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US3177416A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Driving oscillator for producing supersonic oscillations

Assignee: US Philips Corp
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Filing: 1961-09-07
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Granted: 1965-04-06
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Expires: 1981-09-07
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Pijls Hermanus Stepha Josephus
  • 👤 Blok Lourens

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-10-25 09:26
CPC Classifications
B; B06; B06B; B06B1/00; B06B1/02; B06B1/0207; B06B1/0223; B06B1/0238; B06B1/0246; B06B1/0253; H; H03; H03B; H03B5/00; H03B5/08; H03B5/10; H03B5/30; H03B5/32; H03B5/34; B06B2201/00; B06B2201/50; B06B2201/58

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 128 words
APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING OSCILLATIONS OF A GIVEN FREQUENCY COMPRISING AN AMPLIFYING DEVICE HAVING AN INPUT CIRCUIT AND AN OUTPUT CIRCUIT, A LOAD CIRCUIT COMPRISING A MAGNETOSTRICTIVE TRANSDUCER INCLUDING MEANS FOR COUPLING SAID TRANSDUCER TO SAID OUTPUT CIRCUIT, SAID LOAD CIRCUIT HAVING A REACTIVE IMPEDANCE COMPONENT AT SAID GIVEN FREQUENCY, MEANS FOR DERIVING A FIRST FEEDBACK SIGNAL FROM SAID TRANSDUCER HAVING A REACTIVE COMPONENT WHICH IS DETERMINED BY SAID REACTIVE IMPEDANCE COMPONENT OF THE LOAD CIRCUIT, MEANS FOR DERIVING A SECOND FEEDBACK SIGNAL FROM SAID OUTPUT CIRCUIT HAVING A REACTIVE COMPONENT WHICH SUBSTANTIALLY COMPENSATES THE REACTIVE COMPONENT OF SAID FIRST FEEDBACK SIGNAL, AND MEANS FOR COMBINING SAID FIRST AND SECOND FEEDBACK SIGNALS AND APPLYING SAID COMBINED SIGNALS TO SAID INPUT CIRCUIT THEREBY TO SUSTAIN OSCILLATIONS OF SAID GIVEN FREQUENCY.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 128 words
APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING OSCILLATIONS OF A GIVEN FREQUENCY COMPRISING AN AMPLIFYING DEVICE HAVING AN INPUT CIRCUIT AND AN OUTPUT CIRCUIT, A LOAD CIRCUIT COMPRISING A MAGNETOSTRICTIVE TRANSDUCER INCLUDING MEANS FOR COUPLING SAID TRANSDUCER TO SAID OUTPUT CIRCUIT, SAID LOAD CIRCUIT HAVING A REACTIVE IMPEDANCE COMPONENT AT SAID GIVEN FREQUENCY, MEANS FOR DERIVING A FIRST FEEDBACK SIGNAL FROM SAID TRANSDUCER HAVING A REACTIVE COMPONENT WHICH IS DETERMINED BY SAID REACTIVE IMPEDANCE COMPONENT OF THE LOAD CIRCUIT, MEANS FOR DERIVING A SECOND FEEDBACK SIGNAL FROM SAID OUTPUT CIRCUIT HAVING A REACTIVE COMPONENT WHICH SUBSTANTIALLY COMPENSATES THE REACTIVE COMPONENT OF SAID FIRST FEEDBACK SIGNAL, AND MEANS FOR COMBINING SAID FIRST AND SECOND FEEDBACK SIGNALS AND APPLYING SAID COMBINED SIGNALS TO SAID INPUT CIRCUIT THEREBY TO SUSTAIN OSCILLATIONS OF SAID GIVEN FREQUENCY.

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