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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2012
Applicant:
Cochlear Limited, Macquarie University, NSW, AU;
Inventors:
Scott Miller, Lafayette, CO (US);
Travis Rian Andrews, Loveland, CO (US);
Robert F. McCullough, Boulder, CO (US);
Farid Moumane, Na, FR;
Assignee:
Cochlear Limited, Macquarie University, NSW, AU;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 25/00 (2006.01); H04R 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 25/00 (2013.01); H04R 17/00 (2013.01); H04R 25/606 (2013.01); H04R 25/554 (2013.01); H04R 2225/31 (2013.01); H04R 2460/13 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vibratory apparatus, including a housing having an internal chamber, wherein the internal chamber includes a lever having a first end and a free second end, and a piezoelectric element adapted to deform in response to an applied voltage, wherein deformation of the piezoelectric element displaces the free second end of the lever, and wherein displacement of the free second end of the lever within the internal chamber imparts a vibration to the housing.