H04R 1/323
For loudspeakers
Official title: {for loudspeakers (H04R1/34 and H04R1/40 take precedence)}
H04R1/323 (For loudspeakers) appears on 610 US grants and 690 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04R- Granted patents
- 610
- Published applications
- 690
- Assignees
- 290
- Inventors
- 1,369
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
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| 2024 | 40 | 62 |
| 2025 | 37 | 45 |
| 2026 | 37 | 54 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Sound-absorbing particle, preparation method thereof, and speaker22 Sep 2026US 12,744,022 B2AAG Microtech (Changzhou) Co., Ltd.
- Acoustic devices15 Sep 2026US 12,739,560 B2Shenzhen Shokz Co., Ltd.
- Apparatus15 Sep 2026US 12,739,565 B2LG Display Co., Ltd.
- Speaker control method and device, terminal equipment and computer-readable storage medium1 Sep 2026US 12,726,758 B2AAC Technologies (Nanjing) Co., Ltd.
- Spatial metadata direction harmonization1 Sep 2026US 12,726,759 B2Nokia Technologies Oy
- Audio adjustments in a vehicle based on user tracking8 Oct 2026US 2026/0313291 A1Harman Becker Automotive Systems GmbH
- Automatic sensor orientation calibration8 Oct 2026US 2026/0313306 A1Bose Corporation
- Open earphones24 Sep 2026US 2026/0292393 A1Shenzhen Shokz Co., Ltd.
- Acoustic output devices24 Sep 2026US 2026/0292396 A1Shenzhen Shokz Co., Ltd.
- Acoustic output devices17 Sep 2026US 2026/0281611 A1Shenzhen Shokz Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Speakers with a digital signal processor210US 8,401,202 B2KSC Industries, Inc. · 2013
- Voice controlled assistant with coaxial speaker and microphone arrangement178US 9,060,224 B1Rawles LLC · 2015
- Voice controlled assistant with coaxial speaker and microphone arrangement156US 9,390,724 B2Amazon Technologies, Inc. · 2016
- Playback device configuration based on proximity detection129US 9,743,208 B2Sonos, Inc. · 2017
- Playback device configuration based on proximity detection97US 9,264,839 B2Sonos, Inc. · 2016