Patents by Inventor Doug Stuart Wright

Doug Stuart Wright has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Articulating, self retained on-wall bracket mounting system
    Patent number: 9942639
    Abstract: This invention is a mounting system for a loudspeaker system that is capable of positioning and re-positioning the box-like device of the loudspeaker without requiring the use of any retaining/tensioning fasteners. A bracket facilitates constraining the positioning and repositioning for the roll and pitch axes while simultaneously providing audible feedback angular movement indication that enable vertical and horizontal orientation with respect both to the installation environment and to match its positioning to other like installed systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Inventor: Doug Stuart Wright
  • ARTICULATING, SELF RETAINED ON-WALL BRACKET MOUNTING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20170188123
    Abstract: This invention is a mounting system for a loudspeaker system that is capable of positioning and re-positioning the box-like device of the loudspeaker without requiring the use of any retaining/tensioning fasteners. A bracket facilitates constraining the positioning and repositioning for the roll and pitch axes while simultaneously providing audible feedback angular movement indication that enable vertical and horizontal orientation with respect both to the installation environment and to match its positioning to other like installed systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2016
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Inventor: Doug Stuart Wright
  • Tensioned adjustment mechanism for mounted loudspeaker system
    Patent number: 8437495
    Abstract: A compensation assembly for a mounted loudspeaker system includes a mounting frame having a spherical front socket; a retaining ring; a compensating back socket having a spherical back socket; and a woofer frame having a spherical ball structure that fits between the front and back sockets. The compensating back socket has an array of matching slots that align with and partially surround bosses of the mounting frame such that the compensating back socket is free to float in a vertical axis but is restrained from rotating around a central axis. The ball structure is held by a force applied to the compensating back socket by compressing deformable elements around the outer perimeter of the compensating back socket. The deformable elements may be integrally formed as molded-in-place polymer tensioning springs or separately formed as metallic elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: Niles Audio Corporation
    Inventors: Doug Stuart Wright, Albert Burdett, Lowell J Smith, Michael L Strange
  • Tensioned Adjustment Mechanism for Mounted Loudspeaker System
    Publication number: 20120063623
    Abstract: A compensation assembly for a mounted loudspeaker system includes a mounting frame having a spherical front socket; a retaining ring; a compensating back socket having a spherical back socket; and a woofer frame having a spherical ball structure that fits between the front and back sockets. The compensating back socket has an array of matching slots that align with and partially surround bosses of the mounting frame such that the compensating back socket is free to float in a vertical axis but is restrained from rotating around a central axis. The ball structure is held by a force applied to the compensating back socket by compressing deformable elements around the outer perimeter of the compensating back socket. The deformable elements may be integrally formed as molded-in-place polymer tensioning springs or separately formed as metallic elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2010
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Inventors: Doug Stuart Wright, Albert Burdett, Lowell J. Smith, Michael L. Strange
  • Interchangeable pivoting loudspeaker assembly with spring retained high frequency transducer
    Patent number: 6683963
    Abstract: An interchangeable loudspeaker assembly capable of pivoting the low-frequency and high-frequency transducers to provide directional sound while avoiding hindrance of sound waves by the loudspeaker frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2004
    Assignee: Niles Audio Corporation
    Inventors: Frank Sterns, Doug Stuart Wright
  • Interchangeable pivoting loudspeaker assembly with spring retained high frequency transducer
    Publication number: 20030044039
    Abstract: An interchangeable loudspeaker assembly capable of pivoting the low-frequency and high-frequency transducers to provide directional sound while avoiding hindrance of sound waves by the loudspeaker frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2001
    Publication date: March 6, 2003
    Inventors: Frank Sterns, Doug Stuart Wright