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US 12,707,192 B2Granted
Constant coverage horn
AssigneeBianmp Systems, LLC
InventorsCharles Emory Hughes, II, Michael Alan Brody
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Abstract
An example apparatus may include one or more of a throat that includes an opening that receives sound, a bell that directs the sound, a mouth opening that outputs the sound, and a variable-width slot disposed between the throat and the bell which directs the sound, wherein the variable-width slot may include a lower portion with a first width and an upper portion with a second width which is greater than the first width.
Claims19
A horn comprising:
- a throat comprising an opening that receives sound;
- a bell that directs the sound;
- a mouth opening that outputs the sound;
- and
- a variable-width slot disposed between the throat and the bell which directs the sound, wherein the variable-width slot comprises a lower portion with a first width and an upper portion with a second width which is greater than the first width,
- wherein the lower portion of the variable-width slot is associated with a lower vertical coverage region of the horn and the upper portion of the variable-width slot is associated with an upper vertical coverage region of the horn.
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A loudspeaker comprising:
- a throat comprising an opening that receives sound;
- a bell that directs the sound;
- a mouth opening that outputs the sound;
- a sound source positioned behind the opening of the throat which is configured to output the sound towards the opening of the throat;
- and
- a variable-width slot disposed between the throat and the bell which directs the sound, wherein the variable-width slot comprising a lower portion with a first width and an upper portion with a second width which is greater than the first width,
- wherein the lower portion of the variable-width slot is associated with a lower vertical coverage region of the horn and the upper portion of the variable-width slot is associated with an upper vertical coverage region of the horn.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.