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Electrostatic loudspeaker element

US3935397A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJan 28, 1974
Grant dateJan 27, 1976
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Expiry dateJan 28, 1994

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04R19/02
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An electrostatic loudspeaker element including a diaphragm positioned between a pair of acoustically transparent wire grid electrode assemblies. In the preferred embodiment, each electrode assembly comprises a flat rectangular frame having a plurality of wire guiding slots on both sides. A wire whose diameter equals the depth of the slots is wound continuously around the frame in a helical pattern, and a dielectric spacer is adhesively attached to the frame across the slots to maintain the critical distance between the wire grid and the diaphragm. The frame is made of a material having a coefficient of thermal expansion equal to the wire.

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