US 10,524,044 B2 · Airflow exit geometry

Abstract

This disclosure relates to speakers and more specifically to an array speaker for distributing music uniformly across a room. A number of audio drivers can be radially distributed within a speaker housing so that an output of the drivers is distributed evenly throughout the room. In some embodiments, the exit geometry of the audio drivers can be configured to bounce off a surface supporting the array speaker to improve the distribution of music throughout the room. The array speaker can include a number of vibration isolation elements distributed within a housing of the array speaker. The vibration isolation elements can be configured to reduce the strength of forces generated by a subwoofer of the array speaker.

Claims19

Dependent claims

An array speaker, comprising:

an array of audio driver assemblies disposed radially about a central axis of a speaker housing, the audio driver assemblies comprising diaphragms angled with respect to a bottom of the speaker housing;
the speaker housing configured to direct audio waves generated by the array of audio driver assemblies out of the speaker housing;
and
a foot supporting the speaker housing, the foot having a smaller diameter than the speaker housing, a curved surface of the foot and a downward facing surface of the speaker housing defining an audio exit channel through which audio generated by two or more audio driver assemblies of the array of audio driver assemblies exits the array speaker, a first distance from a distal end of the foot to an outer edge of the speaker housing being greater than a second distance from the distal end of the foot to the downward facing surface of the speaker housing.

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Facts

Application

15/613,063Filed 2 Jun 2017 · continuation in part

Priority

30 Sep 2014

Published

US 2018/0091894 A129 Mar 2018

Granted

31 Dec 2019

Term ends

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Classification49 codes

G06F 3/0202
Input arrangements using manually operated switches, e.g. using keyboards or dials: constructional details or processes of manufacture of the…
F21V 3/00
Globes
F21V 5/007
Refractors for light sources: array of lenses or refractors for a cluster of light sources, e.g. for arrangement of multiple light sources in one…
F21V 23/0485
Activated by means of a sensor, e.g. motion or photodetectors: the sensor sensing the physical interaction between a user and certain areas…

Family

Application62/057,992Us provisional application · filed 30 Sep 2014

PCT/US2015/053025Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 29 Sep 2015

Application62/399,165Us provisional application · filed 23 Sep 2016

Application62/399,229Us provisional application · filed 23 Sep 2016

Application62/399,262Us provisional application · filed 23 Sep 2016

Application62/399,293Us provisional application · filed 23 Sep 2016

Application62/399,288Us provisional application · filed 23 Sep 2016

Application62/507,007Us provisional application · filed 16 May 2017

US 2018/0091894 A1Pre-grant publication · published 29 Mar 2018

US 2018/0227661 A9Pre-grant publication · published 9 Aug 2018

Application15/513,955Parent of this continuation-in-part

US 10,652,650 B2Related patent

US 2017/0280231 A1Published application

US 10,524,044 B2This patent

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Airflow exit geometry

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Airflow exit geometry

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Abstract

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