Communications – electrical: acoustic wave systems and devices – Signal transducers – Underwater type
Patent
1974-04-16
1993-09-07
Tudor, Harold J.
Communications, electrical: acoustic wave systems and devices
Signal transducers
Underwater type
310337, 367172, 367176, H04R 2300
Patent
active
052435660
ABSTRACT:
An acoustic array of special utility in deep operating antisubmarine torpedoes comprises a plurality of individual transducer elements supported by a back-plate member. An acoustic window made of an elastomeric or plastic material is mounted against the front faces of the transducer elements and forms part of the water-proof housing of the torpedo. The backplate provides abuttive support to the transducer elements against crush pressure exerted by ambient water against the acoustic window. Inserts, made of an acoustic decoupling material which exhibits high crush strength characteristics, are interposed between each transducer element and the backplate. The backplate is made of body sections having interposed therebetween very thin layers of a compliant material, with the layers bondingly confined between the body sections. The compliant material is chosen to be of a type which damps acoustic vibrations which may be present in the backplate by the mechanism of "coulomb friction damping".
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DePaul L. A.
Tudor Harold J.
Westinghouse Electric Corp.
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