Method for fabricating a pressure-wave sensor with a leveling support element

A method for fabricating a pressure-waveform sensor comprising:

• providing a housing structure having an inner lip;
• supporting a cantilevered piezoelectric sensor element with a support element in the housing structure such that a first end of the sensor element is secured between the support element and the housing, and a second end of the sensor element is in an orientation cantilevered from the support element;
• and
• shimming the support element such that contact is made between the support element and the inner lip at a plurality of regions in order to level the piezoelectric element relative to the inner lip,
• wherein the support element is a ring, the method further comprising:
• mounting the piezoelectric sensor element in a first slot of the support element ring;
• and
• mounting one or more shims in a second and a third slot of the support element ring.

A method for fabricating a pressure-waveform sensor comprising:

• providing a housing structure having an inner lip;
• and
• supporting a cantilevered piezoelectric sensor element with a support element, that further includes one or more support regions, in the housing structure such that a first end of the sensor element is secured between the support element and the housing, and a second end of the sensor element is in an orientation cantilevered from the support element;
• and
• supporting the support element such that contact is made between the support regions of the support element and the inner lip at a plurality of areas in order to level the piezoelectric element relative to the inner lip.

A method of fabricating a pressure-waveform sensor comprising:

• providing a piezoelectric sensor element;
• providing a support element having one or more raised support regions;
• and
• mounting the piezoelectric sensor element to the support element in a cantilevered configuration such that a first end of the sensor element is secured between the support element and the housing, and a second end of the sensor element is in an orientation cantilevered from the support element, wherein a face of the mounted piezoelectric element is substantially coplanar with the one or more raised support regions.