Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Ultrasonic transducer
- Patent Title (中): 超声波换能器
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Application No.: US12467361Application Date: 2009-05-18
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Publication No.: US07692367B2Publication Date: 2010-04-06
- Inventor: Hiroyuki Hirano , Takaaki Asada , Mio Furuya , Junichi Nishie
- Applicant: Hiroyuki Hirano , Takaaki Asada , Mio Furuya , Junichi Nishie
- Applicant Address: JP Kyoto
- Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Kyoto
- Agency: Keating & Bennett, LLP
- Priority: JP2006-318329 20061127
- Main IPC: H01L41/053
- IPC: H01L41/053

Abstract:
A piezoelectric device is attached to an inner bottom surface of the outer case having a tubular shape including a bottom, and an inner case is disposed within the outer case. In an ultrasonic vibration acting surface of the inner case that is arranged to face the bottom surface of the outer case, a mass of the inner case is arranged to restrain vibration of the outer case, which is generated by the piezoelectric device. A first cutout is provided in a portion of the ultrasonic vibration acting surface and arranged to face the piezoelectric device so as to flatten an ultrasonic beam generated by vibrations of the piezoelectric device and the outer case. Second cutouts are provided at locations on the ultrasonic vibration acting surface spaced away from the first cutout in a line symmetrical relationship with a long axis of the first cutout defining a symmetrical axis.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090218913A1 ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCER Public/Granted day:2009-09-03
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