Patent ID: 8587182

Claim:
An ultrasonic transducer for a vehicle, comprising: a diaphragm pot having a surrounding wall and a diaphragm; a transducer element configured to generate ultrasonic vibrations, wherein the transducer element is mounted in the diaphragm pot on a transducer section on an inner side of the diaphragm; a first damping element configured to damp the diaphragm, wherein the first damping element is situated in the diaphragm pot on the transducer element; and a second damping element configured to damp vibrations of the surrounding wall, wherein the second damping element is situated in the diaphragm pot in an edge section of the diaphragm around the transducer element; wherein the second damping element is connected in a force-locking manner to both the edge section and an inner side of the surrounding wall, wherein the second damping element is directly connected to the transducer element.