# US 12,010,482 B2 · Microphone isolation mount > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,010,482 B2 - Document ID: US12010482B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/891,371 - Filed: 2022-08-19 - Published: 2024-02-22 - Granted: 2024-06-11 - Earliest claimed: 2022-08-19 - Assignees: Freedman Electronics Pty Ltd - Applicants: Freedman Electronics Pty Ltd - Inventors: Samuel Dean Trewartha; Chris Woolf - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12010482B2 ## CPC - H04R 1/2892: {Mountings or supports for transducers} - F16M 11/041: {Allowing quick release of the apparatus} - H04R 1/08: Mouthpieces; {Microphones;} Attachments therefor - F16B 2/22: of resilient material, e.g. rubbery material {(F16B2/205 takes precedence)} - F16M 2200/041: for balancing rotational movement of the head - H04R: LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; ELECTRIC HEARING AIDS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS (producing sounds with frequency not determined by supply frequency G10K) - F16M: FRAMES, CASINGS OR BEDS OF ENGINES, MACHINES OR APPARATUS, NOT SPECIFIC TO ENGINES, MACHINES OR APPARATUS PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS; SUPPORTS - F16B: DEVICES FOR FASTENING OR SECURING CONSTRUCTIONAL ELEMENTS OR MACHINE PARTS TOGETHER, e.g. NAILS, BOLTS, CIRCLIPS, CLAMPS, CLIPS OR WEDGES; JOINTS OR JOINTING (couplings for transmitting rotation F16D) ## Abstract The present invention relates generally to microphone mounts and more particularly to an isolation mount for a microphone having an address axis. The isolation mount may include a base configured to attach to an object, a mounting assembly adapted to securely receive the microphone, and a suspension element extending between the base and the mounting assembly. The suspension element may include a first end affixed to the base, a second end affixed to the mounting assembly and a rolling spring extending therebetween, wherein the rolling spring is arranged to form an arc having an opening substantially aligned to the address axis of the microphone. Advantageously, the isolation mount may be configured to have a lowered resonant frequency, to provide a high level of compliance in at least one direction, and to provide a greater degree of energy absorption. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An isolation mount for a microphone having an address axis, said isolation mount comprising: a base; a mounting assembly configured to receive the microphone; a suspension element extending between the base and the mounting assembly, said suspension element comprising a first end affixed to the base, a second end affixed to the mounting assembly; a rolling spring extending between said first end and said second end of said suspension element; and wherein the rolling spring is arranged to form an arc having an opening substantially aligned to the address axis of the microphone. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The isolation mount of claim 1, wherein said suspension element further comprising: a first rolling spring and a second rolling spring; and said first and second rolling spring are arranged such that their respective arc openings are substantially aligned to the address axis of the microphone in opposing directions. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The isolation mount of claim 2, wherein the first rolling spring is positioned substantially above the second rolling spring. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The isolation mount of claim 2, wherein the first rolling spring is substantially coplanar with the second rolling spring. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The isolation mount of claim 1, wherein the rolling spring is configured such that the formed arc is substantially coplanar with the address axis. ### Claim 6 (depends on 2) The isolation mount of claim 2, wherein the first and second rolling springs are configured such that their respective formed arcs are individually coplanar with the address axis. ### Claim 7 (depends on 2) The isolation mount of claim 2, wherein the first and second rolling spring are configured such that a first moment induced within the first rolling spring is substantially cancelled by a second, opposing moment induced within the second rolling spring. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The isolation mount of claim 1, further comprising a plurality of suspension members, each suspension member having a rolling spring, each suspension member extending between the base and the mounting assembly and arranged such that the arc openings of each respective rolling spring is aligned with the address plane in an array of directions. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The isolation mount of claim 8, wherein the plurality of suspension elements are radially arranged about the mounting assembly. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The isolation mount of claim 8, wherein the plurality of suspension elements are arranged in a nested configuration, whereby a sequential chain is formed by the plurality of suspension elements between the base and the mounting assembly. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The isolation mount of claim 1, wherein the suspension element is a ribbon having a width oriented substantially perpendicular to the address axis. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The isolation mount of claim 1, wherein said mounting assembly includes a toggle for adjusting a diameter of an opening configured to received the microphone. ### Claim 13 (depends on 2) The isolation mount of claim 2, wherein said first rolling spring is angled in relation to said second rolling spring. ### Claim 14 (depends on 2) The isolation mount of claim 2, wherein said first rolling spring and said second rolling spring are positioned on opposing sides of said mounting assembly. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The isolation mount of claim 1, wherein a height of said suspension element is between about forty millimeters and about fifty millimeters. ### Claim 16 (depends on 2) The isolation mount of claim 2, wherein a thickness of each rolling spring is between about eight tenths of a millimeter and about one and a half millimeters. ### Claim 17 A system comprising two or more isolation mounts for a microphone having an address axis, each isolation mount comprising: a base; a mounting assembly configured to receive the microphone; a suspension element extending between the base and the mounting assembly, said suspension element comprising a first end affixed to the base, a second end affixed to the mounting assembly; a rolling spring extending between said first end and said second end of said suspension element; and wherein the rolling spring is arranged to form an arc having an opening substantially aligned to the address axis of the microphone. ### Claim 18 (depends on 12) The isolation mount of claim 12, wherein said first isolation mount and said second isolation mount are configured to support a microphone at multiple points along the address axis. ### Claim 19 (depends on 12) The isolation mount of claim 12, wherein the first and second isolation mounts share a common base. ### Claim 20 (depends on 8) The isolation mount of claim 8, wherein the first and second isolation mounts share a common mounting assembly.