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Date of Patent:
Dec. 22, 2015

Filed:

Jun. 23, 2009
Applicants:

Eugene Stytsenko, Lower Hutt, NZ;

Andrew Bruce Heald, Wellington, NZ;

Miles Owen Leonard-taylor, Wellington, NZ;

Jeremie Georges Barrel, Lower Hutt, NZ;

Inventors:

Eugene Stytsenko, Lower Hutt, NZ;

Andrew Bruce Heald, Wellington, NZ;

Miles Owen Leonard-Taylor, Wellington, NZ;

Jeremie Georges Barrel, Lower Hutt, NZ;

Assignee:

WASSP Limited, Auckland, NZ;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10K 11/00 (2006.01); B06B 1/00 (2006.01); G01S 1/72 (2006.01); B06B 1/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G10K 11/006 (2013.01); B06B 1/0622 (2013.01); G01S 1/72 (2013.01);
Abstract

A swath beam acoustic transducer () for projecting and/or receiving acoustic swath beams (). The transducer comprises an array of active acoustic elements () that are arranged to collectively provide an elongate concave radiation surface () with an associated acoustic aperture (). The array of active acoustic elements () is operable to project and/or receive acoustic swath beams () via the radiation surface ().


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