Patents by Inventor Francois L. M. Lefaudeux

Francois L. M. Lefaudeux 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: 4031502
    Abstract: A hydrophone comprising an acoustical reflector constituted by a sealed, flexible and deformable container containing two rigid parallel plates separated by lattice sheets of interlaced filaments and at least one piezoelectric transducer with a thin flexible blade fixed at its periphery to a rigid annular support. The reflector and the transducer are entirely embedded in a common synthetic resin layer having a thickness of several millimeters which secures them together and maintains the transducer in proximity to the front face of the acoustical reflector. The layer of resin has a reduced thickness of the order of 1 mm facing the transducer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 1976
    Date of Patent: June 21, 1977
    Assignee: Etat Francais
    Inventors: Francois L. M. Lefaudeux, Michel Georges Quivy