Patent ID: 11893975
Assignee: THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. A flextensional amplifier comprising:
a linear transducer;
a first flexible member operatively connected to said transducer, said first flexible member having a first elongated shape with a first minor axis and a first major axis, said first minor axis being perpendicular to said first major axis, said first minor axis being shorter than said first major axis, and said transducer being connected to opposite portions of said first flexible member along said first major axis;
a second flexible member having a second elongated shape with a second minor axis and a second major axis, said second minor axis being perpendicular to said second major axis, said second minor axis being shorter than said second major axis, and said first flexible member first major axis being perpendicular to said second major axis, and said second flexible member being operatively connected at said second major axis to said first flexible member at said first flexible member first minor axis wherein said first flexible member is within a perimeter of said second flexible member and whereby linear translation of said transducer along said first flexible member first minor axis results in multiplicative linear translation of said flexible second member along said second minor axis; and
linear members connecting said first flexible member to said second flexible member, said linear members having first ends and second ends opposite one another, said first ends of said linear members being connected to said first flexible member along said first minor axis of said first flexible member, and said second ends of said linear members being connected to said second flexible member along said second flexible member second major axis;
wherein said first elongated shape is an ellipse, and said second elongated shape is a rhombus.