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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7299893 | Loudspeaker horn and method for controlling grating lobes in a line array of acoustic sources A loudspeaker horn (11) having a throat end (13) for receiving acoustic power from aligned acoustic power sources (41, 43, 45), an elongated throat (33), and a flared section (17) is provided with grating lobe mitigation fins (2... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7252176 | Reflex-ported folded horn enclosure A low frequency exponential/hyperbolic hybrid folded horn enclosure intended for use in proximity with at least one planar surface, such as a floor, ceiling, or wall, with access to the horn throat from the top of the enclosure. The horn is bifurcated at the throat ... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7095868 | Phase plug with optimum aperture shapes A phase plug for optimally matching a drive-unit's diaphragm to the throat of a waveguide is disclosed. Specific embodiments of a circular diaphragm matched to an elliptical waveguide and a circular diaphragm to a rectangular waveguide are disclosed. ... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7027605 | Mid-range loudspeaker A midrange loudspeaker for operation in conjunction with low-frequency and high-frequency loudspeaker modules in a theater sound system, having a reduced depth for deployment in limited space. The midrange module is configured with a plurality of drivers and a waveg... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7010138 | Loudspeakers A loudspeaker comprising a phase uncorrelated diffuse sound source and a duct or wave guide coupled to the sound source to direct acoustic energy from the source, the duct or wave guide having a substantially parallel section extending from the vicinity of the sound... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6837334 | Acoustic horn A folded structure (and a blank of sheet material) capable of being folded to said structure is provided which structure is an acoustic horn comprising an acoustic horn comprising a tapered structure having a base end and an apex end, the tapered structure being for... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6668969 | Manifold for a horn loudspeaker and method A manifold for a horn loudspeaker has an input end having at least one input port for receiving acoustic power from at least one acoustic driver, and an output end for delivering acoustic power to the throat end of the horn. The output end of the manifold... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6658128 | Horn loudspeaker An electroacoustic transducer of a horn loudspeaker emits sound, which is supplied through a sound conduit pipe to a horn and propagated out of the horn through a mouth of the horn. The sound conduit pipe is coupled to the horn via a rectangular opening i... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6574344 | Directional horn speaker system A directional speaker system includes an enclosure having an inner surface, an outer surface, an open end, and a closed end, a speaker driver directed toward the open end and mounted near the closed end of the enclosure, an in-line phase plug mounted in f... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6530451 | System of elements for the diffusion of sound in rooms deligated to the reproduction of music and speech A system for sound diffusion, particularly at low and infra-low frequencies in rooms used for the reproduction of music and speech including at least one large horn enclosure and an architectural structure with a continuous or intermittent "multi-hemicyli... | 03/11/2003 |
| 6519348 | Speaker apparatus and television set A first feature of the present invention is that the opening of a sound output port 3b is smaller in area than the opening of a sound input port 3a in a horn 3. A second feature is that the sound output port 3b of the horn 3 is located so as not to be in ... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6516076 | Modular horn loudspeaker A modular horn loudspeaker principally intended for use on emergency vehicles consists of three coaxially aligned cup-shaped parts, a sound chamber, a cover fitted to the sound chamber and a housing. The first embodiment of the modular, compact horn louds... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6478109 | Laminated composite panel-form loudspeaker A laminated composite panel-form loudspeaker consists of a peripherally stiffened laminated composite radiating panel on which a preselected number of transducers are mounted and a rectangular frame carrying a flexible suspension device which supports the... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6466680 | High-frequency loudspeaker module for cinema screen A high-frequency cinema loudspeaker module for deployment behind a perforated cinema screen is configured with a waveguide to compensate for the beam-spreading effects of the perforated screen at the high end of the frequency range and to facilitate and c... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6394223 | Loudspeaker with differential energy distribution in vertical and horizontal planes A loudspeaker horn, loudspeaker and a loudspeaker system wherein at least one loudspeaker includes a horn composed of a waveguide, a plurality of throats acoustically coupled to a single waveguide at their mouths and to respective drivers of a plurality o... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6368553 | Ultrasonic force differentiation assay An ultrasonic energy source is used to provide a variable force for measuring the binding forces between molecular entities and for sensing the presence of an analyte in a test sample. The device includes a surface that has a first binding member attached... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6334505 | Optimum edges for speakers and musical instruments The invention presents a design of optimum edges for antennas of loudspeakers, microphones, hydro-speakers, hydro-phones, brass and wind instruments, and ultrasonic transducers. These edges have a serrated-roll shape, and enhance the acoustical field stre... | 01/01/2002 |
| 6129173 | Personal removable mouthpiece for a voice amplification instrument and method of using same A personal removable mouthpiece can be slipped over the mouthpiece of a voice amplification instrument. An aperture in the removable mouthpiece allows a user to use the voice amplification instrument without the user's mouth coming into contact with the i... | 10/10/2000 |
| 6059069 | Loudspeaker waveguide design A loudspeaker horn has straight wall section and a curved wall section. The straight wall section has diverging walls defining a coverage angle and the curved wall portion is connected to the straight wall portion at a point tangent thereto, and has a pro... | 05/09/2000 |
| 5991421 | Radially expanding multiple flat-surfaced waveguide device The present invention is a waveguide for an acoustic speaker having a predetermined cone weight. The waveguide body has a speaker end and an open end and an even number of segments with a flat surface in a plane parallel to the speaker end. The segments h... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5910648 | Sound generator In a sound generator of the type having a motor powered piston (7-9) limiting a chamber (18) connected to a resonance tube (16) and which is adapted to generate sound waves for cleaning heat exchange surfaces, the piston (7-9) is according the invention p... | 06/08/1999 |
| 5828627 | Method of and apparatus for producing spherical waves in the ultrasonic range A generator for spherical ultrasonic waves can replace a point source transducer and has a large-area transducer whose output ultrasonic waves are condensed in a funnel and fed to a monomodal waveguide, e.g. a tube at the output end of which phase-correct... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5726396 | Folded acoustical horn A folded acoustical horn is disclosed, having an acoustical transmission path that is generally arcuate about an axis, including a pair of arcuate mouths that are longitudinally spaced apart a selected distance and directed radially outwardly. A horn tune... | 03/10/1998 |
| 5540248 | Fluidic sound amplification system A fluidic sound amplification system couples successive laminar proportional amplifiers through acoustic radiation between output and input horns to avoid the propagation of null offset signals. A second approach to obviating DC null bias in a fluidic sou... | 07/30/1996 |
| 5501363 | Combination drinking cup and megaphone The present invention relates to an apparatus which is easily convertible from a container such as a drinking cup, into a megaphone and thereafter back to a container. Ideally, the apparatus will include a team logo or other such representation of support... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5351220 | Moving-coil electrodynamic electroacoustical transducer The present invention involves a moving-coil electrodynamic electroacoustical transducer, comprising a disk made of a hard, nonmagnetic material (12), which is superimposed on the diaphragm (11) and has openings for the output of sound, a power-factor-imp... | 09/27/1994 |
| 5327985 | Acoustical transducer enclosure The present invention relates to an acoustical transducer enclosure which is particularly adapted for directing sound waves and is housed in a multisided enclosure. The enclosure has a cylindrical hollow tube, held in position by a pair of forward baffles... | 07/12/1994 |
| 4969196 | Speaker and horn array A speaker and horn array having improved audio characteristics is formed in a baffle case. A plurality of small speakers are mounted in the baffle case in a vertical array in close proximity with one another. Each of the speakers has an acoustic baffle ov... | 11/06/1990 |
| 4964100 | Acoustic detection system An acoustic detection device having a parabolic dish antenna for gathering ound waves and providing a first stage of amplification, an exponential horn located at the focus of the parabolic dish antenna for further acoustic amplification, a fluidic gainblo... | 10/16/1990 |
| 4865159 | Acoustic horn and attachment device Disclosed is an acoustic horn to aid in bulk powdered material handling particularly from trucks and railroad cars. Such acoustic horn is comprised of an external cone having a driver affix thereto. There is also an inverted internal cone contained within... | 09/12/1989 |
| 4808202 | Adsorptive fiber sheet An adsorptive fiber sheet where a nonwoven fabric of synthetic fiber constituted only by synthetic fiber having a higher melting temperature is secured in a layered structure to at least one surface of a nonwoven fabric of adsorptive fiber which is produc... | 02/28/1989 |
| 4805732 | Motor powered sound emitter In a sound emitter including an emitting piston powered by a three phase asynchronous electric motor, the torque curve of the motor may be adjusted to suit any temperature, causing variations in the emitted resonance frequency by using a motor having its ... | 02/21/1989 |
| 4739860 | Ultrasonic rangefinder An ultrasonic rangefinder capable of detecting a distance between a vehicle and an object with high accuracy is shown. The measurements for microphones for transmitting and receiving ultrasonic waves are chosen so that detour waves are restricted.... | 04/26/1988 |
| 4525604 | Horn loudspeaker with convex diaphragm A horn loudspeaker with a convex diaphragm in which the throat of the horn is formed by an assembly including the diaphragm, a cover plate for the diaphragm, a tapered plug, and a base, the plug and cover forming linear channels of equal length confrontin... | 06/25/1985 |
| 4433398 | Ultrasonic transducer An ultrasonic transducer which is suited to be placed in the place exposed to water, comprises an ultrasonic vibrator which transmits and receives ultrasonic wave, a horn which imparts directivity to the ultrasonic wave and a bent wave guide which connect... | 02/21/1984 |
| 4378471 | Horn speaker with linear grooves in a front surface of a pole piece of a yoke A horn speaker wherein a pole piece of a yoke is arranged inside an annular permanent magnet and a moving coil which vibrates a diaphragm, is arranged in an air gap between the pole piece and the annular permanent magnet. A plurality of linear grooves are... | 03/29/1983 |
| 4329905 | Sound generating apparatus A portable apparatus (100) for mechanically amplifying voice and percussive sound includes a flared horn (10) with a horn mouth (26) and voice opening (28) for projecting sound in a desired directional sound radiation pattern. Within an opening formed in ... | 05/18/1982 |
| 4125218 | Megaphone-cup A hollow, frustoconical structure having a conical side wall concentric with its longitudinal axis, an end wall at the end of smaller diameter frangibly connected to the side wall at the smaller end, said end wall being sufficiently firmly attached to the... | 11/14/1978 |
