Patents by Inventor Rene Meliga

Rene Meliga 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).

  • Unidirectional acoustic probe and method for making same
    Patent number: 6954024
    Abstract: A unidirectional acoustic probe including a high-performance interconnection network, and a method of manufacturing such a probe. The unidirectional acoustic probe includes linear piezoelectric transducers on the surface of a dielectric film. The dielectric film includes a connection device to electrically connect the piezoelectric transducers to a control device. The connection device includes primary connection pads, facing the piezoelectric transducers, secondary connection pads, offset with respect to the piezoelectric transducers, so that the transducers can be connected to the control device, and conducting tracks connecting the primary connection pads to the secondary connection pads. The conducting tracks are in a direction perpendicular to the direction defined by a major axis of the piezoelectric transducers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2005
    Assignee: Thales
    Inventors: Ngoc-Tuan Nguyen, Jacques Elziere, René Meliga
  • Unidirectional acoustic probe and method for making same
    Publication number: 20030011277
    Abstract: The invention relates to a unidirectional acoustic probe comprising a high-performance interconnection network, and a method of manufacturing such a probe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2002
    Publication date: January 16, 2003
    Inventors: Ngoc-Tuan Nguyen, Jacques Elziere, Rene Meliga