US Patent Issued to Nederlandse Organisatie voor toegepast-natuurwetenschappelijk onderzoek TNO on Nov. 4 for "Ultrasonic transducer with stacked membranes" (Dutch Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,003, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Nederlandse Organisatie voor toegepast-natuurwetenschappelijk onderzoek TNO ('s-Gravenhage, Netherlands).

"Ultrasonic transducer with stacked membranes" was invented by Paul Louis Maria Joseph Van Neer (Bergschenhoek, Netherlands), Arno Willem Frederik Volker (Delft, Netherlands), Gerwin Hermanus Gelinck (Valkenswaard, Netherlands), Hylke Broer Akkerman (Rosmalen, Netherlands) and Antonius Maria Bernardus Van Mol (Veldhoven, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ultrasonic transducer is described that includes a stack of at least two membranes attached to a substrate. An electric circuit ...