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Modular microphone assembly

US4937877A · kind A · utility

18Cited by
5References
20Claims
0Family size

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Filing dateSep 14, 1988
Grant dateJun 26, 1990
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Expiry dateSep 14, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04R1/08
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A modular microphone assembly housed in a handsfree telephone apparatus provides an environment that is isolated from a loudspeaker installed within the apparatus and through which environment the directional and frequency response characteristics of a directional microphone capsule contained within a closable cavity of a microphone mounting receptacle in the assembly are altered via a predetermined internal surface configuration of the receptacle to improve the performance of the apparatus.

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