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Waveguide electroacoustical transducing

US6771787B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateSep 3, 1998
Grant dateAug 3, 2004
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Expiry dateSep 3, 2018

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04R1/345
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A waveguide system for radiating sound waves. The system includes a low loss waveguide for transmitting sound waves, having walls are tapered so that said crosssectional area of the exit end is less than the cross-sectional area of the inlet end. In a second aspect of the invention, a waveguide for radiating sound waves, has segments of length approximately equal to where l is the effective length of said waveguide and n is a positive integer. The product of a first set of alternating segments is greater than the product of a second set of alternating segments, in one embodiment, by a factor of three. In a third aspect of the invention, the first two aspects are combined.

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