Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Plate bending wave direction sensor
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Application No.: US17142501Application Date: 2021-01-06
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Publication No.: US11668680B2Publication Date: 2023-06-06
- Inventor: Taehwa Lee , Hideo Iizuka
- Applicant: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US TX Plano
- Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Plano
- Agency: Darrow Mustafa PC
- Agent Christopher G. Darrow
- Main IPC: G01N29/14
- IPC: G01N29/14 ; G01N29/04

Abstract:
Devices for detecting plate bending, or flexural, waves include at least two mechanical resonators positioned on a plate in a specified configuration. Each mechanical resonator has an associated oscillation amplitude detector, such as a laser vibrometer, configured to detect resonant oscillation of the mechanical resonator in response to an incident flexural wave. A ratio of frequency-dependent oscillation data for each mechanical oscillator is compared to a calibration curve to determine the angle of incidence of the flexural wave.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220214312A1 PLATE BENDING WAVE DIRECTION SENSOR Public/Granted day:2022-07-07
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