ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,226,800, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to Thales Australia Ltd. (Sydney Olympic Park, Australia).
"Acoustic transducer" was invented by David Ronald Jones (Cherrybrook, Australia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An acoustic transducer (30), comprising: a support structure (36); an active assembly comprising a base plate (32) supported by the support structure (36) and a piezoelectric body (34) supported by the base plate (32); and a passive vibrator (38) supported by the support structure (36) and coupled via the support structure (36) to the active assembly (32, 34) so that vibration of the active assembly (32, 34) drives the passive vi...