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Acoustic device

US9571917B2 · kind B2 · utility

12Cited by

6References

20Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Bose Corporation · US

Inventors

Roman N. Litovsky · Newton, US
Bojan Rip · Newton, US
Joseph M. Geiger · Clinton, US
Chester Smith Williams · Lexington, US
Pelham Norville · Framingham, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 14, 2015
Grant date	Feb 14, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 14, 2035

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04R5/0335
WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An acoustic device that has a neck loop that is constructed and arranged to be worn around the neck. The neck loop includes a housing with a first acoustic waveguide having a first sound outlet opening, and a second acoustic waveguide having a second sound outlet opening. There is a first open-backed acoustic driver acoustically coupled to the first waveguide and a second open-backed acoustic driver acoustically coupled to the second waveguide.

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