Patents by Inventor Abe Posthuma de Boer

Abe Posthuma de Boer 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: 4578613
    Abstract: An electro-acoustic device comprising at least one diaphragm including a foil of a piezo-electric polymer material. In the rest condition the diaphragm is maintained in a curved position under mechanical prestress freely mounted by means of a curved chassis and/or an elastic support with a non-flat supporting surface. The diaphragm is given such a curved shape associated with the rest condition and is provided with electrodes so that changes in surface shape in accordance with the electrical signals and the attendant non-linear conversion into acoustic signals by portions of the diaphragm is combined with similar surface changes of other portions of the diaphragm. The conversion into acoustic signals by the other portions amplifying those of the first-mentioned portions for the fundamental frequency of the signals, whereas the other portions and the first-mentioned portions compensate one another for the even harmonics of the signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 1980
    Date of Patent: March 25, 1986
    Assignee: U.S. Philips Corporation
    Inventors: Abe Posthuma de Boer, Jan W. Vegt