Flat plate transducer
OwnerF. Bruce Thigpeninventor
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Abstract
A flat plate audio transducer. A front panel and a back panel are connected via a frame. One or more electromagnetic actuators are mounted between the two panels. Voice coils are used as the actuators in some embodiments. Stiffening braces are preferably run between groups of actuators to prevent unwanted resonance phenomena. In some embodiments an actuator array moves both the front and back panels. In other embodiments only one panel is moved. The flat plate transducer is configured to mount on a room wall in a position that is conventionally used for decorative items such as artwork.
Claims20
A sound transducer, comprising:
- (a) a front panel made of thin and stiff material, said front panel having a front panel perimeter;
- (b) a back panel made of thin and stiff material, said back panel having a back panel perimeter;
- (c) a frame joining said front panel perimeter to said back panel perimeter;
- (d) an actuator having a first side and second side, said actuator being configured to respond to a first electrical current by urging said first side away from said second side and a second electrical current by urging said first side toward said second side;
- (e) said first side of said actuator being attached to said front panel;
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- (f) said second side of said actuator being attached to said back panel.
A sound transducer, comprising:
- (a) a flexible front panel having a front panel perimeter;
- (b) a flexible back panel having a back panel perimeter;
- (c) a frame joining said front panel to said back panel, but leaving an open interior area;
- (d) an actuator having a first side and second side, said actuator being located in said open interior area, said actuator configured to respond to a first electrical current by urging said first side away from said second side and a second electrical current by urging said first side toward said second side;
- (e) said first side of said actuator being attached to said front panel;
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- (f) said second side of said actuator being attached to said back panel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.