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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:
May. 27, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Sick AG, Waldkirch, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 4/108 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 4/108 ;
Abstract
An ultrasound converter, especially of the axial oscillating type, with at least one piezoelectric element disposed between two tensioning segments and at least one tensioning member which prestresses the piezoelectric element via the tensioning segments. The tensioning element is a ring-shaped tensioning spring the walls of which have at least one peripheral recess.