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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7499377 | Pressure wave piezoelectric sensor A sensing device and method. The device includes a first element and a second element. Each of the elements includes a first electrode, and a second electrode, and a piezoelectric layer between and connected to the first and second electrode. The first electrode, se... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7309948 | Ultrasonic transducer and method of manufacturing the same An ultrasonic transducer in which electrodes can be easily and positively joined to a multiplicity of micro-fabricated vibrators and electric wiring can be easily and positively provided. The ultrasonic transducer has a vibrator arrangement having vibrators provided... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7309947 | Piezoelectric transducer including a plurality of piezoelectric members A piezoelectric transducer for an ultrasonic scan is provided. The transducer includes a plurality of piezoelectric members arrayed. The plurality of piezoelectric members have different compositions parts in a slice direction so that an ultrasonic beam is focused i... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7302864 | Torque sensor A plurality of acoustic wave sensing devices can be provided, which are mechanically simulated for implementation upon a quartz wafer substrate. The quartz wafer substrate is appropriately etched to produce a quartz diaphragm from the quartz wafer substrate. A plura... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7295493 | Pressure tolerant fiber optic hydrophone An interferometric hydrophone is disclosed that comprises a first mandrel defining an interior that is open to surrounding fluid. A sensing optical fiber is wound upon the first mandrel. A second mandrel is positioned in surrounding relationship with respect to the ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7285898 | Ultrasonic transducer and manufacturing method thereof An ultrasonic transducer comprises: an acoustic matching layer including at least a layer made up of a hard material; a piezoelectric member of which the length dimension is shorter than this acoustic matching layer, which is fixed and disposed at a predetermined po... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7276838 | Piezoelectric transducer including a plurality of piezoelectric members A piezoelectric transducer for an ultrasonic scan is provided. The transducer includes a plurality of piezoelectric members arrayed. The plurality of piezoelectric members have different compositions parts in a slice direction so that an ultrasonic beam is focused i... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7276839 | Bondable fluoropolymer film as a water block/acoustic window for environmentally isolating acoustic devices A combination transducer and water-blocking film for acoustic signaling through ambient water. The water-blocking film has an etched fluoropolymer film and adjacent bonding film interposed between the transducer and the water. Potting material extends adjacent to an... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7264597 | Device and method for producing high-pressure ultrasonic pulses A device for producing high pressure ultrasound pulses. The device includes an ultrasound source having a piezoelectric transducer provided with electrodes and presenting polarization in a given direction (f1). An electrical voltage is applied to the elec... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7262542 | Ultrasound radiation device into a material When input electric signals Ei (i=1, 2, . . . , n) with frequencies fi (i=1, 2, . . . , n), respectively, are applied to an input interdigital transducer, elastic waves are excited in a piezoelectric substrate. Leaky components of the elastic w... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7253742 | Method and apparatus for measuring parameters of a fluid flowing within a pipe using a configurable array of sensors An apparatus for measuring at least one parameter associated with a fluid flowing within a pipe includes a spatial array of pressure sensors disposed at different axial locations x1. . . xN along the pipe. Each of the pressure sensors provides ... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7247978 | Acceleration tolerant piezoelectric resonator The invention relates to piezoelectric resonators. An interposer element is used between a resonating plate and the resonator package to provide improved (i.e. reduced) acceleration sensitivity. The interposer element is preferably of similar thermal expansion chara... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7246489 | Position control actuator system A position control actuator system includes a control element and first and second actuators. The first and second actuators are each comprised of magneto-active twinned material. The first actuator is configured to extend and drive the control element in a first di... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7237564 | Distribution of energy in a high frequency resonating wafer processing system A transducer for use in an acoustic energy cleaner is provided. The transducer includes a resonator and a plurality of crystals bonded to a surface of the resonator. The plurality of crystals is configured to be bonded to the surface of the resonator in a staggered ... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7233097 | Rolled electroactive polymers The invention describes rolled electroactive polymer devices. The invention also describes employment of these devices in a wide array of applications and methods for their fabrication. A rolled electroactive polymer device converts between electrical and mechanical... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7216738 | Acoustic stimulation method with axial driver actuating moment arms on tines A method for generating acoustic waves, the method having the steps of: extending a tine from a support structure so that a proximal end of the tine is attached to the support structure and a distal end of the tine is uninhibited; positioning an oscillator so as to ... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7214910 | On-chip power supply regulator and temperature control system An on-chip temperature control system includes a temperature sensor, which monitors a temperature of a chip, and a hysteresis comparator which checks whether the temperature is in an acceptable range. A reference adjustment circuit is responsive to the hysteresis co... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7215250 | Proximity detaching for electronic article surveillance tags A reusable EAS tag that is detachable from an article by placing the EAS tag in proximity to a detaching device is provided. The tag includes an energy coupler, a micro-actuator, and a clamping mechanism. The detaching device transmits a signal to the EAS tag to sig... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7213681 | Acoustic stimulation tool with axial driver actuating moment arms on tines An apparatus for generating acoustic waves, the apparatus having: a support structure; two tines extending from the support structure so that proximal ends of the two tines are attached to the support structure so that distal ends of the two tines are positioned wit... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7205704 | Valve control device The invention relates to a device for displacing a moving part along a longitudinal axis relative to a housing, said device being symmetrical about a plane extending longitudinally relative to the moving part, the device comprising two structures that are secured to... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7205707 | Laser machining of electroactive ceramics Laser beam machining is applied to form arbitrarily shaped electroactive ceramics for transducers (e.g., electromechanical sensors and actuators). One particularly preferred embodiment of the invention comprises machining parallel grooves in a ceramic plate to impro... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7184364 | Armored seabed laid seismic cable and method and apparatus for manufacturing same A method for wrapping continuous strands of steel wire about a seismic cable including interconnected sensor sections and conductor sections where a cross sectional diameter of the sensor section is at least four times that of the conductor section. Two layers of ar... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7180225 | Piezoelectric vibrator A piezoelectric vibrator having excellent shock resistance and high reliability is offered. The centers of first and second piezoelectric vibrating plates are supported by pillars on a main surface of an enclosure and nearly or substantially parallel to the main sur... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7156506 | Liquid charging method, liquid container, and method for manufacturing the same A liquid charging method for charging a liquid container with a liquid, the liquid container being provided with a piezo-electric device for detecting a consumption condition of the liquid in said liquid container, the piezo-electric device being provided with a cav... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7132958 | Downhole telemetry system using multiple uplink modes as data channels using discrete multi-tone modulation A method and a downhole telemetry system a downhole telemetry system using discrete multitone modulation for transmitting a data stream over a plurality of transmission modes is provided. The downhole telemetry system includes a downhole transmitter, a cable, and a ... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7109837 | Controlled inductance device and method Improved inductive apparatus having controlled core saturation which provides a desired inductance characteristic with low cost of manufacturing. In one embodiment, a pot core having a variable geometry gap is provided. The variable geometry gap allows for a “step... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7109642 | Composite piezoelectric apparatus and method The present invention relates to composite piezoelectric apparatus, transducers and methods of manufacture. In an embodiment, a composite piezoelectric apparatus has a sacrificial base and pillar array. Different volume percents of piezoelectric material are used in... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7104178 | Active armor including medial layer for producing an electrical or magnetic field An active armor system, which includes a first armor layer and a second armor layer. An interior space is interposed between the first and second armor layer. A third layer is also positioned preferably adjacent to and on the inner side of the first layer. This thir... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7093343 | Method of manufacturing an acoustic transducer An acoustic transducer design having a slotted oval-shaped shell and active transducer elements located on the inner surface of the shell is disclosed. The design provides a high power, ultra-low frequency oval projector having a number of applications, including un... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7069795 | Sensor using electro active curved helix and double helix Various sensors use an electro-active device (11) electrically connected to a detector circuit. The electro-active device (11) comprises an electro-active structure in the form of a continuous electro-active member (12) curving in a helix around... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7055389 | Acoustic coupling with a fluid retainer An apparatus examines the internal structure of an object disposed substantially in a medium such as air, which essentially totally reflects acoustic signals in the 1-200 MHz frequency range. The apparatus has an acoustic transducer that emits and receives acoustic ... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7037268 | Low profile acoustic sensor arry and sensors with pleated transmission lines and related methods A low profile acoustic array (10) is configured to selectively respond to shear waves while rejecting compression wave energy in the frequency range of interest. One sensor array is configured as a linear strip with a frame segment having at least one longitu... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7026746 | Valve control device The invention relates to a device for displacing a moving part along a longitudinal axis relative to a housing, said device being symmetrical about a plane extending longitudinally relative to the moving part, the device comprising two structures that are secured to... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7019439 | High power ultrasonic transducer with broadband frequency characteristics at all overtones and harmonics A transducer assembly for receiving a stimulating signal and producing ultrasound therefrom at one or more frequencies, over an ultrabroad bandwidth at each frequency, includes a front mass disposed about a central axis, and a back mass disposed about the central ax... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7019649 | Pool monitoring A pool monitoring system includes a hydrophone configured to generate an electrical signal in response to receiving a pressure wave in the liquid of a pool, and a processor configured to receive the electrical signal and generate a trigger signal, when the electrica... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6980109 | System and method for monitoring intrusion detection in a pool A pool monitoring system includes a hydrophone configured to generate an electrical signal in response to receiving a pressure wave in the liquid of a pool, and a processor configured to receive the electrical signal and generate a trigger signal, when the electrica... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6975735 | Sound collecting device minimizing electrical noise A sound collecting device is provided which is designed to minimize adverse effects on an output caused by exposure of an electroacoustic transducer to the air. The device includes an electroacoustic transducer and a vibrating circuit. The transducer is exposed to t... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6973832 | Acoustic coupling with a fluid bath An apparatus examines the internal structure of an object disposed substantially in a medium such as air, which essentially totally reflects acoustic signals in the 1-200 MHz frequency range. The apparatus has an acoustic transducer that emits and receives acoustic ... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6964327 | Ultrasonic clutch An ultrasonic clutch includes a driving element, a driven element and at least one alternating current (AC) power source. The driving element and the driven element are connected to a shaft of a driving device and an output axle of a loading, respectively. At least ... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6951134 | Flowing fluid acoustic coupling An apparatus examines the internal structure of an object disposed substantially in a medium such as air, which essentially totally reflects acoustic signals in the 1–200 MHz frequency range. The apparatus has an acoustic transducer that emits and receives acousti... | 10/04/2005 |
