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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:
Aug. 01, 2000
Filed:
Nov. 17, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Thomas Richard Zelinka, Vancouver, CA;
F Bruce Thigpen, Tallahassee, FL (US);
Assignee:
Sonigistix Corporation, Vancouver, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
381431 ; 381408 ;
Abstract
An acoustic transducer including a diaphragm having an electrical conductor applied thereto such that at least one segment of the conductor is selectively separable from the diaphragm in response to electric power being applied to the conductor to thereby provide thermal stress relief to the diaphragm during use.