Driven Diverse Static Structure (e.g., Wall, Sounding Board) Patents (Class 381/152)
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Patent number: 8107667Abstract: A loudspeaker diaphragm includes a tapering edge region. Thus, it is possible to prevent or considerably reduce wave reflection and uncontrolled wave propagation caused thereby in a cheap and effective manner.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2007Date of Patent: January 31, 2012Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.Inventors: Daniel Beer, Heinz Gensicke, Sandra Brix, Thomas Sporer, Martin Kuster
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Patent number: 8103024Abstract: A door leaf includes a stiff, light structural part that maintains fed-in vibrational energy and, by flexural waves, propagates this energy in at least one active surface perpendicular to its thickness to distribute resonance mode vibration components over at least one surface, which has specified, preferred locations or sites within it for transducer devices, which are affixed on the structural part at one of the locations or sites to set the structural part into vibration and to allow it to resonate, thus creating an acoustic radiator that delivers an acoustic output signal when it vibrates in resonance, the front and/or the rear cover panel of the door leaf being part of the stiff, light structural component. The transducer(s) is/are situated between the cover panels.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2006Date of Patent: January 24, 2012Assignee: Harman Becker Automotive Systems GmbHInventors: Wolfgang Bachmann, Gerhard Krump, Hans-Juergen Regl, Andreas Ziganki
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Patent number: 8090124Abstract: A method of mounting a flat panel speaker is provided which is capable of reliably preventing entry of dust and of shortening assembling time. By bonding a gasket member to a diaphragm, by pasting a separator to a gasket member side opposite to the diaphragm and, by sandwiching the diaphragm and the gasket member from both sides, a gasket-attached diaphragm is fabricated. After peeling off a protecting sheet on a rear side of the gasket-attached diaphragm, the actuator module is bonded to the diaphragm. Then, after peeling the separator from the gasket-attached diaphragm, positioning is performed on the diaphragm and the gasket member is bonded to a putting-face of the front case. The entry of dust into a region corresponding to a liquid crystal display panel is blocked by a partitioning portion of the gasket member.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2005Date of Patent: January 3, 2012Assignee: NEC CorporationInventor: Takahiro Nakagawa
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Patent number: 8090140Abstract: A speaker has an acoustic diaphragm, and an actuator that is driven based on an acoustic signal. The actuator has a transmission portion that is directly or indirectly attached to the acoustic diaphragm and transmits a displacement output of the actuator to the acoustic diaphragm. The actuator vibrates with the acoustic diaphragm by at least its component of the vibration along a plane of the acoustic diagram.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2006Date of Patent: January 3, 2012Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Nobukazu Suzuki, Masaru Uryu, Yoshio Ohashi
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Patent number: 8085955Abstract: A transducer including a frame and a panel disposed within the frame and coupled to the frame such that the panel may rotate relative to the frame about a rotational axis. The transducer includes an actuator positioned to engage the panel such that the panel rotates about the rotational axis.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2006Date of Patent: December 27, 2011Inventor: Todd Henry
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Patent number: 8077884Abstract: Transducers and resonators are embedded in body support structures in contact with a user to for the purpose of conveying musical sound energy to a user's body at selected frequencies and in selected patterns. Body support structures comprise beds, pillows, chairs, and other structures typically used to support people. The sound may be audio tones and/or music. The transducers and resonators may be incorporated into a foam component or in a coil spring component of the body support structure. Latex-type foams and beds made with springs are candidate body support structures for receiving transducer's and resonators. Electro-active polymers are also used as transducers. Floor systems are activated by both mechanical transducers and electro-active polymers.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2008Date of Patent: December 13, 2011Assignee: So Sound Solutions, LLCInventors: Richard Barry Oser, Suzannah Long
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Patent number: 8073162Abstract: A speaker includes a sound source, a rod-like member whose base end is in contact with the sound source, and a pair of flexible wing members whose ends are attached to the tip of the rod shape member, and whose other ends are free.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2008Date of Patent: December 6, 2011Inventor: Yukihiro Ando
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Publication number: 20110280417Abstract: The invention refers to a device (3) for actuating a membrane arranged in an opening to a space, and a vehicle having such a device. The membrane (1) has a first surface (1?) and a second opposite surface (1?), and is limited by an edge area. The device includes a first strip (5) to be attached to the first surface of the membrane in the edge area, and a second strip (6) to be attached to a surface of a frame portion extending around the opening. An exchanging number (8) is arranged between and connecting the first strip with the second strip. An actuating member (20) is arranged to transfer a reciprocating primary movement to the exchanging member converting the primary movement to a reciprocating secondary movement, which has a longer length of stroke than the primary movement and acts on the strips to move towards and away from each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2011Publication date: November 17, 2011Inventor: Mats Gustavsson
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Patent number: 8041072Abstract: An audio output apparatus for converting an input audio signal into audio and outputting the audio includes a first oscillation enhancing panel for outputting the audio as a result of being oscillated; a second oscillation enhancing panel for outputting the audio as a result of being oscillated; a first transducer for allowing the first oscillation enhancing panel to oscillate on the basis of an audio signal, the first transducer being disposed in the first oscillation enhancing panel; and a second transducer for allowing the second oscillation enhancing panel to oscillate on the basis of an audio signal, the second transducer being disposed at a position on the second oscillation enhancing panel, the position on the second oscillation enhancing panel differing from the position corresponding to the position of the first transducer in the first oscillation enhancing panel.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2006Date of Patent: October 18, 2011Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Tetsujiro Kondo, Junichi Shima, Akihiko Arimitsu
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Patent number: 8014545Abstract: A loudspeaker system includes an enclosure having an open end defining a plane, a baffle, a loudspeaker operating in the 4 kHz to 10 kHz range, and a device, preferably a ribbed portion having a plurality of grooves, coupled to the baffle for modifying the spectral profile of the projected sound waves. The baffle includes first and second angled surfaces each oriented at an oblique angle with respect to the plane. The speaker is coupled to the first angled surface and the ribbed portion is coupled to the baffle along the intersection of the first angled surface and the second angled surface. When mounted in a wall or ceiling, the system projects a sound field substantially indistinguishable from that of a loudspeaker located within the listener's listening plane. The baffle can also have acoustic damping material attached thereto, with grooves formed therein, to prevent reflections of 4 kHz to 10 kHz sound.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2006Date of Patent: September 6, 2011Assignee: DEI Headquarters, Inc.Inventors: Matthew Grant, Timothy A. Gladwin, Robert G. Johnston
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Patent number: 8014547Abstract: A piezoelectric speaker comprises a plurality of diaphragms, connecting components, and piezoelectric elements. The plurality of diaphragms are each formed by a laminated material in which a core layer made of an insulating material is laminated to skin layers each made of a conductive material so as to form the skin layers on both surfaces of the core layer. The connecting components each corresponds to a plate-shaped component of the insulating material and connects between at least two of the plurality of diaphragms. Piezoelectric elements are mounted on surfaces of the plurality of diaphragms, respectively. The plurality of diaphragms are insulated from each other such that separate voltages are applied to the piezoelectric elements mounted thereon, respectively.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2005Date of Patent: September 6, 2011Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Takashi Ogura, Kousaku Murata
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Patent number: 8009854Abstract: A system for the projection of cinematographic works or digital works with sound having at least one sound channel. The system comprises a screen and, for the sound channel, at least one woofer and at least one medium/treble transducer. The screen is a non-perforated screen. The medium/treble speaker is a flat sound transducer placed against the screen to the rear thereof in relation to the direction of projection. An extreme treble speaker is disposed on the periphery of the screen.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2004Date of Patent: August 30, 2011Inventor: Pierre Vincent
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Patent number: 7992673Abstract: An on-wall loudspeaker and mounting apparatus includes an enclosure, a loudspeaker driver mounted in the enclosure, brackets of equal length and attachable to a wall, arms of equal length pivotably attached to the brackets and pivotably attached to the enclosure, each arm pivotable perpendicular to the wall. A movement of a cone in the driver is parallel to the pivoting of the arms when an alternating current signal is applied to the driver. The present invention mitigates vibrations transmitted to walls and other building structures, and provides improved means for reproducing low frequencies below a range of conventional loudspeakers.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2009Date of Patent: August 9, 2011Inventor: William Francis Petrie
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Publication number: 20110188679Abstract: An electronic device includes a sound plate switchable between a stand type and a hang type. In the electronic device, the sound plate has a coupled structure movable between a first arrangement, in which the sound plate functions as a stand and a second arrangement wherein the sound plate is disposed at the rear of a main body as a hang type. In the first arrangement, the sound plate emits a sound through a slit provided in a side surface of the sound plate, and in the second arrangement, the sound plate emits sound through an opening in a front surface of the sound plate which is perpendicular to the side surface of the sound plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2011Publication date: August 4, 2011Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Gyeong-tae LEE, Jong-bae KIM, Jong-in JO
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Publication number: 20110188678Abstract: Provided are a sound plate and an electronic device employing the same. The sound plate includes at least one speaker unit disposed within a plate that is configured as a stand of the electronic device. Sound output by the at least one speaker is emitted through at least slit provided in a side surface of the plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2011Publication date: August 4, 2011Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Gyeong-tae LEE, Jong-bae KIM, Jong-in JO
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Patent number: 7986799Abstract: The invention refers to a device (3) for actuating a membrane arranged in an opening to a space, and a vehicle having such a device. The membrane (1) has a first surface (1?) and a second opposite surface (1?), and is limited by an edge area. The device includes a first strip (5) to be attached to the first surface of the membrane in the edge area, and a second strip (6) to be attached to a surface of a frame portion extending around the opening. An exchanging number (8) is arranged between and connecting the first strip with the second strip. An actuating member (20) is arranged to transfer a reciprocating primary movement to the exchanging member converting the primary movement to a reciprocating secondary movement, which has a longer length of stroke than the primary movement and acts on the strips to move towards and away from each other.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2009Date of Patent: July 26, 2011Assignee: Magna Donnelly CorporationInventor: Mats Gustavsson
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Patent number: 7983432Abstract: The present invention provides methods and apparatuses for an audio transducer. The audio transducer is excited by driving a paddle of a diaphragm. A plurality of node regions of a paddle is determined for the higher-order modal components, which correspond to resonance frequencies and have an order greater than one. An intersection region of at least two higher-order modal components is identified, in which an excitation point is located with the intersection region. The diaphragm of the audio transducer includes a frame, at least one hinge, and a paddle. The paddle connects to the frame by the at least one hinge and is excited by a signal source at an excitation point to produce an acoustic signal.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2006Date of Patent: July 19, 2011Assignee: Shure Acquisition Holdings, Inc.Inventor: Roger Stephen Grinnip, III
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Patent number: 7982627Abstract: A meter device includes an indicator unit, movably supported within a predetermined range, for representing an amplitude value of an input signal by a movement amount ?? from a reference position ?0 which is one end of the predetermined range. A gain acquiring unit acquire a gain of the input signal; and a maximum movement amount determining part determines a maximum movement amount ??M of the indicator unit at the gain based on the gain acquired by the gain acquiring unit. A drive control unit moves the indicator unit to a position corresponding to the amplitude value of the input signal between the reference position ?0 and a maximum movement position ?M moved from the reference position ?0 by the maximum movement amount ??M based on the maximum movement amount ??M determined by the maximum movement amount determining part and the amplitude value of the input signal.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2008Date of Patent: July 19, 2011Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Hiroyuki Sato, Yoko Kuzuoka, Kiyoshi Suzuki, Wei Keat Yew
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Patent number: 7916880Abstract: An inertial force transducer having an operative frequency range comprises a resonant element having a frequency distribution of modes in the operative frequency range of the transducer and a coupler for mounting the resonant element to a site to which force is to be applied. The resonant element is a piezoelectric device comprising a layer of piezoelectric material and a substrate layer on the layer of piezoelectric material. The substrate layer has a region extending beyond the piezoelectric layer, with the coupler mounted to the extended region whereby the low frequency performance of the transducer is extended.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2005Date of Patent: March 29, 2011Assignee: New Transducers LimitedInventors: Mark Starnes, Steven Mark Hoyle, James John East, Neil Simon Owen
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Patent number: 7916878Abstract: An acoustic device comprising a diaphragm (10) having an area and having an operating frequency range and the diaphragm (10) being such that it has resonant modes in the operating frequency range, an electromechanical transducer having a drive part coupled to the diaphragm (10) and adapted to exchange energy with the diaphragm, and at least one mechanical impedance means (20,22,24) coupled to or integral with the diaphragm, the positioning and mass of the drive part (26) of the transducer and of the at least one mechanical impedance means (20,22,24) being such that the net transverse modal velocity over the area of the diaphragm (10) tends to zero.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2005Date of Patent: March 29, 2011Assignee: New Transducers LimitedInventors: Graham Bank, Neil Harris
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Patent number: 7907742Abstract: An exciter for directly vibrating a board treated for dustproofing and heat dissipation, provided with a vibrator comprised of an outer yoke, a permanent magnet, and inner yoke, having a coil fixed inserted between the outer yoke and inner yoke, and having a coupler member for coupling the exciter to the surface of the board. The coupler member and vibrator are connected by an elastic member. A closed space is formed in the exciter by providing a sealing member between the outer yoke and coupler member. A through hole is formed in the outer yoke. Due to the vibration of the vibrator at the time of coil excitation, air convection is caused through the through hole between the closed space and the outside space.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2004Date of Patent: March 15, 2011Assignee: Fujitsu Ten LimitedInventors: Yuichi Nakajima, Kiyoshi Ootani, Akira Nishikawa, Noboru Hidaka
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Patent number: 7889876Abstract: An improved driver assembly for a panel loudspeaker includes a retaining element for locating the voice coil with respect to the magnet assembly and forming a surface for removable attachment of the driving assembly to a radiating member. In a preferred embodiment, the retaining element is injection moulded from a hydrogel material with Shore A hardness in the range 0 to 20.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2004Date of Patent: February 15, 2011Assignee: SFX Technologies LimitedInventors: Ian Hynd, Jordi F. Munoz
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Publication number: 20110033066Abstract: A device comprising a circular shaped resonating chamber having an upper resonating chamber and a lower resonating chamber, which are joined together by a sound board, the sound board divides said upper resonating chamber and said lower resonating chamber, wherein one or more speakers are mounted to the sound board, the sound board has one or more breather holes, the upper resonating chamber has one or more exit holes for the sound to escape, and a base member for holding the circular shaped resonating chamber, the base member is a guitar amplifier, and the resonating chamber allows the sound waves to travel from the speaker to resonate sound into the sound board and out through the circular shaped structured walls outward in a 360 degree radius.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 4, 2009Publication date: February 10, 2011Inventor: James Siegrist
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Patent number: 7876916Abstract: A card-type sound apparatus has, on a card-shaped substrate, a combination of a sound signal input portion to which a sound signal is input from outside and a sound generation portion that generates sound according to the sound signal input to the sound signal input portion, or a combination of a sound collection portion that collects sound from outside and converts the sound into an electric signal and a sound signal output portion that outputs to outside the electric signal obtained from the sound collection portion, or both of these combinations. The sound generation portion generates sound by making the card-shaped substrate itself vibrate according to the sound signal input to the sound signal input portion. The sound collection portion collects sound by converting the vibration of the card-shaped substrate itself into an electric signal.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2007Date of Patent: January 25, 2011Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kazuhiko Miyata, Hidetaka Mizumaki
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Publication number: 20110002484Abstract: An acoustic transducer radiates a sound wave into a medium, and includes: a shaft member which extends at a center portion of the acoustic transducer; first and second cylindrical acoustic radiation plates which have a cylindrical shape, a central axis of the first and second cylindrical acoustic radiation plates agreeing with the longitudinal axis of the shaft member, the first and second cylindrical acoustic radiation plates alternately arranged in a direction of the central axis; a plurality of connection members which have a ring shape, and connect adjacent first and second acoustic radiation plates to each other; a plurality of bending vibration plates each of which connects the shaft member and one of the connection members to each other; and a plurality of vibrators which are provided on the bending plates.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2010Publication date: January 6, 2011Inventor: YOSHINORI HAMA
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Publication number: 20100329486Abstract: The present invention relates to an oscillator, particularly for or in a flat loudspeaker, particularly for use in the aerospace field, comprising an oscillating part carrier, a coupling ring for coupling the oscillator to a sound converter of a loudspeaker, wherein the oscillating part carrier and the coupling ring are connected to each other via a detachable quick-release closure, comprising first closing elements for a locked, secure connection in relation to vibrations and second closing elements that are separate from the first closing elements, for a secure connection between the oscillating part carrier and the coupling ring. The invention further relates to a flat loudspeaker comprising such an oscillator and to a vehicle comprising such a flat loudspeaker.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2010Publication date: December 30, 2010Inventors: Henning Scheel, Frank Cordes
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Publication number: 20100316236Abstract: An acoustical window assembly for a vehicle includes a transparent glass window panel and mounting portions for mounting respective perimeter regions of the window panel to a vehicle structure. A first mounting portion substantially fixedly mounts a first perimeter region of the window panel relative to the vehicle structure, while a second mounting portion mounts a second perimeter region of the window panel to the vehicle structure and includes a flexible element to allow for movement of the second perimeter region of the window panel toward and away from the vehicle structure. An actuating assembly is positioned at an actuating region of the window panel and has a substantially rigid interface element that engages the actuating region of the window panel. The actuating assembly is operable to vibrate the window panel via vibration of the substantially rigid interface element relative to the vehicle structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2010Publication date: December 16, 2010Inventors: Darin J. SNIDER, Gregory D. Rizzo
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Patent number: 7844060Abstract: A light socket mounted radio receiver speaker device having a light bulb screw base for attaching to a light socket. A detector having a detector signal input, a first electrical output and a control output is electrically connected to the light bulb screw base. A radio receiver is controlled by the control output of the detector, having a radio frequency input and an audio signal output, whereby said radio receiver converts a radio signal into an audio signal. A speaker is connected to the audio signal output of the radio receiver, whereby said audio signal may be propagated. A light bulb socket is in electrical connection with the first electrical output of the detector.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2006Date of Patent: November 30, 2010Inventor: Terry Zulkowski
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Patent number: 7844068Abstract: A wall mounted speaker system which is arranged to alleviate problems of unwanted noise in the production and transmission of audio waves, particularly in the lower wave lengths from 20 to 200 hz. There is a speaker unit having a pair of vertically spaced speakers, and an inertial noise suppressing section positioned between the two speakers. The inertial noise suppressing section has an inertial mass which is moved in a back and forth motion to create an inertial offsetting force into a housing structure of the speaker section. The two speakers also create inertial forces which are also transmitted into the housing of the speaker unit, and these are substantially diminished by the interaction of the inertial forces of the speakers and those of the inertial noise suppressing system.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2006Date of Patent: November 30, 2010Assignee: Linear CorporationInventor: Robert W. Carver
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Patent number: 7840017Abstract: Sheet-like audio information recording/reproducing means capable of recording/reproducing audio information is sandwiched between two support sheets from front and back only in part of the area thereof and these two support sheets are further sandwiched between two surface sheets and the support sheets and surface sheets are bonded together.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2004Date of Patent: November 23, 2010Assignee: Toppan Forms Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yukihiko Isetani, Takaaki Okada, Hideo Shimizu, Yoshiaki Ide, Yasuhiro Fukuda, Takeshi Yamakami, Fumihiro Hanazawa, Akira Yamazaki
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Patent number: 7840018Abstract: An in-wall speaker system having at least one pair of active transducers mounted in a wall section. The active transducers may be mounted in at least one enclosure. Each active transducer has a sound radiating surface. Each active transducer is also mounted substantially perpendicular to a surface of the wall section with the sound radiating surfaces substantially parallel to each other. The sound radiating surfaces may be facing each other or away from each other. The in-wall speaker system may also include one or more pairs of passive radiators to generate sound from sound pressure generated by the active transducers. The pairs of speakers in the wall section may be mounted vertically or horizontally within the wall, with a slot or a vent at the opening at the space between the speaker pairs.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2006Date of Patent: November 23, 2010Assignee: Harman International Industries, IncorporatedInventors: Timothy Prenta, An Nguyen, Charles Sprinkle
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Publication number: 20100266149Abstract: An in-wall speaker system having at least one pair of active transducers mounted in a wall section. The active transducers may be mounted in at least one enclosure. Each active transducer has a sound radiating surface. Each active transducer is also mounted substantially perpendicular to a surface of the wall section with the sound radiating surfaces substantially parallel to each other. The sound radiating surfaces may be facing each other or away from each other. The in-wall speaker system may also include one or more pairs of passive radiators to generate sound from sound pressure generated by the active transducers. The pairs of speakers in the wall section may be mounted vertically or horizontally within the wall, with a slot or a vent at the opening at the space between the speaker pairs.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2010Publication date: October 21, 2010Applicant: Harman International Industries, IncorporatedInventors: Timothy Prenta, An Nguyen, Charles Sprinkle
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Patent number: 7817810Abstract: A flat panel speaker system is provided. The system includes, a modified panel having a front surface and a rear surface, wherein the modified panel acts as a diaphragm for the flat panel speaker system; a supporting member coupled to the rear surface of the modified panel; and a detachable driver operationally coupled to the supporting member.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2005Date of Patent: October 19, 2010Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventor: Kwun-Wing W. Cheung
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Patent number: 7786374Abstract: Disclosed is a pianoforte instrument comprising a musical mechanism with keys. Also provided are strings which are struck via a mechanism when the keys are actuated and are made to vibrate. The vibrations of the strings are transmitted to a sound board. A device is provided for delivering additional oscillating energy into the sound board. Also provided are sensors which directly or indirectly detect actuation of the keys of the musical mechanism. The measured values of the sensors are fed to a sound-amplifying device. The sound-amplifying device is equipped with units which compile data corresponding to a desired characteristic sound in accordance with the measured values of the sensors. The sound amplifying device supplies the sound board with additional oscillation energy via the delivering device according to the determined data.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2004Date of Patent: August 31, 2010Assignee: Wilhelm Schimmel Pianofortefabrik GmbHInventors: Roberto Valli, Luigi Lamacchia, Nikolaus Schimmel
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Patent number: 7769191Abstract: A flat panel audio output apparatus including a plurality of flat panels; and one or more vibrators respectively provided to each of the flat panels to vibrate the flat panels to make a sound; wherein the one or more vibrators of each one of the respective flat panels receives audio signals of a different channel and/or a different frequency band than those received by the one or more vibrators of at least one of the remaining flat panels.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2005Date of Patent: August 3, 2010Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kyung-ju Lee, Jeong-Seon Kim, Valeri Toherniak, Yang-sung Kim, Young-hun An
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Patent number: 7764804Abstract: An exciter for a panel-type loud speaker comprises a bimorph and a bimorph holding member. The bimorph comprises a plate member and a pair of piezoelectric ceramic layers, each formed on the opposite sides of the plate member. The bimorph holding member is holds one end of the bimorph and comprises a bimorph end holding portion for holding the one end of the bimorph, which comprises a three-layer embedded section embedding the pair of piezoelectric ceramic layers and the plate member sandwiched therebetween at the one end of the bimorph, and an extension embedded section in which an extension of the plate member is embedded, and a mounting protrusion protruding from the bimorph end holding portion, wherein a distal end of the mounting protrusion is connected to the diaphragm so that the bimorph is disposed on the diaphragm with a space interposed between the bimorph and the diaphragm.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2006Date of Patent: July 27, 2010Assignee: Citizen Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoshizumi Ohta, Kazuhiro Kobayashi
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Patent number: 7764803Abstract: A speaker apparatus for a mobile communications terminal includes a display window acts as a speaker by using the display window as a vibration plate. As a result, sound in lower frequency range can be reproduced. In addition, through use of filters, frequency characteristics can be further enhanced.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2005Date of Patent: July 27, 2010Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventor: Chung-Gu Kang
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Patent number: 7747029Abstract: A sound reproduction screen includes: at least one cell including a vibrator which receives and is vibrated by an ultrasonic signal carrying an audible signal, and a medium which has nonlinear response characteristics with respect to a vibration of the vibrator; and a screen containing the at least one cell which is distributed in a matrix structure, wherein the vibrator of the cell includes an elastic body that is vibrated by the ultrasonic signal and reflects the audible signal separated from the ultrasonic signal according to the nonlinear response characteristics of the medium, and an asymmetrical body that is connected with the elastic body and vibrates in the medium.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2006Date of Patent: June 29, 2010Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jung Ho Kim, Jun Tai Kim, Oleg V. Rudenko, Andrey V. Shanin
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Patent number: 7702320Abstract: A portable information terminal having high adaptability and high convenience with respect to operating environment, and by which comfortable and high-quality sounds can be reproduced is provided. A sound reproducing system in a portable information terminal 1, wherein the portable information terminal is provided with at least two acoustic loudspeakers 2a and 2b; and the at least two acoustic loudspeakers are driven simultaneously to compensate their reproduced sounds with each other.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2001Date of Patent: April 20, 2010Assignee: NEC CorporationInventor: Tatsumi Komura
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Patent number: 7684576Abstract: A transducer (14) for producing a force which excites an acoustic radiator, e.g. a panel (12) to produce an acoustic output. The transducer (14) has an intended operative frequency range and comprises a resonant element which has a distribution of modes and which is modal in the operative frequency range. Parameters of the transducer (14) may be adjusted to improve the modality of the resonant element. A loudspeaker (10) or a microphone may incorporate the transducer.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2006Date of Patent: March 23, 2010Assignee: New Transducers LimitedInventors: Graham Bank, Neil Harris, Martin Colloms
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Publication number: 20100067719Abstract: The invention refers to a device (3) for actuating a membrane arranged in an opening to a space, and a vehicle having such a device. The membrane (1) has a first surface (1?) and a second opposite surface (1?), and is limited by an edge area. The device includes a first strip (5) to be attached to the first surface of the membrane in the edge area, and a second strip (6) to be attached to a surface of a frame portion extending around the opening. An exchanging number (8) is arranged between and connecting the first strip with the second strip. An actuating member (20) is arranged to transfer a reciprocating primary movement to the exchanging member converting the primary movement to a reciprocating secondary movement, which has a longer length of stroke than the primary movement and acts on the strips to move towards and away from each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2009Publication date: March 18, 2010Inventor: Mats Gustavsson
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Patent number: 7680293Abstract: A loudspeaker apparatus includes a speaker unit and a front cover. The speaker unit generates acoustic waves according to an external electronic signal. The front cover located in front of the speaker unit includes a plurality of elastic spacers and a diaphragm, and the elastic spacers and the diaphragm form an enhanced chamber, such, that the acoustic waves generated by the speaker unit go through the enhance chamber, and then drives the diaphragm to generate the acoustic waves again.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2005Date of Patent: March 16, 2010Assignee: Lite-On Technology CorporationInventors: Chi-Hsiung Lin, Hsiang-Ti Hsu
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Patent number: 7664278Abstract: A flat speaker includes a casing with a display window, a vibratory sound panel mounted to the display window and having a display region and an exciter mount region, a display screen disposed internally of the display region, and an exciter mounted to the inner surface of the exciter mount region. A dust barrier is disposed to isolate a first space defined between the display region and the display screen from a second space surrounding the first space. The dust barrier has a dust barrier member disposed between the display region and the exciter mount region and extending across the vibratory sound panel to inhibit dust particles from moving from said exciter mount region to said display region within said casing. The dust barrier member is yieldingly deformable in response to vibration of said vibratory sound panel.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2005Date of Patent: February 16, 2010Assignee: Citizen Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Keita Watanabe, Kazuhiro Kobayashi
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Patent number: 7654361Abstract: A bracket for retaining a sound transducer against a soundboard. The bracket is mountable to architectural frame members and is operable to balance the load of the transducer in the bracket. The bracket includes a spring element that is operable to hold the sound transducer against the soundboard with a specified force.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2006Date of Patent: February 2, 2010Assignee: Induction Dynamics LLCInventor: Christopher Combest
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Patent number: 7657043Abstract: An electro-optical device with a sound generating body is disclosed, in which an electro-optical device and a sound generating body can be mounted compactly and which can eliminate necessity of acoustic design of the sound generating body for an enclosure of an electronic apparatus for accommodating the electro-optical device. The electro-optical device of the present invention includes a first frame, a second frame opposed to the first frame, a third frame interposed between the first frame and the second frame, an electro-optical panel supported by the first frame, and a sound generating body supported by the second frame and covered by the second frame and the third frame, the sound generating body being arranged so as to be two-dimensionally overlapped the electro-optical panel.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2004Date of Patent: February 2, 2010Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Hiroshi Wada, Hisanori Kawakami, Akio Kobayashi
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Patent number: 7657042Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a sound output function. A sound output function can be added to a liquid crystal device having a light source while preventing any increase in the external size of the liquid crystal display device. The liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between a first substrate and a second substrate which oppose each other, a flexible printed circuit (FPC) connected to a brim portion of the second substrate, a light guide plate, and an LED. An excitation source is arranged at a portion corresponding to the back side of the FPC connection portion on the second substrate. The excitation source deflects and vibrates the second substrate of the liquid crystal display panel according to a sound signal from an outside source. That is, the second substrate is used as a vibration plate for the output of a sound.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2003Date of Patent: February 2, 2010Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Kazuhiko Miyata
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Patent number: 7650006Abstract: A method and a loudspeaker construction (10), in which loudspeaker construction spherical acoustic wave fronts emitted by the diaphragms (12) of speaker elements (11) are transformed into a uniform, planar acoustic wave front. The loudspeaker construction (10) comprises a plane wave channel (20), in the surface (26) of which plane wave channel directed towards the diaphragm (12) there are adjacent sound inlet apertures (24) for transmitting acoustic waves into ducts (23) and, on the opposite side (22) of the plane wave channel, there are outlet apertures (25) for transmitting acoustic waves from the ducts into a horn portion (30). The ducts (23) taper so that the width (B) of the outlet apertures located in a row on the side of the horn portion is less than half the diameter (D) of the diaphragm.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2005Date of Patent: January 19, 2010Assignee: Aura Audio OyInventor: Mika Isotalo
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Patent number: 7650003Abstract: A flat panel speaker. The speaker includes a drive unit made up of a signal oscillation radiator the winding of which promotes oscillating rather than translational movement of the radiator. Such a configuration allows the speaker to operate at a broad range of frequencies. In one form, the radiator includes a magnet, a coil former and a coil winding formed around the coil former in such a way that a magnetic field produced in the magnet can cooperate with a magnetic field induced by a current that corresponds to an audio signal flowing in the winding to produce an oscillating force in the radiator that can be converted into the oscillating movement imparted to the panel.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2005Date of Patent: January 19, 2010Inventor: L. DuWayne Hines
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Patent number: 7639826Abstract: From one aspect, the invention is a method of making a bending wave panel loudspeaker, comprising rigidly coupling a lever to a panel edge or marginal portion such that the lever extends at an angle to the plane of the panel, coupling a bending wave exciter to the lever whereby bending wave energy is coupled to the panel to produce an acoustic output when the exciter is fed with a signal and supporting the panel on a suspension positioned outboard of the lever. From another aspect the invention is a bending wave panel-form loudspeaker having a lever rigidly coupled to a marginal portion or edge of the panel, a vibration exciter coupled to the lever to apply bending wave energy to the panel to produce an acoustic output and a panel suspension positioned outboard of the lever. From a further aspect, the invention is a small electronic device, e.g.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2005Date of Patent: December 29, 2009Assignee: New Transducers LimitedInventors: Henry Azima, Neil Geoffrey Harris, Denis Morecroft, Mark Starnes, Martin Colloms, Paul Burton
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Patent number: 7636447Abstract: An acoustic bracket system comprising a bracket section containing an insert holder; coupling means connectable to the bracket section; and an insert securable to the insert holder and adapted to hold one or more acoustic transducers is provided. In one embodiment the coupling means comprises two flanges. In one embodiment the coupling means comprises a plurality of hooks. The acoustic bracket system is tunable and securable to framing members which are designed to support a sounding board. In one embodiment, the insert is a conformable foam insert with an opening into which each of the one or more acoustic transducers is securable. The acoustic bracket system is acoustically tunable with mass, stiffness and damping to enhance the audio performance of the one or more acoustic transducers.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2005Date of Patent: December 22, 2009Assignee: Multi Service CorporationInventors: Stephen Saint-Vincent, John Koval, Christopher E. Combest