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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2019

Filed:

Feb. 21, 2018
Applicant:

Omron Corporation, Kyoto, JP;

Inventors:

Takashi Kasai, Shiga, JP;

Yuki Uchida, Shiga, JP;

Assignee:

Omron Corporation, Kyoto, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 19/04 (2006.01); H04R 19/00 (2006.01); H04R 1/22 (2006.01); H01L 29/84 (2006.01); B81B 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 19/04 (2013.01); B81B 3/00 (2013.01); H01L 29/84 (2013.01); H04R 1/222 (2013.01); H04R 19/005 (2013.01); B81B 2201/0257 (2013.01); B81B 2201/0264 (2013.01); H04R 2201/003 (2013.01);
Abstract

A capacitive transducer includes a substrate having an opening in a surface thereof, a back plate facing the opening in the substrate, a vibration electrode film facing the back plate across a space, the vibration electrode film being displaceable to have a displacement converted into a change in capacitance between the vibration electrode film and the back plate, an airflow channel defined by a gap between a protrusion integral with the back plate and a part of the vibration electrode film, the airflow channel being configured to increase an area of air flow when the vibration electrode film deforms under pressure to move relative to the protrusion integral with the back plate and relieve the pressure applied to the vibration electrode film to serve as a pressure relief channel, and an extension formed at a periphery of a hole in the vibration electrode film defining the pressure relief channel.


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