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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7457199 | Shear mode folded shell projector An acoustic projector with a thin walled shell extending between flanges having helicoidal corrugations extending between the flanges. A shear mode motor is coupled to the thin walled shell to provide a torque to the thin walled shell. ... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7408283 | Micromachined ultrasonic transducer cells having compliant support structure A micromachined ultrasonic transducer array comprising a multiplicity of cMUT cells built on a substrate. Each cMUT cell comprises a compliant support structure built on the substrate, a membrane supported over a cavity by the compliant support structure, a first el... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7345953 | Flextensional vibration sensor A vibration sensing device, package and system and a method of manufacturing a vibration sensing device are disclosed. The vibration sensing device comprises a body whose geometry is such that it exhibits flextensional properties. ... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7292503 | Multi piston electro-mechanical transduction apparatus An electro-mechanical transducer, which provides radial amplified multiple piston motion is formed from attached multiple lever arms and multiple electro-mechanical drivers. The piston motion is amplified by lever arms, which are attached to electro-mechanical drive... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7280016 | Design of membrane actuator based on ferromagnetic shape memory alloy composite for synthetic jet actuator A membrane actuator includes a magnetically actuatable membrane and a magnetic trigger. The membrane includes a shape memory alloy (SMA), and the magnetic trigger is configured to induce a martensitic transformation in the SMA, to produce a larger force than would b... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7277012 | Broad field motion detector A motion sensing system device and method which utilize dispersed ultrasonic radiation is disclosed. The system preferably comprises a low profile sensor unit configured to couple to a ceiling position. The sensor unit comprises an ultrasonic transmitter and an ultr... | 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 |
| 7276892 | Resonator based spectrum analyzer and method A spectrum analyzer includes an array of frequency-selective bulk acoustic wave (BAW) resonators each tuned to a predetermined different resonant frequency. The spectrum analyzer further includes a broadband BAW resonator that generates acoustic energy when connecte... | 10/02/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7239577 | Apparatus and methods for multicomponent marine geophysical data gathering In one embodiment the invention comprises a particle velocity sensor that includes a housing with a geophone mounted in the housing. A fluid that substantially surrounds the geophone is included within the housing. The particle velocity sensor has an acoustic impeda... | 07/03/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7190126 | Daylight control system device and method A system and device for and a method of programming and controlling light fixtures is disclosed. A system in accordance with the present invention includes a stationary controller unit that is electrically coupled to the light fixtures. The stationary controller uni... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7164110 | Diode-based light sensors and methods The present invention provides an illumination management system that includes a first LED that outputs a first signal when exposed to a first spectrum of light, the first signal indicating an intensity of light from the first spectrum; a second LED that outputs a s... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7087023 | Microfabricated ultrasonic transducers with bias polarity beam profile control and method of operating the same A capacitive microfabricated ultrasonic transducer with control of elevation phase through alternating bias polarity is disclosed. Such control of elevation phase results in simple ultrasonic probes with excellent slice thickness attributes. Furthermore, tight spati... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7072482 | Microphone with improved sound inlet port A microphone comprises a housing defining an inner volume and including a first exterior surface with an aperture leading to the inner volume. The microphone includes a transducing assembly within the housing for converting sound into an electrical signal. A sound i... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7038355 | Tunable microresonator on an insulating beam deformable by the difference in thermal expansion coefficients A device comprising a resonator formed of a piezoelectric layer sandwiched between two metal electrodes, the resonator being laid on a suspended beam, the device comprising means for deforming said beam by the difference in thermal expansion coefficients. ... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7030536 | Micromachined ultrasonic transducer cells having compliant support structure A micromachined ultrasonic transducer array comprising a multiplicity of cMUT cells built on a substrate. Each cMUT cell comprises a compliant support structure built on the substrate, a membrane supported over a cavity by the compliant support structure, a first el... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7027797 | Portable terminal system In a portable terminal system having a portable terminal device and an external speaker 6 for converting electrical signals from the portable terminal device to electrical signals, the portable terminal device 21 and the external speaker portion 19 | 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 |
| 7004282 | Ultrasonic horn An ultrasonic horn in accordance with the present invention comprises a horn body having a longitudinal transmission axis, a proximal end attachable at least indirectly to a source of ultrasonic vibrations, and a distal end with an active end face. The end face is p... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6987445 | Water resistant audible signal The invention is an modified audible signal, such as a piezoelectric noise-making and audible signaling device, which further includes a hydrophobic covering material, such as polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE). The hydrophobic covering material is known to be water res... | 01/17/2006 |
| 6958255 | Micromachined ultrasonic transducers and method of fabrication There is described a micromachined ultrasonic transducers (MUTS) and a method of fabrication. The membranes of the transducers are fusion bonded to cavities to form cells. The membranes are formed on a wafer of sacrificial material. This permits handling for fusions... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6956792 | Openwork shell projector A honeycomb-like shell is provided for an acoustic projector used in sonar applications to increase the bandwidth of the projector, reduce its weight, and to provide increased power density and reduced shell costs. The shell has outer and inner layers, with the hone... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6945115 | Micromachined capacitive RF pressure sensor A Capacitive Micromachined Ultrasonic RF (CMURF) pressure sensor is described. This micromachined pressure sensor has: pressure sensitive capacitance elements including a scalable array of micromachined cells of the type including electrodes carried by a sealed memb... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6939308 | Acoustic sensor array for non-invasive detection of coronary artery disease Methodology for determining the bounds of a patient's acoustic window is described. Medical application acoustic array designs with apertures accommodated by patient acoustic windows and merged acoustic windows are exemplified. ... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6940564 | Display substrate and display device A display substrate comprising a plate, for example a glass plate, on which display elements, e.g. pixels comprising pixel electrodes and thin-film-transistors, and an acoustic transducer, e.g. a microphone, speaker or buzzer, formed from thin film layers over a cav... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6936953 | Use of a piezo-active device and an appliance and a system including it A piezo-active device includes a piezo-electric element and an elastically deformable shell in which the piezo-electric element is disposed. The use of this piezo-active device includes, for supplying power to an electrical circuit connected to the piezo-electric el... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6933486 | Illumination management system The present invention provides an illumination management system that includes a first LED that outputs a first signal when exposed to a first spectrum of light, the first signal indicating an intensity of light from the first spectrum; a second LED that outputs a s... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6865140 | Mosaic arrays using micromachined ultrasound transducers An ultrasound transducer array includes a multiplicity of subelements interconnected by a multiplicity of microelectronic switches, each subelement comprising a respective multiplicity of micromachined ultrasound transducer (MUT) cells. The MUT cells within a partic... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6829198 | Electroacoustic transducer having compression screw mechanical bias An electro acoustic transducer has a housing having an axial threaded bore. A transducer driver element is axially aligned in the bore and has a first end mounted on an electrically conductive holder that is axially displaceable by a conductive screw member. A hemis... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6784600 | Ultrasonic membrane transducer for an ultrasonic diagnostic probe The invention is directed towards structures for use with micro-formed membrane ultrasonic transducers, and methods for fabricating the structures. In one embodiment, the transducer includes a planar member having a piezoelectric material and spaced apart electrodes... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6714484 | Microfabricated acoustic transducer with suppressed substrate modes A microfabricated acoustic transducer with suppressed substrate modes includes a diaphragm containing an upper electrode suspended above a substrate containing a lower electrode; the substrate may or may not contain electronic circuits. The substrate modes are suppr... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6678213 | Slotted cylinder transducer with trapezoidal cross-sectional electrodes A slotted cylinder transducer assembly, which has an outer cylindrical shell having a gap. A cylindrical actuator is disposed adjacent and inside the shell and has a gap which corresponds in position to the gap in the shell. The cylindrical actuator has a... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6643222 | Wave flextensional shell configuration A flextensional transducer projector shell design is disclosed. The shell design has a shape formed so as to reduce the stress placed on the transduction driver as compared to other shell designs. The shell design includes first and second bulbous end por... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6535459 | Barrel stave projector-stave attachment An underwater acoustic projector comprising a pair of spaced apart end caps with an acoustic driver positioned between the end caps, the driver having smaller cross-sectional dimensions than the end caps to which the driver is mechanically coupled. The pr... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6504795 | Arrangement of micromechanical ultrasound transducers The damping of membranes of ultrasound transducers in an arrangement occurs at the front side directly on the membranes by applying a polymer layer, whereby the working temperature dependent on the operating frequency of the ultrasound transducer lies wit... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6383152 | Apparatus for producing shock waves for technical, preferably medical applications An apparatus produces intense pressure waves as shock waves for technical and preferably medical applications, especially for lithotripsy and/or pain therapy. Acoustic waves of high energy density are produced through the use of pressure pulsations. The p... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6356511 | Low distortion ratio hydrophone Very low distortion hydrophone comprising at least one pair of sensitive elements (6 and 8) of piezoelectric type (for example and not limitatively), associated with at least one of the opposite flexible faces of a housing (1) formed by assembling cups (2... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6304516 | Transducer shell assembly for a bimodal transducer A transducer shell assembly and bimodal transducer are provided. The transducer shell assembly has a hollow split tube such that a gap extends along its length to define first and second opposing edges. A locking mechanism can lock the first and second op... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6298012 | Doubly resonant push-pull flextensional The present invention relates to a flextensional transducer device comprising a multi-resonant shell and push-pull driving system for driving the shell so as to provide at least two tunable resonant modes, thereby increasing the operational bandwidth of t... | 10/02/2001 |
