Patents Assigned to MS Electronics LLC
  • Patent number: 11564022
    Abstract: A variable length soundbar broadly comprising a number of leveling brackets, an elongated alignment bar, a number of speakers mounting brackets, a number of speakers, and a grille. The leveling brackets include a vertical screw leveler for leveling the elongated alignment bar and hence the speakers. The speaker mounting brackets are configured to be laterally spaced from each other on the elongated alignment bar. The speakers each include a number of drivers configured to output sounds of different frequencies. The grille is configured to at least partially cover the speakers. The grille and the elongated alignment bar are configured to be resized to a desired length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: MS Electronics LLC
    Inventors: Adam John Bowers, Loren Paul Magruder
  • Publication number: 20220070561
    Abstract: A variable length soundbar broadly comprising a number of leveling brackets, an elongated alignment bar, a number of speakers mounting brackets, a number of speakers, and a grille. The leveling brackets include a vertical screw leveler for leveling the elongated alignment bar and hence the speakers. The speaker mounting brackets are configured to be laterally spaced from each other on the elongated alignment bar. The speakers each include a number of drivers configured to output sounds of different frequencies. The grille is configured to at least partially cover the speakers. The grille and the elongated alignment bar are configured to be resized to a desired length.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicant: MS Electronics LLC
    Inventors: Adam John Bowers, Loren Paul Magruder
  • Patent number: 11212603
    Abstract: A speaker assembly broadly comprises an inner housing, an outer shell, an input circuit, and a speaker. The inner housing includes outer shell attachment structure and a lower press-fit outer surface and forms a central chamber retaining the input circuit and the speaker. The outer shell includes a primary enclosure and a lower cap. The primary enclosure includes inner housing attachment structure configured to align with and engage the outer shell attachment structure. The primary enclosure is configured to be press-fit to the inner housing via the lower press-fit outer surface of the inner housing. The lower cap encloses a bottom end of the central chamber. The outer shell is interchangeable with other outer shells having different shapes than the outer shell of the speaker assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: MS Electronics LLC
    Inventors: Laura LeAnn Waldon, Timothy Richard Hoffman, Loren Paul Magruder
  • Patent number: 11082761
    Abstract: A variable length soundbar broadly comprising a number of leveling brackets, an elongated alignment bar, a number of speakers mounting brackets, a number of speakers, and a grille. The leveling brackets include a vertical screw leveler for leveling the elongated alignment bar and hence the speakers. The speaker mounting brackets are configured to be laterally spaced from each other on the elongated alignment bar. The speakers each include a number of drivers configured to output sounds of different frequencies. The grille is configured to at least partially cover the speakers. The grille and the elongated alignment bar are configured to be resized to a desired length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: MS Electronics LLC
    Inventors: Adam John Bowers, Loren Paul Magruder
  • Patent number: 10869113
    Abstract: A speaker system broadly comprises a plurality of speaker assemblies each including a speaker housing, an input circuit, a low range speaker, and a higher-range speaker. The input circuit receives audio signals from a sound system or other controller and actively or passively sends the audio signals to the speakers. The low-range speaker is positioned in the upper section and the higher-range speaker is positioned in the lower section. Each speaker assembly is configured to be suspended from an elevated structure and spaced from the other speaker assemblies within a listening area with each speaker assembly generating low frequency soundwaves and higher-frequency soundwaves. This reduces or eliminates out-of-phase crossover frequency wave cancellation effects within the listening area. The speaker housings are compact while allowing the low-range speaker and higher-range speaker to effectively produce and project desired soundwaves from the suspended speaker housing into the listening area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: MS Electronics LLC
    Inventors: Christopher E. Combest, Lindsey K. Humphrey
  • Patent number: 10812884
    Abstract: A speaker system broadly comprises a plurality of speaker assemblies each including a speaker housing, an input circuit, a low range speaker, and a higher-range speaker. The input circuit receives audio signals from a sound system or other controller and actively or passively sends the audio signals to the speakers. The low-range speaker is positioned in the upper section and the higher-range speaker is positioned in the lower section. Each speaker assembly is configured to be suspended from an elevated structure and spaced from the other speaker assemblies within a listening area with each speaker assembly generating low frequency soundwaves and higher-frequency soundwaves. This reduces or eliminates out-of-phase crossover frequency wave cancellation effects within the listening area. The speaker housings are compact while allowing the low-range speaker and higher-range speaker to effectively produce and project desired soundwaves from the suspended speaker housing into the listening area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: MS Electronics, LLC
    Inventors: Christopher E. Combest, Lindsey K. Humphrey
  • Publication number: 20200304893
    Abstract: A speaker system broadly comprises a plurality of speaker assemblies each including a speaker housing, an input circuit, a low range speaker, and a higher-range speaker. The input circuit receives audio signals from a sound system or other controller and actively or passively sends the audio signals to the speakers. The low-range speaker is positioned in the upper section and the higher-range speaker is positioned in the lower section. Each speaker assembly is configured to be suspended from an elevated structure and spaced from the other speaker assemblies within a listening area with each speaker assembly generating low frequency soundwaves and higher-frequency soundwaves. This reduces or eliminates out-of-phase crossover frequency wave cancellation effects within the listening area. The speaker housings are compact while allowing the low-range speaker and higher-range speaker to effectively produce and project desired soundwaves from the suspended speaker housing into the listening area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2020
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Applicant: MS Electronics LLC
    Inventors: Christopher E. Combest, Lindsey K. Humphrey
  • Patent number: 10595120
    Abstract: A speaker system broadly comprises a plurality of speaker assemblies each including a speaker housing, an input circuit, a low range speaker, and a higher-range speaker. The input circuit receives audio signals from a sound system or other controller and actively or passively sends the audio signals to the speakers. The low-range speaker is positioned in the upper section and the higher-range speaker is positioned in the lower section. Each speaker assembly is configured to be spaced from the other speaker assemblies within a listening area with each speaker assembly generating low frequency soundwaves and higher-frequency soundwaves. This reduces or eliminates out-of-phase crossover frequency wave cancellation effects within the listening area. The speaker housings are compact while allowing the low-range speaker and higher-range speaker to effectively produce and project desired soundwaves from the suspended speaker housing into the listening area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: MS Electronics LLC
    Inventors: Christopher E. Combest, Lindsey K. Humphrey, Kenneth Hecht
  • Patent number: 10448148
    Abstract: A speaker system broadly comprises a plurality of speaker assemblies each including a speaker housing, an input circuit, a low range speaker, and a higher-range speaker. The input circuit receives audio signals from a sound system or other controller and actively or passively sends the audio signals to the speakers. The low-range speaker is positioned in the upper section and the higher-range speaker is positioned in the lower section. Each speaker assembly is configured to be suspended from an elevated structure and spaced from the other speaker assemblies within a listening area with each speaker assembly generating low frequency soundwaves and higher-frequency soundwaves. This reduces or eliminates out-of-phase crossover frequency wave cancellation effects within the listening area. The speaker housings are compact while allowing the low-range speaker and higher-range speaker to effectively produce and project desired soundwaves from the suspended speaker housing into the listening area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: MS Electronics, LLC
    Inventors: Christopher E. Combest, Lindsey K. Humphrey, Kenneth Hecht
  • Patent number: 10425719
    Abstract: A speaker assembly broadly comprising a housing, an input circuit, and a number of speakers. The housing includes a lower section configured to be positioned at least partially below a ground surface and an upper section extending upwards from the lower section. The input circuit receives audio signals from a sound system or other controller and actively or passively sends the audio signals to the speakers. The speakers include a low-range speaker positioned in the lower section of the housing and a relatively higher-range speaker positioned in the upper section. The speaker assembly is configured to be spaced from other speaker assemblies within a listening area with each speaker assembly generating low frequency soundwaves and relatively higher-frequency soundwaves. This reduces or eliminates out-of-phase crossover frequency wave cancellation effects within the listening area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: MS Electronics, LLC
    Inventor: Chris Combest
  • Patent number: 9936283
    Abstract: A speaker assembly broadly comprising a housing, an input circuit, and a number of speakers. The housing includes a lower section configured to be positioned at least partially below a ground surface and an upper section extending upwards from the lower section. The input circuit receives audio signals from a sound system or other controller and actively or passively sends the audio signals to the speakers. The speakers include a low-range speaker positioned in the lower section of the housing and a relatively higher-range speaker positioned in the upper section. The speaker assembly is configured to be spaced from other speaker assemblies within a listening area with each speaker assembly generating low frequency soundwaves and relatively higher-frequency soundwaves. This reduces or eliminates out-of-phase crossover frequency wave cancellation effects within the listening area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: MS Electronics, LLC
    Inventor: Chris Combest
  • Patent number: 8467557
    Abstract: A coaxial speaker system that minimizes detrimental sound wave reflections from its high frequency speaker. The coaxial speaker system includes a high frequency speaker coaxially mounted within a low frequency speaker. The high frequency speaker includes a sound reproducing membrane, a voice coil assembly and magnet assembly for actuating the sound reproducing membrane in response to an electrical audio signal, and optionally a wave guide horn for directing sound waves produced by the sound reproducing membrane. The wave guide horn has a throat disposed adjacent the sound reproducing membrane and a mouth disposed opposite the throat. The low frequency speaker also includes a sound reproducing membrane assembly and a voice coil assembly and magnet assembly for actuating the sound reproducing membrane assembly in response to an electrical audio signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: MS Electronics LLC
    Inventors: Brian Howard Miller, Charles Emory Hughes, II, Jonathan Neil Hart
  • Publication number: 20130003984
    Abstract: A headphone set includes a head band and a pair of speaker assemblies supplied on opposite ends of the headband. Each of the speaker assemblies comprises an earphone speaker for reproducing sound to be directed toward one of the wearer's ears, a relatively larger and more powerful broadcast speaker for reproducing sound to be broadcast in the vicinity of the headphone set; and an expandable speaker enclosure for supporting the earphone speaker and the broadcast speaker. Each speaker enclosure defines a sound chamber having an enclosed air volume for improving the acoustical characteristics of the headphone set and each speaker enclosure is shiftable between a collapsed configuration and an expanded configuration. When the speaker enclosures are shifted to their expanded configurations, the sound chambers have a relatively larger enclosed air volume. When they are shifted to their collapsed configurations relatively smaller enclosed air volumes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2011
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: MS Electronics LLC
    Inventors: Stephen Belafonte, Christopher Combest, Chris Witham, David Staley
  • Publication number: 20110069857
    Abstract: A coaxial speaker system that minimizes detrimental sound wave reflections from its high frequency speaker. The coaxial speaker system includes a high frequency speaker coaxially mounted within a low frequency speaker. The high frequency speaker includes a sound reproducing membrane, a voice coil assembly and magnet assembly for actuating the sound reproducing membrane in response to an electrical audio signal, and optionally a wave guide horn for directing sound waves produced by the sound reproducing membrane. The wave guide horn has a throat disposed adjacent the sound reproducing membrane and a mouth disposed opposite the throat. The low frequency speaker also includes a sound reproducing membrane assembly and a voice coil assembly and magnet assembly for actuating the sound reproducing membrane assembly in response to an electrical audio signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2009
    Publication date: March 24, 2011
    Applicant: MS Electronics LLC
    Inventors: Brian Howard Miller, Charles Emory Hughes, II, Jonathan Neil Hart