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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2009
Filed:
Mar. 10, 2006
Mark William Starnes, Hungtingdon, GB;
James John East, Northants, GB;
Neil Simon Owen, Huntingdon, GB;
Steven Mark Hoyle, Northants, GB;
Mark William Starnes, Hungtingdon, GB;
James John East, Northants, GB;
Neil Simon Owen, Huntingdon, GB;
Steven Mark Hoyle, Northants, GB;
New Transducers Limited, Huntingdon, GB;
Abstract
An electromechanical force transducer comprises at least two adjacent resonant elements and a damping layer coupled between their adjacent faces. The damping layer is selected so that the output is increased in the region of internal cancellation in the transducer. The adjacent resonant elements are beam-like and have substantially the same length. The resonant elements may be supported on a stub of low rotational stiffness whereby the fundamental resonance of the transducer becomes less dependent on bending motion of the transducer and more rigid body-like. The transducer may also include a member for increasing the rotational impedance of the transducer.