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US 2026/0101138 A1Published application
Dual compression driver with rectangular exit
AssigneeHarman Professional, Inc.
InventorsAlexander Voishvillo, Erik Hjalmar Mjukis Lundin
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Abstract
A dual-compression driver with a rectangular exit, a hornlet aligned within the central axis of the dual compression driver. The hornlet has a contoured transition from a circular base at the first end to a blade shape at the second end that terminates at the rectangular exit. The dual-compression driver may include a horn having a rectangular throat is coupled to the rectangular exit of the dual-compression driver.
Claims16
A dual-compression driver, comprising:
- a first diaphragm having an annular aperture about a central axis, the annular aperture transitions to a rectangular exit;
- a first phasing plug;
- a second diaphragm;
- a second phasing plug;
- a hornlet positioned at a central axis of the first and second phasing plugs, the hornlet has a circular first end attached to the second diaphragm, a blade-like shaped second end that extends past the rectangular exit of the first diaphragm, and a contoured transition from the circular first end to the blade-like shaped second end;
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- an adapter positioned at the rectangular exit of the first diaphragm, the adapter has a rectangular aperture having a width along an x-axis horizontal to the central axis and a length along a z-axis perpendicular to the central axis.
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A hornlet for a compression driver having a rectangular exit, the hornlet comprising:
- a circular base at a first end;
- a blade-shaped second end;
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- a contoured transition from the first end to the second end.
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A loudspeaker, comprising:
- a dual-compression driver having a rectangular exit;
- a hornlet aligned within a central axis of the dual compression driver, the hornlet having a contoured transition from a circular base at a first end to a blade-shape at a second end, the second end terminates at the rectangular exit;
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- a horn having a rectangular throat coupled to the rectangular exit of the dual-compression driver.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.