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US3614992A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Sandwich-type acoustic material in a flexible sheet form

Assignee: United States Department of the Navy
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Filing: 1969-05-26
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Granted: 1971-10-26
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Expires: 1989-05-26
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Abstract

Abstract A SANDWICH-TYPE, ELECTRO-MECHANICAL, ABSORBING, ACOUSTIC MATERIAL, IN A FLEXIBLE SHEET FORM, COMPRISING A THIN SHEET OF ELASTOMERIC MATERIAL WITHIN WHICH ARE EMBEDDED PATICLES HAVING A SIZE BARELY GREATER THAN THE THICKNESS OF THE ELASTOMERIC MATERIAL. THE PARTICLES MAY BE OF A TRANSDUCER MATERIAL, GENERALLY SINGLE-CRYSTAL, AND/OR OF A RESISTIVE MATERIAL. TWO CONDUCTIVE SHEETS, ONE ON EACH SIDE OF THE ELASTIMERIC MATERIAL, WHICH MAKE CONTACT WITH THE EMBEDDED PARTICLES COMPLETE THE SANDWICH.

Inventors

  • 👤 Harper John Whitehouse
  • 👤 Shelby F Sullivan

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Jurisdiction US
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CPC Classifications
G; G10; G10K; G10K11/00; G10K11/16; G10K11/162; G10K11/168; E; E04; E04B; E04B1/00; E04B1/62; E04B1/74; E04B1/82; E04B1/84; E04B1/8409; G10K11/165; E04B2001/8457; E04B2001/8461; E04B2001/8471; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/31504; Y10T428/31551; Y10T428/31605; Y10T428/31609

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3.5 Years (Year 4) 1974-10-25 1975-04-26 1975-10-26 $2000.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8) 1978-10-25 1979-04-26 1979-10-26 $3760.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
11.5 Years (Year 12) 1982-10-25 1983-04-26 1983-10-26 $7700.00 Window Closed / Lapsed

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