Cylindrical Bender-Tube Vibration Transducer

Abstract

An acoustic transducer with high sensitivity and low resonance frequency is constructed of a cylinder having inner and outer layers rigidly bonded together. At least one layer is a thickness poled piezoelectric material. The cylinderical can be closed by end caps to shift nodal locations.

Patent Number
4,525,645
Date Of Issue
Inventors

Donald J. Shirley; Thomas E. Owen