Audio speakers with integrated sealing and assembly features for “caseless” installation
US9888306B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 25, 2017 |
| Grant date | Feb 6, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 25, 2037 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04R2499/15
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Small-scale audio speakers of various shapes are installed in parent devices. Inner casings, and the surrounding vibration-damping zone often required between such casings and the surrounding parent-device walls, are omitted from the assembly. During integration with the parent device, each un-encased speaker and its signal lines are sealed into a single-walled enclosure that incorporates a parent-device wall as at least one side. The entire interior of the single-walled enclosure becomes a back volume for the speaker. The single-walled enclosure may incorporate seals at the speaker's audio-output aperture, at the pass-through for the signal lines, and at the interface between the parent-device wall(s) and the added side(s) constituting the single-walled enclosure. Optional adhesive-free sealing options include sliding tabs held by a snap-lock latch.
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