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Method for manufacturing an acoustic sensor, and acoustic sensor obtained thereby, having a substantially non-detachable protective layer

US5293353A · kind A · utility

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20Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateOct 22, 1991
Grant dateMar 8, 1994
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Expiry dateOct 22, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T29/49005
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for manufacturing an acoustic sensor, and also to the sensor. The sensor comprises a piezoelectric sheet (12) mounted on a support (14) and electrically connected to electrodes (16,18) connected by electrical conductors (20,22) to a measurement device, characterized in that the assembly constituted by the sheet (12) and its support (14) is coated with a one-piece polymerizable coating layer (24) which is preferably electrically insulating, such that the portion (24a) of the coating layer (24) overlying the sheet (12) constitutes a protective layer which is rendered non-detachable or essentially non-detachable from the piezoelectric sheet (12). The method for manufacturing this sensor is extremely simple and inexpensive, and the protective layer is non-detachable.

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