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Pressure wave transducing

Patent 4628528 Issued on December 9, 1986. Estimated Expiration Date: Icon_subject December 9, 2003. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Assignee

Application

No. 06/427785 filed on 09/29/1982

US Classes:

381/335, Plural diaphragms, compartments, or housings181/145, Plural chambers367/137, TRANSMITTER SYSTEMS367/188, Casing or housing381/115, With magnetic microphone381/337, Having acoustic wave modifying structure381/351, Plural chambers381/352, Having internal wave reflecting means381/64Mechanical (e.g., reverberation chamber)

Examiners

Primary: Rubinson, Gene Z.
Assistant: Byrd, Danita R.

Attorney, Agent or Firm

International Classes

H04R 3/04 (20060101)
H04R 1/28 (20060101)

Abstract

A loudspeaker driver has its front surface adjacent one end of a low loss acoustic waveguide and its rear surface adjacent to one end of a second acoustic waveguide that is one third the length of the first. The other openings of the waveguides face air and couple acoustical energy substantially uniformly over a relatively broad range of frequencies extenting into the bass frequency region. An equalizer includes a notch filter so that the frequency response of the equalizer below a bass cutoff frequency is sufficiently low to prevent audible distortion.

Other References

  • "Big Bass from a Little Box", Popular Science, Apr. 1985, pp. 86+
  • "Speakerlab Technical Compendium and Hot News Gazette", by Pat Snyder, pp. 1-23
  • "Transmission Line Speakers", Sound, pp. 61-65, 83
  • "Analysis of a Low-Frequency Loudspeaker System", by Peter W. Tappan, Journal of the Audio Engineering Society, Jan. 1959, vol. 7, No. 1, pp. 38-46
  • "A Non-resonant Loudspeaker Enclosure Design", by A. R. Bailey, Wireless World, Oct. 1965, pp. 1-4
  • "Hi-Fi MiniSpeaker", by George Pappanikolaou, Radio Electronics, 12/81, pp. 61-69, 106
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