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Acoustic transducer array

US8311261B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateAug 14, 2009
Grant dateNov 13, 2012
Priority date
Expiry dateJun 16, 2031

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04R2201/403
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A loudspeaker system comprises a plurality of speaker transducer units divided among and arrayed in at least three linear arrays. The linear arrays are disposed in a like plurality of elongated rectangular baffles. The elongated rectangular baffles are disposed in side by side relationship along the respective elongated sides of the baffles in the form of a tube. The speaker transducer units are aligned in a plurality of ranks. The ends of the tube are closed with the result that one side of speaker transducers radiates into the interior of the enclosure and the other side radiates into the environment. The speaker transducers of each rank are spaced no further from one another than one quarter wavelength at a selected frequency.

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