Wall mounted speaker system, apparatus and method

A speaker assembly that is adapted to be mounted to a wall structure and arranged to operate in a manner to diminish unwanted noise that can result from vibratory motion of the wall structure to which it is mounted, said speaker assembly comprising:

• a speaker section comprising at least one speaker that in turn comprises a diaphragm section that moves with a back and forth motion to create back and forth speaker inertial forces;
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• an inertial noise suppression section comprising an inertial mass that is movable in an arcuate manner to generate off-setting inertial forces to diminish and/or substantially off-set said speaker inertial forces that would otherwise create a noise producing vibratory motion of the wall structure to which the speaker assembly is mounted, wherein:
• said speaker comprises a speaker magnet and coil drive section which comprises a stationary magnet section and a coil section which connects to and, drives said diaphragm section to drive the diaphragm section in its back and forth motion, said coil section and said diaphragm section being supported by front and rear suspensions,
• said inertial noise suppressing system comprising an inertial magnet and coil drive section which comprises a stationary magnet section and a coil section which is connected to the mass of the inertial noise suppressing system to drive said mass in its back and forth motion,
• said inertial mass being supported by front and rear suspensions,
• said speaker having an input drive connection by which an amplified electric signal may be transmitted to said speaker, and said amplified signal is at the same time directed to the drive section of the inertial noise suppressing section so that the inertial mass of the inertial noise suppressing section is moved synchronously with the movement of the diaphragm section, and
• said front and rear suspensions of the inertial noise suppressing section being functional equivalents of the front and rear suspensions of the speaker to cause the movement of the mass of the inertial noise suppressing system to effectively track the movement of the diaphragm section of the speaker.

A method of diminishing unwanted noise in a speaker assembly which is adapted to be mounted to a wall structure and arranged to operate in a manner to diminish unwanted noise that can result from vibratory motion of the wall structure to which it is mounted, said speaker assembly comprising:

• providing a speaker section comprising at least one speaker that in turn comprises a diaphragm section that moves with a back and forth motion to create back and forth speaker inertial forces;
• providing an inertial noise suppression section comprising an inertial mass which is movable in an arcuate manner to generate off-setting inertial forces to diminish and/or substantially off-set said speaker inertial forces that would otherwise create a noise producing vibratory motion of the wall structure to which the speaker assembly is mounted;
• providing a speaker assembly by positioning said speaker section and said inertial noise suppressing section in a speaker assembly structure so as to be connected to said speaker assembly, said speaker assembly having an input drive connection;
• the inertial forces generated by the speaker section and the inertial noise suppressing section are reacted into said speaker assembly structure as offsetting inertial forces to diminish noise generating effects of said inertial forces;
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• transmitting an amplified electric signal to the input drive connection and to the speaker of said speaker section, and at the same time directing said amplified signal to a power section of said inertial noise suppression section, so that the inertial mass is moved synchronously with the movement of the diaphragm section.

A method of diminishing unwanted noise in a speaker assembly which is adapted to be mounted to a wall structure and arranged to operate in a manner to diminish unwanted noise that can result from vibratory motion of the wall structure to which it is mounted, said speaker assembly comprising:

• providing a speaker section comprising at least one speaker that in turn comprises a diaphragm section that moves with a back and forth motion to create back and forth speaker inertial forces;
• providing an inertial noise suppression section comprising an inertial mass which is movable in an arcuate manner to generate off-setting inertial forces to diminish and/or substantially off-set said speaker inertial forces that would otherwise create a noise producing vibratory motion of the wall structure to which the speaker assembly is mounted;
• providing a speaker assembly by positioning said speaker section and said inertial noise suppressing section in a speaker assembly structure so as to be connected to said speaker assembly;
• the inertial forces generated by the speaker section and the inertial noise suppressing section are reacted into said speaker assembly structure as offsetting inertial forces to diminish noise generating effects of said inertial forces, wherein,
• said speaker is provided with a speaker drive section which comprises a stationary magnet section and a coil section which connects to said diaphragm section to drive the diaphragm section in its back and forth motion, said coil section with said diaphragm section being supported by front and rear suspensions,
• said inertial noise suppressing section being provided with an inertial magnet and coil drive section which comprises a stationary magnet section and a coil section which is connected to the inertial mass of the inertial noise suppressing system,
• said method comprising supporting said inertial mass with said coil section by front and rear suspensions,
• said speaker being provided with an input drive connection by which an amplified electric signal may be transmitted to said speaker, with said amplified signal at the same time being directed to the drive section of the inertial noise suppressing section so that the inertial mass of the inertial noise suppressing section is moved synchronously with the movement of the diaphragm section, and
• said method further comprising providing said front and rear suspensions of the inertial noise suppressing section as functional equivalents of the front and rear suspensions of the speaker to cause the movement of the mass of the inertial noise suppressing system to effectively track the movement of the diaphragm section of the speaker.