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US 2023/0403500 A1Published application
Compression driver having rectangular exit
AssigneeHarman International Industries, Incorporated
InventorsAlexander Voishvillo, Alex Pliner
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Abstract
A compression driver is provided. In one embodiment, the compression driver comprises an annular diaphragm, a phasing plug, and a housing, wherein the housing has a rectangular exit proximate to a blade of the phasing plug.
Claims21
A compression driver, comprising:
- an annular diaphragm;
- a phasing plug having a blade;
- and
- a housing having a waveguide channel with a circular inlet and a rectangular exit proximate to the blade of the phasing plug,
- wherein an area of the circular inlet is greater than an area of the rectangular exit.
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A loudspeaker, comprising:
- a compression driver and a horn, wherein the compression driver has a housing with a channel having an inlet and a rectangular exit, the rectangular exit being coupled to a rectangular throat of the horn,
- wherein an area of the channel decreases from the inlet to the rectangular exit.
A compression driver with a housing and a phasing plug, the housing comprising:
- a base portion;
- and
- a hub portion extending from the base portion along a central axis of the housing,
- wherein the hub portion has a channel extending along the central axis from an inlet of the channel to a rectangular exit of the channel distal from the base portion, the phasing plug being positioned in the channel, and
- wherein an area of the channel decreases along the central axis such that an area of the inlet is greater than an area of the rectangular exit.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.