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US 10,567,870 B2Granted
Shotgun microphone unit
AssigneeSennheiser electronic GmbH & Co. KG
InventorsLars Heine, Lars Heinrich
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Abstract
A shotgun microphone unit which includes a housing, a microphone capsule, a shotgun tube having a longitudinal axis, and a shotgun mounting for mounting the shotgun tube with the microphone capsule within the housing. The shotgun mounting has an axial and a radial mounting, wherein the axial mounting is softer than the radial mounting.
Claims8
A shotgun microphone unit comprising:
- a housing;
- a microphone holder;
- a shotgun tube having a first end and a second end;
- and
- a shotgun mounting having an axial mounting and a radial mounting for mounting the shotgun tube to the housing;
- wherein the shotgun tube has a longitudinal axis and a microphone capsule at its second end, wherein the first end of the shotgun tube is in the form of an open end;
- wherein the axial mounting is softer than the radial mounting;
- wherein the shotgun tube has at least two mutually opposite fixing units and the microphone holder has at least two arms;
- wherein spring elements are respectively provided between the arms and the fixing units and the spring elements are of a cross-section which is greater in the radial direction than in the axial direction by at least the factor 1.5;
- and
- wherein the arms are L-shaped and respectively have a portion oriented parallel to the longitudinal axis for receiving the spring elements.
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