ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,083, issued on Feb. 17.

"Acoustic transducer system" was invented by Tanios Victor Honein (Minden, Nev.), Bechara Victor Honein (Minden, Nev.) and Elie Victor Honein (Minden, Nev.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system comprises a support, typically part of dishwashing machine or clothes washing machine, having a plurality of piezoelectric transducers. Each transducer can have a cylindrical housing with a water inlet along a side surface of the housing. The transducers can also comprise a lens and a piezoelectric material with electrodes configured to couple to a power supply."

The patent was filed on Dec. 29, 2020, under Applicati...