Transducer for converting between mechanical vibration and electrical signal
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1. A transducer comprising:
- a housing;
an electrical signal carrier physically connected to and inside of the housing, with the electric signal carrier being structured to carry an electrical signal;
carrier connection hardware structured to physically connect the electrical signal carrier member to the housing;
a magnetic member physically connected to and inside of the housing;
member connection hardware structured to physically connect the magnetic member to the housing, with the carrier connection hardware and the member connection hardware being structured and located to allow the electrical signal carrier and the magnetic member to vibrate relative to each other; and
damping liquid disposed within the housing to surround at least one of the electrical signal carrier and the magnetic member.
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Abstract
A transducer for converting mechanical vibrations to an electrical signal and/or for converting an electrical signal to mechanical vibration. Damping liquid damps the relative vibration of transducer components. The damping liquid can be selected to optimize the sound quality of acoustic vibrations at the point of transduction. Also, a transducer with components that rotate relative to each other. For example, a permanent magnet component may simultaneous vibrate rotationally and linearly with respect to an electric signal carrying coil. The characteristics of the rotational vibration may be adjusted to optimize sound quality of acoustic vibrations at the point of transduction.
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17 Claims
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1. A transducer comprising:
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a housing; an electrical signal carrier physically connected to and inside of the housing, with the electric signal carrier being structured to carry an electrical signal; carrier connection hardware structured to physically connect the electrical signal carrier member to the housing; a magnetic member physically connected to and inside of the housing; member connection hardware structured to physically connect the magnetic member to the housing, with the carrier connection hardware and the member connection hardware being structured and located to allow the electrical signal carrier and the magnetic member to vibrate relative to each other; and damping liquid disposed within the housing to surround at least one of the electrical signal carrier and the magnetic member. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method of designing a musical instrument assembly, the method comprising the steps of:
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providing a musical instrument structured to output acoustic vibrations; providing a plurality of transducers, with each transducer respectively comprising an electrical signal carrier structured to carry an electrical signal, and a magnetic member disposed at least substantially within a housing substantially filled with damping liquid, with the electrical signal carrier and magnetic member being structured to be free to vibrate at least rotationally with respect to each other; using each transducer of the plurality of transducers to transduce the acoustic vibration of the musical instrument into a plurality of respective electrical signals; reviewing the plurality of electric signals; and selecting an optimal transducer based on the review of the plurality of electric signals. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17)
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