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EP0453230A2 Expired / Lapsed EP ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Speaker system

Assignee: Panasonic Holdings Corp
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Filing: 1991-04-16
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2011-04-16
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Abstract

Abstract A first arrangement is provided in which a space behind of a diaphragm is separated into two acoustic regions for forming an opening type enclosure section and a bass-reflex type enclosure section respectively. The acoustic exit of a device which serves as a resonant acoustic mass in the bass-reflex type enclosure section is arranged in the close-to-opening-end region of a side wall of the opening type enclosure section. A second arrangement is provided in which a space behind a diaphragm is separated into at least two acoustic regions. At least one of the acoustic regions is loaded with an acoustic tube and the remaining is a closed space. If plural acoustic tubes are provided, they are arranged to have different tube lengths from each other. Accordingly, the phase of a sound emitted from the rear of a speaker system is approximated to the phase of a front sound of the same. <IMAGE>

Inventors

  • 👤 Kazuki Honda
  • 👤 Hiroyuki Takewa
  • 👤 Shuji Saiki
  • 👤 Kazue Satoh

Bibliographic Details

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Jurisdiction EP
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Last Synchronized 2026-11-03 05:25
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04R; H04R1/00; H04R1/20; H04R1/22; H04R1/28; H04R1/2807; H04R1/2815; H04R1/2819; H04R1/2853; H04R1/2857; H04R9/00; H04R9/06; H04R9/063; H04R1/283; H04R1/2834

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim 124 words
A speaker system comprising: a diaphragm fixedly mounted by an edge to a frame; the frame; an enclosure for securely holding the frame; a first acoustic region defined by the back of the diaphragm, the frame, and an inner edge arranged between the diaphragm and the frame for separation of behind area of the diaphragm into tow; and a second acoustic region defined by the diaphragm, the edge, the inner edge, the frame, and the wall of the enclosure, wherein one of the first and second acoustic regions is formed of rear opening type and the other is formed of bass-reflex type while an acoustic mass is provided in a partition between the first and second acoustic regions for having a phase inversion characteristic.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 124 words
A speaker system comprising: a diaphragm fixedly mounted by an edge to a frame; the frame; an enclosure for securely holding the frame; a first acoustic region defined by the back of the diaphragm, the frame, and an inner edge arranged between the diaphragm and the frame for separation of behind area of the diaphragm into tow; and a second acoustic region defined by the diaphragm, the edge, the inner edge, the frame, and the wall of the enclosure, wherein one of the first and second acoustic regions is formed of rear opening type and the other is formed of bass-reflex type while an acoustic mass is provided in a partition between the first and second acoustic regions for having a phase inversion characteristic.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 18 words
A speaker system according to Claim 1, wherein the acoustic mass is a port or a passive radiator.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 97 words
A speaker system comprising: a diaphragm fixedly mounted by an edge to a frame; the frame; an enclosure for securely holding the frame; a plurality of acoustic regions defined by the back of the diaphragm, the frame, and at least one inner edge arranged between the diaphragm and the frame for separation of behind area of the diaphragm into at least two; and an acoustic region defined by the diaphragm, the edge, the inner edges, the frame, and the wall of the enclosure, wherein at least one of the acoustic regions is loaded with an acoustic tube.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 97 words
A speaker system comprising: a diaphragm fixedly mounted by an edge to a frame; the frame; an enclosure for securely holding the frame; a plurality of acoustic regions defined by the back of the diaphragm, the frame, and at least one inner edge arranged between the diaphragm and the frame for separation of behind area of the diaphragm into at least two; and an acoustic region defined by the diaphragm, the edge, the inner edges, the frame, and the wall of the enclosure, wherein at least one of the acoustic regions is loaded with an acoustic tube.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 22 words
A speaker system according to Claim 3, wherein at least one of the acoustic regions behind the diaphragm is a closed space.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 31 words
A speaker system according to claim 3, wherein at least two of the acoustic regions are loaded with respective acoustic tubes which are different in the tube length from each other.

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