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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:
Nov. 29, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2013
Applicant:
Pgs Geophysical As, Lysaker, NO;
Inventor:
Mattias Dan Christian Oscarsson, Oslo, NO;
Assignee:
PGS Geophysical AS, Oslo, NO;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 41/00 (2013.01); H01L 41/053 (2006.01); G01V 1/16 (2006.01); G01V 1/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 41/0536 (2013.01); G01V 1/16 (2013.01); G01V 1/38 (2013.01);
Abstract
Embodiments related to a piezoelectric bender that comprises a spring and mass element to provide additional constructive resonance. An embodiment provides an apparatus comprising: a base plate; a piezoelectric body coupled to the base plate; a spring coupled to the base plate; and a mass element coupled to the spring, wherein the base plate, the piezoelectric body, the spring, and the mass element are operable to produce at least two resonance frequencies in the apparatus.