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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 16, 2014
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 19/00 (2006.01); H04R 31/00 (2006.01); B06B 1/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 19/00 (2013.01); B06B 1/0292 (2013.01); H04R 31/00 (2013.01); B06B 2201/20 (2013.01);
Abstract
A transducer includes at least one element including a plurality of cells. Each of the cells includes a pair of electrodes disposed with a gap therebetween and a vibrating membrane including one of the electrodes, and the vibrating membrane is vibratably supported. First and second cells of the plurality of cells in the element have the gaps that communicate with each other, and the first cell and a third cell in the element have the gaps that do not communicate with each other.