Patents by Inventor Anthony J. Shuman

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

  • Patent number: 4550228
    Abstract: The speaker system consists of a single housing containing a tweeter, mid-range and woofer transducer units. The tweeter unit consists of an elongated, aluminum ribbon positioned vertically and connected to the top and bottom of a rigid elongated frame. The ribbon is located between sets of split magnets which are designed to provide a shaped magnetic field that helps center the ribbon in a direction perpendicular to its length. Additional electromagnetic centering is provided by flat ribbon conductors located on the surfaces of the magnets sets which return the current carried by the ribbon. The mid-range transducer is similar to the tweeter transducer in construction except that the edges of the mid-range ribbon are mechanically attached to the frame by foam strips. In addition, the mid-range ribbon is transversely corrugated at variable slant angles relative to ribbon longitudinal axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 1983
    Date of Patent: October 29, 1985
    Assignee: Apogee Acoustics, Inc.
    Inventors: Gary E. Walker, Leo Spiegel, Anthony J. Shuman, James L. Kirtley, Jr.