AU2003294140A1 - Acoustic actuators - Google Patents

Acoustic actuators

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AU2003294140A1
AU2003294140A1 AU2003294140A AU2003294140A AU2003294140A1 AU 2003294140 A1 AU2003294140 A1 AU 2003294140A1 AU 2003294140 A AU2003294140 A AU 2003294140A AU 2003294140 A AU2003294140 A AU 2003294140A AU 2003294140 A1 AU2003294140 A1 AU 2003294140A1
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Prior art keywords
acoustic actuators
actuators
acoustic
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Abandoned
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AU2003294140A8 (en
Inventor
Martin Geoffrey Aston
David Anthony Johnson
William John Metheringham
Neil Munns
Brian Douglas Smith
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Newlands Technology Ltd
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Newlands Technology Ltd
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Priority claimed from GB0229952A external-priority patent/GB0229952D0/en
Priority claimed from GB0229954A external-priority patent/GB0229954D0/en
Application filed by Newlands Technology Ltd filed Critical Newlands Technology Ltd
Publication of AU2003294140A1 publication Critical patent/AU2003294140A1/en
Publication of AU2003294140A8 publication Critical patent/AU2003294140A8/xx
Abandoned legal-status Critical Current

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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
    • H04R7/00—Diaphragms for electromechanical transducers; Cones
    • H04R7/02—Diaphragms for electromechanical transducers; Cones characterised by the construction
    • H04R7/04—Plane diaphragms
    • H04R7/045—Plane diaphragms using the distributed mode principle, i.e. whereby the acoustic radiation is emanated from uniformly distributed free bending wave vibration induced in a stiff panel and not from pistonic motion
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
    • H04R1/00—Details of transducers, loudspeakers or microphones
    • H04R1/20—Arrangements for obtaining desired frequency or directional characteristics
    • H04R1/22—Arrangements for obtaining desired frequency or directional characteristics for obtaining desired frequency characteristic only 
    • H04R1/24—Structural combinations of separate transducers or of two parts of the same transducer and responsive respectively to two or more frequency ranges
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
    • H04R1/00—Details of transducers, loudspeakers or microphones
    • H04R1/20—Arrangements for obtaining desired frequency or directional characteristics
    • H04R1/22—Arrangements for obtaining desired frequency or directional characteristics for obtaining desired frequency characteristic only 
    • H04R1/26—Spatial arrangements of separate transducers responsive to two or more frequency ranges
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
    • H04R15/00—Magnetostrictive transducers
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
    • H04R17/00—Piezoelectric transducers; Electrostrictive transducers
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
    • H04R2440/00—Bending wave transducers covered by H04R, not provided for in its groups
    • H04R2440/05—Aspects relating to the positioning and way or means of mounting of exciters to resonant bending wave panels

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Acoustics & Sound (AREA)
  • Signal Processing (AREA)
  • Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
  • Otolaryngology (AREA)
  • Multimedia (AREA)
  • Piezo-Electric Transducers For Audible Bands (AREA)
  • Audible-Bandwidth Dynamoelectric Transducers Other Than Pickups (AREA)
  • Apparatuses For Generation Of Mechanical Vibrations (AREA)
  • Mechanical Pencils And Projecting And Retracting Systems Therefor, And Multi-System Writing Instruments (AREA)
  • General Electrical Machinery Utilizing Piezoelectricity, Electrostriction Or Magnetostriction (AREA)
  • Fuel-Injection Apparatus (AREA)
AU2003294140A 2002-12-20 2003-12-22 Acoustic actuators Abandoned AU2003294140A1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (5)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB0229952.7 2002-12-20
GB0229952A GB0229952D0 (en) 2002-12-20 2002-12-20 Magnetostrictive actuator
GB0229954A GB0229954D0 (en) 2002-12-20 2002-12-20 Actuator
GB0229954.3 2002-12-20
PCT/GB2003/005616 WO2004057912A2 (en) 2002-12-20 2003-12-22 Acoustic actuators

Publications (2)

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AU2003294140A1 true AU2003294140A1 (en) 2004-07-14
AU2003294140A8 AU2003294140A8 (en) 2004-07-14

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Country Status (6)

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US (1) US7620193B2 (enExample)
EP (2) EP1773097B1 (enExample)
JP (1) JP4102904B2 (enExample)
AU (1) AU2003294140A1 (enExample)
DE (2) DE60310765D1 (enExample)
WO (1) WO2004057912A2 (enExample)

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US20060050904A1 (en) 2006-03-09
WO2004057912A2 (en) 2004-07-08
EP1576851A2 (en) 2005-09-21
EP1773097A2 (en) 2007-04-11
EP1576851B1 (en) 2006-12-27
JP2006511135A (ja) 2006-03-30
DE60310765D1 (de) 2007-02-08
JP4102904B2 (ja) 2008-06-18
DE60328236D1 (de) 2009-08-13
EP1773097A3 (en) 2008-01-02
EP1773097B1 (en) 2009-07-01
WO2004057912A3 (en) 2004-10-28
AU2003294140A8 (en) 2004-07-14
US7620193B2 (en) 2009-11-17

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