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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2017
Applicant:
Bae Systems Plc, London, GB;
Inventor:
Lionel William John Kent, Chelmsford Essex, GB;
Assignee:
BAE SYSTEMS plc, London, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 17/00 (2006.01); H04R 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 17/00 (2013.01); H04R 3/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
According to the present invention, there is provided an electroacoustic transducer, comprising: a first electrode; a second electrode; a piezoelectric material at least partially sandwiched between the first electrode and the second electrode; and a flexible electrical connector in electrical connection with the first or second electrode at discrete points around a periphery of that electrode, the discrete points being distributed about a substantial portion of that periphery.