Patents by Inventor Yves Y. Ripoll

Yves Y. Ripoll has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 5694374
    Abstract: The invention is directed to the class of submersible electro-acoustic transducers such as double "Tonpilz" transducers, wherein it is desirable to reduce the resonant frequency of the transducers while maintaining a given output power emitted by the transducers. The transducer according to the invention includes at least one horn solid with the end of a motor pillar, a hollow rigid box surrounding the horn and delimiting with the horn a cavity. The cavity communicates via a port with an external fluid, and has determined dimensions and external volume. The transducer further includes a passive radiator made of a material denser than the external fluid. The radiator obturates the port and hangs at a periphery of the port by an elastic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 2, 1997
    Assignee: L'Etat Francais represente par le Delegue General pour l'Armement
    Inventors: Yves Y. Ripoll, Jacky J. Garcin
  • Patent number: 5636183
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is a process wherein transducers submed in a fluid for emitting low frequency acoustic waves with lightened horns are used to reduce the frequency of emission for a given maximum power consumption of the transducer. The transducer transmits waves in a frequency range according to the given maximum power consumption and a given electro-acoustic efficiency. The transducer comprises at least one horn solid with the extremity of a motor pillar and a rigid box. The rigid box encloses the motor pillar and has determined dimensions and external volume, and further includes a dynamic load solid with the rigid box. The dynamic load partially closes an inside section of the rigid box and divides an internal cavity into a front cavity and rear cavity. The front and rear cavities communicate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 3, 1997
    Assignee: Etat Francais as represented by the Delegue General pour l'Armement
    Inventors: Didier J. M. Boucher, Yves Y. Ripoll