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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 20, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 21, 2015
Applicant:
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Inventors:
Gregory P. Carman, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Paul K. Nordeen, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Assignee:
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, Oakland, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10H 3/14 (2006.01); G10H 3/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G10H 3/143 (2013.01); G10H 3/18 (2013.01); G10H 3/181 (2013.01); G10H 2220/551 (2013.01);
Abstract
A multiferroic transducer for an electrical stringed-instrument pickup comprising an upper layer and lower layer of magnetostrictive material and a middle layer of piezoelectric or ferroelectric material disposed between the upper layer and lower layer.