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Broadband acoustic transducer

US5343443A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJun 9, 1992
Grant dateAug 30, 1994
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Expiry dateJun 9, 2012

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB06B1/06
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

An acoustic transducer having impedance matched layers that can be deployed in environments having wide temperature variations. An anisotropic layer provides a low coefficient of thermal expansion orthogonally to the direction of sound wave propagation. The anisotropic layer may be a solid matrix embedded with fibers, such as glass, arranged in a common orientation.

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