Bass Reflex (e.g., Rear Wave) Patents (Class 381/349)
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Patent number: 8781145Abstract: In a low frequency transducer system a multi-compression chamber, an inverse horn structure is employed in combination with a resonance-distortion filter chamber. The filter chamber effectively expands the effective enclosure volume at low frequencies and connected to one of the compression chambers filter parasitic resonances and distortion and allowing the system to more efficiently reproduce low frequencies while being able to use smaller diameter transducers and maintaining good system sensitivity. Compression chambers are organized for constant or continuous compression on a section-by-section basis throughout the inverse horn system.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2011Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Inventor: Philip R. Clements
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Patent number: 8767998Abstract: A pressure adjustor includes a sheet-like supporter formed of unwoven fabric or woven fabric, a plurality of activated carbon powder particles attached to the supporter, and binders binding the plurality of activated carbon powder particles to each other. If this pressure adjustor is disposed inside a cabinet of a speaker device including a speaker unit provided in the cabinet, a speaker device is obtained which has an excellent bass reproduction effect even if the device is made small.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2010Date of Patent: July 1, 2014Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Keisuke Imamura, Yukihiro Shimasaki, Kiyoshi Ohashi, Yoshimichi Kajihara, Yohei Jin
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Patent number: 8750549Abstract: A system providing a resonator for a transducer of an electronic device is provided. The system comprises a housing defining: a first enclosure having a first opening to house a back end of the transducer and a second opening; a port connected to the first enclosure through the second opening of the first enclosure, the port having a first end, a second end, an interior channel and a second opening in the second end; a second enclosure to cover a front portion of the speaker; and at least one aperture defined in the second enclosure to allow air outside of the electronic device to be in communication with the front of the transducer. When the transducer is mounted into the first enclosure, a first volume between the transducer and the first enclosure is formed which is in communication with air surrounding the second end of the port.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2012Date of Patent: June 10, 2014Assignee: Blackberry LimitedInventor: Christian Lorenz
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Patent number: 8744108Abstract: A duct design and methods for designing ducts are described herein. The duct has a profile described by an equation that balances momentum of the fluid flowing through the duct with an adverse pressure gradient. The duct profile is configured to: (i) maintain the fluid's momentum to be greater than the adverse pressure gradient present at any location within the duct, such that no boundary layer separation occurs; and (ii) achieve a fluid exit momentum of approximately zero.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2012Date of Patent: June 3, 2014Assignee: Strata Audio LLCInventor: Mark Trainer
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Patent number: 8731224Abstract: In a bass reflex type speaker, a Helmholtz resonator is formed by a bass reflex port and a space within a speaker enclosure excluding the bass reflex port and a speaker unit. The bass reflex port of the bass reflex type speaker is movable toward and away from a side surface while maintaining its projecting direction within the speaker enclosure. In response to such movement of the bass reflex port, relative positional relationship between a neck and cavity of the bass reflex type speaker varies.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2011Date of Patent: May 20, 2014Assignee: Yamaha CorporationInventors: Yasuo Shiozawa, Hirofumi Onitsuka
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Patent number: 8731223Abstract: Disclosed is a microspeaker with an inner resonance chamber, more particularly a microspeaker with an inner resonance chamber which improves quality of sound and enables slim and compact design of the microspeaker by blocking rearward sound generated at the rear side of the vibration plate to prevent interference of a rearward sound with a forward sound generated at the front side of a vibration plate and installing a chamber with a specific volume within the microspeaker to allow the rearward sound to cause resonance.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2012Date of Patent: May 20, 2014Assignee: Bujeon Co., Ltd.Inventors: Dong Hyun Seo, Seung Cheol Lee
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Publication number: 20140126757Abstract: A hand-held electronic device includes an earpiece, a first speaker having a first primary audio output ported to the earpiece, a second speaker having a second primary audio output and a second bass reflex output, with the second bass reflex audio output also being ported to the earpiece. The device includes a use case manager configured to determine a mode of operation of the device, and a controller configured to drive the first and second speakers in either a broadcast mode or a private mode in response to a signal from the use case manager. The polarity of the signal driving the second speaker is inverted for frequencies below the bass reflex port resonance frequency, to thereby provide a higher total combined energy in the vicinity of port resonance.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2012Publication date: May 8, 2014Applicant: MOTOROLA MOBILITY LLCInventor: Giles T. Davis
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Patent number: 8708092Abstract: A speaker device includes a cabinet from which a duct for adjusting the back pressure protrudes, a speaker unit mounted in the cabinet, and an intermediate hollow member including first and second connection portions. A cabin space in which the cabinet is installed is separated from a non-cabin space by a partition wall. If there is a subframe facing the partition wall, the duct cannot be directly connected to the opening formed in the partition wall. The intermediate hollow member is disposed in a small space between the subframe and the partition wall, the second connection portion is connected to the opening, and the duct is connected to the first connection portion.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2013Date of Patent: April 29, 2014Assignee: Alpine Electronics, Inc.Inventors: Ryo Ito, Akio Suzuki, Arata Tada
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Patent number: 8699738Abstract: A speaker system includes: a speaker cabinet; a speaker unit installed in a wall surface of said speaker cabinet; and an acoustic tube having ends, one of which is open and the other of which is closed, in which said acoustic tube is provided in said speaker cabinet such that a side wall surface of said acoustic tube crosses a direction in which standing waves propagates, the waves occurring inside said speaker cabinet.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2011Date of Patent: April 15, 2014Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventor: Shuji Saiki
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Patent number: 8649506Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for media devices including a housing, a frame disposed adjacent to the housing, and an acoustic source that is integrated with the frame for emitting sound from the media device.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2012Date of Patent: February 11, 2014Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Richard Hung Minh Dinh, Tang Yew Tan, Derek Boyd Barrentine
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Patent number: 8605929Abstract: A film-type audio output apparatus includes an audio output device, at least one speaker unit, and at least one film. The at least one speaker unit is positioned at any side of the audio output device. The speaker unit can be an embedded speaker unit. The at least one film can be positioned at any or more places of an inner side and an outer side of the audio output device. When the speaker unit of the audio output device releases sound, the film positioned on the audio output device can get vibration of the sound so that the inside of the audio output device can generate resonance. Thus, the audio output apparatus can generate softer undertone and wider diapason.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2011Date of Patent: December 10, 2013Assignee: Global Target Enterprise Inc.Inventor: Liang-Tan Tsai
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Patent number: 8594358Abstract: An audio device has passive radiators that are driven by acoustic drivers. The passive radiators are arranged so that the net mechanical vibration is minimized.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2011Date of Patent: November 26, 2013Assignee: Bose CorporationInventors: Roman N. Litovsky, Hal Greenberger
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Patent number: 8588449Abstract: An audio driver including a diaphragm with a first side and a second side. The diaphragm is coupled to a transducer element on the second side and is arranged to radiate sound. The transducer element converts an electrical input signal into movement of the diaphragm. The diaphragm is arranged such that a part of the diaphragm at least partly forms a cavity at the second side of an air conduit is coupled to the cavity. The air conduit has a first opening into the cavity and a second opening outside of the cavity. The air conduit and cavity form a resonator which has a resonance frequency that is less than half a free air acoustic resonance frequency of the audio driver.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2010Date of Patent: November 19, 2013Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.Inventors: Okke Ouweltjes, Joris Adelbert Maria Nieuwendijk, Gerben Kooijman, Ronaldus Maria Aarts
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Patent number: 8577076Abstract: A speaker device includes: an acoustic diaphragm having a given shape and made of a material having physical anisotropy; and an excitation means attached to the acoustic diaphragm for exciting vibration components in consideration of a direction corresponding to the physical anisotropy.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2011Date of Patent: November 5, 2013Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Yoshio Ohashi, Nobukazu Suzuki
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Patent number: 8565463Abstract: A loudspeaker system according to the present invention includes a cabinet, a loudspeaker unit attached to an opening formed in the cabinet, a gas adsorber provided in the cabinet and operable to physically adsorb gas in the cabinet to equivalently increase a volume of an inside of the cabinet, and a dehumidifier attached to an opening formed in the cabinet and operable to discharge damp air in the cabinet to the outside when a DC voltage is applied thereto.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2008Date of Patent: October 22, 2013Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Shuji Saiki, Toshiyuki Matsumura
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Patent number: 8538059Abstract: An ear speaker device includes an electroacoustic transducer including a housing mounted at a predetermined position of listener's head, a speaker unit mounted on one surface in the housing, and positioned away from an entrance of the listener's external acoustic meatus for a predetermined distance when the housing is mounted on the listener's head, and a tubular duct extended so as to allow a sound generated by the housing in the inner space thereof to reach the vicinity of the entrance of the listener's external acoustic meatus, and a hole for emitting sound of the duct is oriented to the opposite direction with respect to the entrance of the external acoustic meatus; and a mounting part used for mounting the electroacoustic transducer on the listener's head in a manner that the predetermined distance is provided between the speaker unit and the entrance of the listener's external acoustic meatus.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2012Date of Patent: September 17, 2013Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Makoto Yamagishi, Hideki Seki, Noriyuki Hiyama, Yukimasa Yamaguchi, Takeshi Hara
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Patent number: 8528690Abstract: A sound effect amplification diffuser includes a deck including a cover member defining a top bearing space, a sound collection hole at one lateral side of the bearing space, a sound collecting hood at the bottom side thereof around the sound collection hole and a sound grille at one side wall thereof opposite to the sound collection hole, a base member affixed to the bottom side of the cover member and an accommodation chamber defined between the base member and the cover member, and an amplification diffuser suspending in the accommodation chamber and connected between the sound collecting hood and the sound grille and adapted to enhance the intensity of the output sound of a mobile electronic device being positioned in the bearing space.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2013Date of Patent: September 10, 2013Assignee: Chen-Source Inc.Inventor: Chen-Yun Wu
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Patent number: 8430200Abstract: A speaker apparatus according to the present invention includes a phase inversion-type enclosure in which a speaker unit and a bass reflex port are installed, the bass reflex port having a tubular body whose hollow cross-sectional area gradually becomes smaller from one opening side toward an inside of the bass reflex port in an axial direction of the bass reflex port, and a length in one direction of the hollow cross section of the tubular body not changing and constant along the axial direction.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2011Date of Patent: April 30, 2013Assignee: Yamaha CorporationInventor: Akira Arai
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Publication number: 20130083937Abstract: A speaker device includes an enclosure provided with a speaker unit and a bass reflex port, wherein the bass reflex port has an outer opening opened to outside of the enclosure and an inner opening opened to inside of the enclosure, and has a tubular body whose hollow cross-sectional area is gradually reduced along an axial direction of the bass reflex port from its ends to its center, and the tubular body is formed so that a length of the hollow cross-section in one direction does not change along the axial direction, and wherein the inner opening of the bass reflex port is located opposite to the speaker unit, with the bass reflex port sandwiched therebetween.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2011Publication date: April 4, 2013Applicant: YAMAHA CORPORATIONInventor: Akira Arai
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Patent number: 8391528Abstract: Provided herein is a loudspeaker system utilizing one or more ducted slot ports. In various embodiments, a ducted slot port may incorporate an acoustic low pass filter, such as a bend in the airflow path, to control midrange leakage. A ducted slot port may also minimize standing waves within the port duct and control turbulent port noise, such as by varying its cross-sectional area substantially continuously and symmetrically along the port duct's entrance-exit axis.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2009Date of Patent: March 5, 2013Assignee: Freedman Electronics Pty LtdInventors: Marcelo Vercelli, Petr Stolz
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Patent number: 8391510Abstract: A sound reproduction system includes a loudspeaker enclosure that has a first loudspeaker and a second loudspeaker which are mounted on a surface of the enclosure. The first and second loudspeakers are respectively accommodated in a first space and a second space of the enclosure, the spaces being separated by a partition and being in communication with a first port and a second port, respectively. The first and second ports are located on opposite sides of the unit formed by the first and second loudspeakers.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2008Date of Patent: March 5, 2013Assignee: NexoInventor: Eric Vincenot
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Patent number: 8385575Abstract: A reflex enclosure, includes an enclosure body, a loudspeaker, a waveguide portion and a vibration unit; a rearward sound wave generated from the loudspeaker is guided 360 degree (in all directions) from the outside of the waveguide portion to the inside of the waveguide portion, and then push the vibration unit to generate vibration to generate a corresponding sound wave, thereby reducing a standing wave ratio of the rearward sound wave in a sound room to obtain a better timbre. Furthermore, the length of a rearward sound wave guiding distance can be extended, allowing the sound wave to have the effect of extending toward a low frequency compass. In addition, the rearward sound wave is allowed to compress to increase a vibration unit pushing force, thereby obtaining a better sound effect.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2011Date of Patent: February 26, 2013Inventor: Tsung-Cheng Kuo
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Publication number: 20130004008Abstract: A reflex enclosure, includes an enclosure body, a loudspeaker, a waveguide portion and a vibration unit; a rearward sound wave generated from the loudspeaker is guided 360 degree (in all directions) from the outside of the waveguide portion to the inside of the waveguide portion, and then push the vibration unit to generate vibration to generate a corresponding sound wave, thereby reducing a standing wave ratio of the rearward sound wave in a sound room to obtain a better timbre. Furthermore, the length of a rearward sound wave guiding distance can be extended, allowing the sound wave to have the effect of extending toward a low frequency compass. In addition, the rearward sound wave is allowed to compress to increase a vibration unit pushing force, thereby obtaining a better sound effect.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2011Publication date: January 3, 2013Inventor: TSUNG-CHENG KUO
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Patent number: 8345908Abstract: A loudspeaker system includes a speaker enclosure having an opening in a front wall, and a speaker manifold mounted within the speaker enclosure and communicating with the opening. The speaker manifold includes a pair of substantially parallel side walls, a back wall, and top and bottom walls, defining a manifold chamber. The wall opposite the back wall is substantially open to define a manifold opening and to permit the communicating. The manifold opening is substantially in alignment with the front wall opening. A woofer is mounted on a first wall of the speaker manifold. An acoustic vent is mounted on a second wall of the manifold, such that the woofer and the acoustic vent face each other at one of about a 180 degree angle or about a 90 degree angle.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2010Date of Patent: January 1, 2013Assignee: Audiovox CorporationInventor: Todd K. Jenkins
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Patent number: 8340337Abstract: A loudspeaker module includes a hollow main body, two rotatable connecting portions, and two loudspeakers. The hollow main body includes two opposite sidewalls. Each of the opposite sidewall defines a first opening, an inner sidewall of the first opening defines an annular rotating slot. One end of the connecting portion extends an annular flange shaped corresponding to the rotating slot. The two rotatable connecting portions are respectively rotatably connected to the main body via the flange rotating about the rotating slot. Two loudspeakers are disposed in an end of the corresponding rotatable connecting portion away from the main body.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2010Date of Patent: December 25, 2012Assignees: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (ShenZhen) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.Inventors: Bin Jiang, Man-Zhong Wang, Te-Hua Lee
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Publication number: 20120300967Abstract: A speaker system includes: a speaker cabinet; a speaker unit installed in a wall surface of said speaker cabinet; and an acoustic tube having ends, one of which is open and the other of which is closed, in which said acoustic tube is provided in said speaker cabinet such that a side wall surface of said acoustic tube crosses a direction in which standing waves propagates, the waves occurring inside said speaker cabinet.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2011Publication date: November 29, 2012Inventor: Shuji Saiki
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Patent number: 8320599Abstract: A resonator for a transducer of an electronic device is provided. The resonator comprises: a first enclosure having a first opening to receive a back end of the transducer and a second opening; and a port connected to the first enclosure through the second opening of the enclosure, the port having a first end, a second end, an interior channel spanning from the first end to the second end. When the transducer is mounted into the first enclosure, a first volume between the transducer and the enclosure is formed which is in communication with air surrounding the second end of the port through the interior channel of the port. A second enclosure to cover a front portion of the transducer may be provided.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2009Date of Patent: November 27, 2012Assignee: Research In Motion LimitedInventor: Christian Lorenz
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Patent number: 8311258Abstract: A headset includes a housing having a first wall with at least one sound hole formed thereon, a loudspeaker unit disposed in the housing and adjacent to the sound hole, a blocking component mounted in the housing and capable of slidably moving towards and backwards the first wall to form an adjunctive chamber therebetween, and an adjustive component rotatably mounted to the housing. The adjustive component is connected with the blocking component in a way of screw link in order to drive the blocking component to move towards and backwards the first wall when the adjustive component is driven to rotate.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2009Date of Patent: November 13, 2012Assignee: Cheng Uei Precision Industry Co., Ltd.Inventors: You-Ruei Lin, Wen-Chin Chang
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Patent number: 8284977Abstract: A method and apparatus for a multi-chamber ported stereo speaker is disclosed. The stereo speaker is a single unit with multi-chambers in an enclosure box. The multi chamber ported speaker comprises an enclosure housing a shared acoustic chamber having an external port for allowing air external of the enclosure box to flow into the shared acoustic chamber, and at least two additional chambers comprising a corresponding internal port in each additional chamber for forming an air pass from each additional chamber with the shared chamber, each additional chamber comprising a corresponding driver mounted through a wall of the chamber and enclosure box for forming the ported speaker.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2008Date of Patent: October 9, 2012Assignee: Creative Technology LtdInventor: Kok Huan Ong
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Publication number: 20120177206Abstract: An ear speaker device includes an electroacoustic transducer including a housing mounted at a predetermined position of listener's head, a speaker unit mounted on one surface in the housing, and positioned away from an entrance of the listener's external acoustic meatus for a predetermined distance when the housing is mounted on the listener's head, and a tubular duct extended so as to allow a sound generated by the housing in the inner space thereof to reach the vicinity of the entrance of the listener's external acoustic meatus, and a hole for emitting sound of the duct is oriented to the opposite direction with respect to the entrance of the external acoustic meatus; and a mounting part used for mounting the electroacoustic transducer on the listener's head in a manner that the predetermined distance is provided between the speaker unit and the entrance of the listener's external acoustic meatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2012Publication date: July 12, 2012Inventors: Makoto YAMAGISHI, Hideki Seki, Noriyuki Hiyama, Yukimasa Yamaguchi, Takeshi Hara
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Publication number: 20120177238Abstract: According to one embodiment, an acoustic reproduction device includes a loudspeaker unit, a loudspeaker rear chamber unit, and a port unit. The loudspeaker unit generates a sound wave. The loudspeaker rear chamber unit includes a chamber portion in which the loudspeaker unit is arranged, and at least one of a duct portion and a branch portion. The duct portion and the branch portion each have a volume, a cross-sectional area, and a length different from those of the chamber portion. A port unit is connected to the loudspeaker rear chamber unit and has a port to externally output a rear wave. The duct portion guides the rear wave from the loudspeaker unit up to the port unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2012Publication date: July 12, 2012Inventors: Akihiko Enamito, Osamu Nishimura, Takahiro Hiruma
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Patent number: 8213659Abstract: Apparatus includes a housing, the housing including a first body part and a second body part, the first body part being moveable relative to the second body part, wherein the housing has a first configuration when the first body part is in a first position relative to the second body part between and a second configuration when the first body part is in a second position relative to the second body part; and a speaker arrangement, wherein the speaker arrangement comprises a transducer, a front cavity coupled to a first side of the transducer, and an opening. The opening connects the front cavity to an exterior of the housing. A rear cavity is coupled to a second side of the transducer, the second side of the transducer being on an opposite side of the transducer to the first side of the transducer.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2009Date of Patent: July 3, 2012Assignee: Nokia CorporationInventors: Pekka Mottonen, Hong-Jae Park, Koray Ozcan
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Patent number: 8189841Abstract: Acoustic devices that include passive radiators. The passive radiator may include an acoustic driver. The acoustic device may be hand-held or pocket sized.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2008Date of Patent: May 29, 2012Assignee: Bose CorporationInventors: Roman N. Litovsky, Faruk Halil Bursal
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Patent number: 8184826Abstract: A speaker system includes a cabinet, at least one speaker unit fixed to the cabinet, and a gas adsorbent which is situated inside the cabinet and which is made from a porous material. The speaker unit is configured with moisture-proof component parts. In the speaker system, a tubular structure which has a tubular hollow allows ventilation between an inside and an outside of the cabinet. A resonant frequency which is determined by an acoustic impedance of the tubular structure and an acoustic impedance of the cabinet is lower than a minimum resonant frequency of an acoustic impedance of the speaker system.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2008Date of Patent: May 22, 2012Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Toshiyuki Matsumura, Shuji Saiki
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Patent number: 8180071Abstract: A multiplier 3 multiplies a square wave signal A(?,t) by a low frequency component signal L(?,t) to generate an even-order harmonic component signal B(?,t). A multiplier 4 multiplies the even-order harmonic component signal B(?,t) by the low frequency component signal L(?,t) to generate an odd-order harmonic component signal C(?,t). An adder 5 adds the even-order harmonic component signal B(?,t) and the odd-order harmonic component signal C(?,t) to generate the harmonic component signal D(?,t).Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2008Date of Patent: May 15, 2012Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Takashi Yamazaki, Masaru Kimura
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Patent number: 8180086Abstract: A speaker includes a box-shaped enclosure, a speaker unit and a sounding board. A pair of side plates, a bottom plate, a top plate, a back plate and a baffle are assembled into the enclosure. The speaker unit is attached to an opening portion of the baffle. The sounding board is attached to the bottom plate, and includes a member having a fiber direction in a vibration direction of a vibrating plate, a member having a fiber direction in a direction which approaches the side plate (of the front side) as extending from a side of the back plate to a side of the baffle, and a member having a fiber direction in a direction which approaches the side plate (of the back side) as extending the side of the back plate to the side of the baffle.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2009Date of Patent: May 15, 2012Assignee: JVC Kenwood CorporationInventors: Satoshi Imamura, Junji Iino, Shinji Kamimura
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Patent number: 8175316Abstract: An ear speaker device includes an electroacoustic transducer including a housing mounted at a predetermined position of listener's head, a speaker unit mounted on one surface in the housing, and positioned away from an entrance of the listener's external acoustic meatus for a predetermined distance when the housing is mounted on the listener's head, and a tubular duct extended so as to allow a sound generated by the housing in the inner space thereof to reach the vicinity of the entrance of the listener's external acoustic meatus, and a hole for emitting sound of the duct is oriented to the opposite direction with respect to the entrance of the external acoustic meatus; and a mounting part used for mounting the electroacoustic transducer on the listener's head in a manner that the predetermined distance is provided between the speaker unit and the entrance of the listener's external acoustic meatus.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2007Date of Patent: May 8, 2012Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Makoto Yamagishi, Hideki Seki, Noriyuki Hiyama, Yukimasa Yamaguchi, Takeshi Hara
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Patent number: 8160286Abstract: A loudspeaker device includes an enclosure, a loudspeaker unit and a passive radiator both mounted to the enclosure. The passive radiator includes an edge sandwiched and bonded between a first diaphragm and a second diaphragm. This structure allows increasing the bonding strength between the edge and the first diaphragm as well as between the edge and the second diaphragm, so that the loudspeaker device can withstand greater maximum inputs and reproduce quality bass sound.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2006Date of Patent: April 17, 2012Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Toshiyuki Koike, Hidekazu Tanaka, Soo Chen Lai, Thomas Chee Wee Leow
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Patent number: 8135163Abstract: A balanced armature apparatus is disclosed that includes dual transducers for generating sound waves in response to electric audio signals. The dual transducers include a motor assembly coupled to a diaphragm. A housing defines an interior chamber and the motor assembly and the diaphragm are positioned within the interior chamber. A pair of acoustic output ports is located in a respective end of the housing. A low pass acoustic filter is in communication with one of the acoustic output ports that is operable to attenuate a predetermined range of frequencies from an audio signal produced by one of the diaphragms.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2007Date of Patent: March 13, 2012Assignee: Klipsch Group, Inc.Inventors: Mark Alan Blanchard, Bradley Carl Geswein, Eric A. Hruza, Onno Geschiere
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Publication number: 20120033843Abstract: An audio driver comprising a diaphragm (101, 103) with a first side and a second side. The diaphragm (101, 103) is coupled to a transducer element (109, 111) on the second side and is arranged to radiate sound. The transducer element (109, 111) converts an electrical input signal into movement of the diaphragm (101, 103). The diaphragm (101, 103) is arranged such that a part of the diaphragm (103) at least partly forms a cavity (113) at the second side and an air conduit (115) is coupled to the cavity (113). The air conduit (115) has a first opening (117) into the cavity and a second opening (119) outside the cavity (113). The air conduit (115) and cavity (113) form a resonator which has a resonance frequency that is less than half a free air acoustic resonance frequency of the audio driver. The invention may allow simultaneous sound production and an acoustic air flow generation while maintaining an efficient decoupling between the two functionalities.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 6, 2010Publication date: February 9, 2012Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.Inventors: Okke Ouweltjes, Joris Adelbert Maria Nieuwendijk, Gerben Kooijman, Ronaldus Maria Aarts
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Patent number: 8094853Abstract: A speaker system includes a cabinet, a front baffle, a speaker unit, a rear baffle, and a fitting member fitted in the rear baffle. The front baffle includes a front duct segment extending backward from the rear thereof. The rear baffle includes an opening portion, a duct connecting portion, and a receiving portion having a semicircular cross section. The receiving portion extends from the opening portion to the duct connecting portion while protruding backward. The opening portion, the receiving portion, and the duct connecting portion have a groove. The receiving portion has an engagement hole. The fitting member having a semicircular cross section is formed by double molding. The frame of the member is made of relatively rigid resin and the rim thereof is made of relatively flexible resin. The frame has an engagement projection. The receiving portion and the fitting member constitute a sealed rear duct segment.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2008Date of Patent: January 10, 2012Assignee: Sony CorporationInventor: Hideki Seki
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Patent number: 8073177Abstract: A film-type audio output apparatus includes an audio output device, at least one speaker unit, and at least one film. The at least one speaker unit is positioned at any side of the audio output device. The speaker unit can be an embedded speaker unit. The at least one film can be positioned at any or more places of an inner side and an outer side of the audio output device. When the speaker unit of the audio output device releases sound, the film positioned on the audio output device can get vibration of the sound so that the inside of the audio output device can generate resonance. Thus, the audio output apparatus can generate softer undertone and wider diapason.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2007Date of Patent: December 6, 2011Assignee: Global Target Enterprise Inc.Inventor: Lian-Tan Tsai
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Patent number: 8064627Abstract: An acoustic system is described for accurately reproducing sound. The acoustic system generally includes driver which produces a plurality of higher frequency pressure waves at larger amplitudes and produces lower frequency pressure waves at smaller amplitudes. A passage is provided which serves as an amplifier and resonator for the lower frequency pressure waves. Accordingly, the system accurately reproduces a large range of higher and lower frequency sounds.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2008Date of Patent: November 22, 2011Inventor: David Maeshiba
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Patent number: 8036410Abstract: Offset baffles are provided in a speaker for acoustic signal arrival synchronization. The speaker includes an enclosure. The enclosure includes a first side positioned at an angle with respect to a horizontal axis or plane. The first side includes an upper portion and a lower portion. The upper portion and the lower portion are offset from one another by a first offset in a first direction and a second offset in a second direction. The first offset in the first direction and the second offset in the second direction define a vent extending across a width of the first side. The vent is positioned above a low-frequency transducer and below a high-frequency transducer. The low-frequency transducer is mounted to the lower portion and generates a first acoustic signal within a first frequency range. The high-frequency transducer is mounted to the upper portion and generates a second acoustic signal within a second frequency range.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2008Date of Patent: October 11, 2011Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Daniel M. Koren, Nicholas J. Sulzer, Steven J. Jakowski
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Patent number: 8031896Abstract: An audio device has passive radiators that are driven by acoustic drivers. The passive radiators are arranged so that the net mechanical vibration is minimized.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2006Date of Patent: October 4, 2011Assignee: Bose CorporationInventors: Geoffrey C. Chick, Hal P. Greenberger, Roman Litovsky, Christopher B. Ickler, Roger Mark, George Nichols
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Patent number: 8031895Abstract: An enclosure includes a chamber holding a driver with an end at a first opening in a housing and a rear end nearby a first terminal end of a passageway having a second terminal end at a second opening in the housing. The driver projects sound waves into a listening area directly through the first opening and simultaneously projects sound waves along the passageway and out the second opening into the listening area. The passageway comprises expansion and compression zones of different cross-sectional areas.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2007Date of Patent: October 4, 2011Inventor: Roland P. Schultz
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Patent number: 8028792Abstract: A speaker apparatus according to the present invention includes a phase inversion-type enclosure in which a speaker unit and a bass reflex port are installed, the bass reflex port having a tubular body whose hollow cross-sectional area gradually becomes smaller from one opening side toward an inside of the bass reflex port in an axial direction of the bass reflex port, and a length in one direction of the hollow cross section of the tubular body not changing and constant along the axial direction.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2009Date of Patent: October 4, 2011Assignee: Yamaha CorporationInventor: Akira Arai
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Patent number: 8019108Abstract: A loudspeaker system includes a speaker enclosure that includes a plurality of faces which surround so as to have an internal space tightly closed, a cut-away portion that is cut away along a contour of a virtual plane figure surrounded by a line on one face of the speaker enclosure while a part of the contour as a connection portion is left, a sealing member that covers the cut-away portion so as to tightly seal the internal space of the speaker enclosure, and a loudspeaker that is provided on any face of the speaker enclosure. A portion of the face surrounded by the cut-away portion is a diaphragm capable of vibrating due to bending elasticity while a near portion of the connection portion serves as a point of support. The sealing member is attached to the diaphragm and a peripheral portion which includes a portion of the one face surrounding the diaphragm so as to tightly seal the internal space of the speaker enclosure in a state that the diaphragm can vibrate.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2006Date of Patent: September 13, 2011Assignee: Yamaha CorporationInventor: Toyofumi Hayashi
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Patent number: 7954435Abstract: On-board model railroad speaker enclosure designs are presented that allow maximum sized speakers, improve impedance matching of sound to the outside of the locomotive, and isolate back and front speaker waves while maintaining the standard horizontal drive-train in model train locomotives.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2008Date of Patent: June 7, 2011Assignee: QS Industries, Inc.Inventor: Frederick E. Severson
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Patent number: RE44942Abstract: A mobile communication device is provided. The mobile communication device includes a terminal body, and a speaker module located in the terminal body. The speaker module includes an enclosure located in the terminal body, the enclosure defining a chamber therein, and a speaker having a front surface and a rear surface, the speaker being located in the enclosure such that the front surface of the speaker is exposed from the enclosure and the rear surface thereof is positioned within the chamber, to allow a sound generated from the rear surface to resonate within the chamber. A mutual interference between the sound generated from the front side of the sound emission part and the sound emitted from the rear side thereof can be reduced to thereby improve the performance of the middle and low sound.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2013Date of Patent: June 10, 2014Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Sung-Tae Lee, Jin-Ho Kim, Jeong-Hoon Kang