Acoustic transducers, methods of designing acoustic transducers, and methods of forming acoustic transducers

• Main Authors: Yates, Chad, Steinsiek, Roger, Sakthivel, Navin, Ganesan, Baskaran, Wise, Peter Leonard, Hoemske, Benjamin, Avagliano, Aaron, Wieneke, Brian Steven, Austerman, Sarah Elizabeth
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 24.09.2024
• Subjects: CASTING; DEAF-AID SETS; ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRICITY; LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKEACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; MAKING METALLIC POWDER; MANUFACTURE OF ARTICLES FROM METALLIC POWDER; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; POWDER METALLURGY; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS; TRANSPORTING; WORKING METALLIC POWDER

A method of designing and forming at least one element of an acoustic transducer. The method includes receiving one or more required operating parameters of the at least one element of the acoustic transducer for an application, iteratively modeling and simulating performance of one or more materials to utilize within the at least one element of the acoustic transducer, iteratively modeling and simulating performance of one or more structures to utilize within the at least one element of the acoustic transducer, identifying at least one material and at least one structure that exhibit predicted performance that at least achieves the one or more required operating parameters of the at least one element of the acoustic transducer for the application, outputting a design of the at least one element of the acoustic transducer, and forming the at least one element of the acoustic transducer via one or more additive manufacturing processes.