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Transducer assembly vibration sensor

US4093885A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 16, 1976
Grant dateJun 6, 1978
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Expiry dateApr 16, 1996

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH10N30/2042
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A sensor for sensing vibrations in a transducer assembly and for generating an electrical signal indicative of the vibrations is disclosed. The sensor includes a piezoelectric generator which is mounted with a bimorph on a common substrate. The piezoelectric generator and bimorph have a common cantilevered end portion and an opposed deflectable free end portion so that deflection of the free end portion of the bimorph causes a corresponding deflection of the free end portion of the piezoelectric generator, whereby the piezoelectric generator generates an electrical indication of the instantaneous degree of deflection of the bimorph.

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