...that the Eveready Battery began as an invention called the "electric flowerpot," which was a tube with a battery and light bulb inside? The idea was to fasten this gizmo to the side of a flowerpot so it would illuminate the flowers from the bottom. The idea died on the vine and the businessman who licensed the flower pot, Conrad Huber, was left with a pile of useless tubes -- until he found a way to market them as batteries to light the world!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8150085 | Reflex loudspeaker structure The invention relates to a reflex loudspeaker construction (1, 2, 3), which comprises a loudspeaker chamber (30) delimited by the reflex loudspeaker construction (1, 2, 3), a reflex channel (5) connected to the loudspeaker chamber (30 | 04/03/2012 |
| 7742607 | Method for designing a modal equalizer for a low frequency sound reproduction In a room with strong low-frequency modes the control of excessively long decays is problematic or impossible with conventional passive means. In this patent application a systematic methodology is presented for active modal equalization able to correct the modal de... | 06/22/2010 |
| D599326 | Loudspeaker | 09/01/2009 |
| 7286674 | Method for designing a modal equalizer for a low frequency audible range especially for closely positioned modes The present invention relates to a method for designing a modal equalizer (5) for a low frequency audible range, typically for frequencies below 200 Hz for a predetermined space (1) (listening room) and location (2) (location in the room) therei... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7051835 | Bass-reflex loudspeaker system and method of manufacturing the same The loudspeaker construction comprises a loudspeaker chamber delimited by a loudspeaker enclosure structure, a reflex duct communicating with the loudspeaker chamber so as to connect the loudspeaker chamber to the exterior environment of the loudspeaker enclosure, a... | 05/30/2006 |
| D521494 | Loudspeaker | 05/23/2006 |
| 6795557 | Sound reproduction equipment and method for reducing the level of acoustical reflections in a room A method and apparatus for attenuating acoustic reflections related to sound radiated by a loudspeaker in an acoustic space. According to the method, at least one cancelling loudspeaker is used for radiating a canceling sound in the space. The signal required for pr... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6373956 | Method and arrangement for attenuating mechanical resonance in a loudspeaker The present invention concerns the reduction of vibrations of a loudspeaker enclosure caused by the mechanical vibrations of the dynamic loudspeaker element by virtue of attaching one or more additional masses to the loudspeaker driver unit using elastic ... | 04/16/2002 |