Patents Assigned to Et Francais
  • Patent number: 5070486
    Abstract: An electroacoustic transducer according to the invention comprises a stacking of annular plates (13) made of piezoelectric ceramics alternating with annular electrodes (14) and pressed by an axial prestressing stem (15). The contact faces between each plate and the adjacent ones are made of two flat parts (16a, 16b) whose surface is smaller than the maximum cross section, due to the chamfers (19a, 19b, 20a, 20b) which truncate the edges of each plate. One application is the construction of low frequency sonar transmitters. Referenced elements refer to FIG. 3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 1990
    Date of Patent: December 3, 1991
    Assignee: Et Francais
    Inventor: Didier Boucher