Shock-resistant flextensional transducer
CA 2007096 C · Owner: Kazmar, Theodore R. · Inventors: Kazmar, Theodore R.; Dahlstrom, David K.
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An underwater sonar projection includes a one piece hollow shell of elliptical cross section having a number of transducer stacks positioned within the shell and compressively prestressed by the shell to vibrate along the major axis thereof which causes the broad surfaces between the small radius ends to vibrate in and out. To resist large external shocks the shell is made somewhat heavier than usual, a center support member or beam is placed along the minor axis of the shell and an adjustable support rod is carried in the beam which is adjusted to a length just sufficient to clear the vibrating surfaces of the projector in normal operation but which functions to limit the inward movement …
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- Filed January 4, 1990 and granted September 21, 1999. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended January 4, 2010.
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