Overhead loudspeaker systems
US6738483B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 11, 2000 |
| Grant date | May 18, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 26, 2021 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04R1/26
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An overhead loudspeaker system is achieved which controls and shapes the ultimate acoustical wave form produced thereby, by providing at least one loudspeaker driver, mounted in a housing or enclosure, and a uniquely constructed wave shaping and controlling member formed as an integral component of the speaker assembly. In this way, broad band, acoustical wave shaping and control is realized. In accordance with a present invention, the wave shaping/controlling member is cooperatively associated with the drivers of the loudspeaker in a way which effects the critical acoustical loading and atmospheric coupling thereof, while controlling and shaping the ultimate acoustical wave form so that a hemispherical polar coverage pattern results. In the preferred configuration, the polar coverage pattern produced by the present invention is provided across the loudspeaker system's entire power bandwidth, beginning at an approximate distance of about three times the diameter of the acoustical source.
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