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Thin panel loudspeakers

US10477320B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

CORNING INCORPORATED · US

Inventors

Dmitri Vladislavovich Kuksenkov · Corning, US
David Ralph Maack · Horseheads, US
Zhiqiang Shi · Lo Wu, CN

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 16, 2015
Grant date	Nov 12, 2019
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 16, 2035

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04R2440/05
WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Disclosed herein are speaker assemblies and acoustic devices comprising a panel having a long side and a short side, at least one transducer configured to excite the panel at a plurality of excitation locations on the panel to generate a wave having a wave front substantially perpendicular to the long side and propagating toward the short side of the panel and, optionally, at least one attenuating component mounted to the panel. Methods for generating an acoustic sound are also disclosed herein.

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