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Acoustically asymmetric bandpass loudspeaker with multiple acoustic filters

US6389146B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 17, 2000
Grant dateMay 14, 2002
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Expiry dateFeb 17, 2020

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04R1/2849
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In a preferred embodiment, a bandpass loudspeaker enclosure includes three sub chambers, a first one being a non-Helmholtz-reflex chamber of a sealed acoustic suspension construction, and the remaining two chambers utilizing two passive acoustic radiators to achieve two Helmholtz-reflex vent tunings and a multiple of low pass acoustic filters that provide an acoustic bandpass with a substantially 2nd order high pass characteristic combined with an extended, steeper, at least 4th order slope low pass stop band characteristic.

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