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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 28, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2019
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Minato-ku, JP;
Akiko Hirao, Kawasaki, JP;
Tomio Ono, Yokohama, JP;
Yasuharu Hosono, Kawasaki, JP;
Tsuyoshi Kobayashi, Kawasaki, JP;
Mitsunaga Saito, Inzai, JP;
KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Minato-ku, JP;
Abstract
A sonic device in an embodiment includes a sonic transducer unit and a sonic propagation unit. The sonic transducer unit performs at least one of transmitting and receiving a sonic wave, and has a sonic function surface to configure at least one of a wave transmitting surface and a wave receiving surface. The sonic propagation unit includes: a substrate having a pair of electrodes; an electroadhesive element expressing body including a resin crosslinked body arranged on the substrate, and particles dispersed in the resin crosslinked body; and a power supply to apply voltage to the pair of electrodes. The sonic propagation unit is provided on the sonic function surface of the sonic transducer unit, and the electroadhesive element expressing body in the sonic propagation unit comes into contact with a test object.