the distal end). Th... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7900337 | Method of making composite acoustic transducers A composite membrane acoustic transducer structure comprising a magnet assembly is arranged adjacent the composite membrane material. The magnet assembly is arranged to produce a flux field. A first layer of thin, elongate composite membrane material is held under t... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7895727 | Method for manufacturing an electroacoustical transducer comprising a membrane configuration In an electroacoustic transducer (21) with a stationary transducer part (23) and with a membrane configuration (17) comprising a membrane (15) and a handling ring (1) for the membrane (15) connected with the membrane (15 | 03/01/2011 |
| 7891077 | Method of preparing a polymer actuator A method of preparing a polymer actuator includes providing an ionic conductive polymer membrane; forming first and second metal electrodes respectively over first and second surfaces of the ionic conductive polymer membrane; substituting water used in the formation... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7882612 | Method for producing a membrane A method for producing a membrane for a device, e.g. a microphone, includes providing a substrate is provided on which a counter electrode is disposed. A sacrificial layer is provided on a surface of the counter electrode facing away from the substrate. The surface ... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7877856 | Method of manufacturing a speaker An edge (29) for supporting a diaphragm assembly (100) with respect to a frame (26) is bonded to the frame (26) along the outer periphery thereof and joined to a diaphragm (27) in a position more peripherally inward than a voice co... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7877854 | Method of manufacturing an ultrasound transducer A focused ultrasound transducer includes a first ultrasonic emitter and at least one metallic ultrasonic lens acoustically coupled thereto. The emitter generates ultrasonic energy that propagates along a beam path projecting therefrom. The at least one metallic ultr... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7877855 | Method of forming vertical coupling structure for non-adjacent resonators A method for forming a vertical coupling structure for non-adjacent resonators is provided to have a first and a second resonators, a dielectric material layer, a first and a second high-frequency transmission lines and at least one via pole. The first and the secon... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7849582 | SAW architecture with series connected interdigitated transducers An acoustic cavity of a surface acoustic wave (SAW) architecture is defined on a piezoelectric substrate by two acoustic reflectors are formed on a piezoelectric substrate. The surface acoustic wave architecture may include at least one alpha interdigitated transduc... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7849583 | Microphone manufacturing method A microphone manufacturing method that includes forming an etching protective film on a surface of a semiconductor substrate, opening an etching window through the etching protective film, and forming a sacrifice layer in the etching window and also on an upper face... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7845064 | Method for manufacturing crystal device A control apparatus and method for controlling an image display includes at least one reference object for generating a predetermined spectrum signal, a modulation unit for modulating the predetermined spectrum signal with a predetermined method, and a remote contro... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7845063 | Quartz crystal unit and method for manufacturing a quartz crystal unit and electronic apparatus A method for manufacturing a quartz crystal unit comprises forming a quartz crystal tuning fork resonator that is capable of vibrating in a flexural mode of an inverse phase and that has a quartz crystal tuning fork base, and first and second quartz crystal tuning f... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7841064 | Method of manufacturing an acoustic wave device A method of manufacturing an acoustic wave device includes forming a first sealing portion on a substrate having an acoustic wave element thereon so that a functional region, in which an acoustic wave oscillates, of the acoustic wave element acts as a first non-cove... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7836574 | Method of manufacturing vibrating micromechanical structures A method for fabrication of single crystal silicon micromechanical resonators using a two-wafer process, including either a Silicon-on-insulator (SOI) or insulating base and resonator wafers, wherein resonator anchors, a capacitive air gap, isolation trenches, and a... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7832080 | Directional microphone assembly A directional microphone assembly for a hearing aid, and methods of assembling a directional microphone, are provided. The hearing aid has one or more microphone cartridge(s), and first and second sound passages. Inlets to the sound passages, or the sound passages t... | 11/16/2010 |
