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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 1997
Filed:
Sep. 29, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Wojtek Sudol, Burlington, MA (US);
Francis E Gurrie, Ipswich, MA (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Company, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
12866203 ;
Abstract
A miniature rotatable sensor include an acoustic face positioned over a layer of attenuating material. Between the acoustic face and the attentuating material is a flexible circuit that contacts the acoustic face and has circuit edge that extend beyond the attenuating material to create an inner portion. The inner portion further includes a radial slot extending throught the perimeter of the attenuating material. The circuit edges are folded into the radial slot such that the flexible circuit exits tangential to the diameter of the sensor.