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Electric acoustic converter

US5111509A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 21, 1988
Grant dateMay 5, 1992
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Expiry dateDec 21, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04R1/30
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In the construction of an electric acoustic converter such as a speaker for musical instruments, a tone generating unit arranged near one open end of a resonant tube is accompanied with a partition which has a central through hole and extends across the longitudinal hole of the resonant tube. For complicated modes of resonance and rich acoustic vibration, two or more resonant tubes of different types may be used in combination with one or more tone generating units. Presence of such a partition clearly defines the length of the resonant air columns to be produced in the resonant tube and such clear-cut resonant air columns bring about high resonance sharpness.

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