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US 2026/0070087 A1Published application
Ultrawide Beam Transducer
AssigneeAirmar Technology Corporation
InventorsStephen G. Boucher, Dylan Fyler
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Abstract
A transducer device that can generate a wide, ultra-wide, or wide-angle acoustic beam within or through water. The transducer device can include a transducer element configuration having an acoustic emission portion that has a concave shape for generating a series of acoustic beams that cross each other to collectively form a wide-angle acoustic beam.
Claims23
A transducer device comprising:
- a transducer element configuration having an acoustic emission portion that has a concave shape for generating a series of acoustic beams that cross each other to collectively form a wide-angle acoustic beam.
A transducer device comprising:
- a transducer element configuration having an acoustic emission portion that has a concave shape, comprising seven individual transducer elements each having a length and width that extend along respective longitudinal and lateral directions, the transducer elements each having an acoustic emission surface, are positioned in a concave arrangement around a radius of curvature of 1λ, the radius of curvature extending around the longitudinal direction, the acoustic emission portion for generating a series of acoustic beams that cross each other to collectively form a combined wide angle acoustic beam.
A method of generating a wide-angle acoustic beam with a transducer device comprising:
- generating a series of acoustic beams that cross each other to collectively form the wide-angle acoustic beam with a transducer element configuration having an acoustic emission portion that has a concave shape.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.