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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 28, 2004
Filed:
Nov. 05, 2002
Thomas R. Howarth, Washington, DC (US);
Walter L. Carney, Bloomfield, IN (US);
James L. Merryfield, Bedford, IN (US);
Patrick L. Arvin, Loogootee, IN (US);
Phillip W. Meadows, Mitchell, IN (US);
Scott L. Small, Newberry, IN (US);
James F. Tressler, Alexandria, VA (US);
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
A mount for acoustic transducers has a resilient sheet with a plurality of mounting apertures therein. Each mounting aperture has an annular groove formed about the inside surface of the sheet to accommodate one of the acoustic transducers. A pair of rigid, acoustically transparent plates are mounted on each side of the resilient sheet. Each plate has a plurality of communication apertures in it which correspond to the mounting apertures of the resilient sheet. The acoustic transducers are inserted into the mounting aperture of the resilient sheet. The acoustically transparent plates provide structural support for the mount.