US3592290A
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Speaker cabinet enclosure and method of making same
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1967-11-21
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Granted: 1971-07-13
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Expires: 1987-11-21
Abstract
Abstract A speaker cabinet enclosure comprising a rectangular parallelepiped having a speaker unit in its front wall, a layer of insulation on each of its top, base and sidewalls, and a rear wall in which two sets of a plurality of apertures are disposed, each such set being a mirror image of the other in nature and disposition. Insulation is provided against the speaker unit frame above and below its magnet. A layer of insulation is provided directly behind the magnet of the speaker unit, and additional layers of insulation may be provided therebehind.
Inventors
- 👤 James C Armstrong
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-24 03:37
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04R; H04R1/00; H04R1/20; H04R1/22; H04R1/28; H04R1/2807; H04R1/2815; H04R1/2823; H04R1/2826
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 20
Claim 1
Independent Claim
185 words
A speaker cabinet enclosure including front, rear, side, base and top walls comprising in coMbination a bass reflex cabinet having an acoustic chamber and including a full range speaker unit and magnet therewith centrally mounted on the front wall, a layer of insulation mounted on the interior face of each sidewall, top wall and base of said cabinet, layers of insulation disposed above and below said speaker unit and filling substantially the volume of the chamber between the frame of the speaker unit and a plane coincident to the back end of said magnet, at least one layer of insulation abutting the rear end of said unit and extending substantially laterally and vertically of the chamber of said cabinet, and at least two patterns of apertures in said rear wall, the distribution of which is generally geometrically formed about the central axis of said speaker unit but without substantially a cylinder generated by the areal dimensions of the magnet of said speaker unit, whereby even backloading upon the cone of said speaker unit is achieved for all frequencies reproduced by said full range speaker unit.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
185 words
A speaker cabinet enclosure including front, rear, side, base and top walls comprising in coMbination a bass reflex cabinet having an acoustic chamber and including a full range speaker unit and magnet therewith centrally mounted on the front wall, a layer of insulation mounted on the interior face of each sidewall, top wall and base of said cabinet, layers of insulation disposed above and below said speaker unit and filling substantially the volume of the chamber between the frame of the speaker unit and a plane coincident to the back end of said magnet, at least one layer of insulation abutting the rear end of said unit and extending substantially laterally and vertically of the chamber of said cabinet, and at least two patterns of apertures in said rear wall, the distribution of which is generally geometrically formed about the central axis of said speaker unit but without substantially a cylinder generated by the areal dimensions of the magnet of said speaker unit, whereby even backloading upon the cone of said speaker unit is achieved for all frequencies reproduced by said full range speaker unit.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
11 words
The improvement of claim 1 in which said apertures are circular.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
38 words
perforating a rear wall of another enclosure of the same size with a pattern and distribution of a plurality of apertures whose total spatial area is equivalent to the required spatial area in the first mentioned enclosure, and
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
38 words
perforating a rear wall of another enclosure of the same size with a pattern and distribution of a plurality of apertures whose total spatial area is equivalent to the required spatial area in the first mentioned enclosure, and
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
37 words
perforating a rear wall of another enclosure of the same size with a pattern and distribution of a plurality of apertures whose total spatial area is equivalent to the required spatial area in the first mentioned enclosure.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
37 words
perforating a rear wall of another enclosure of the same size with a pattern and distribution of a plurality of apertures whose total spatial area is equivalent to the required spatial area in the first mentioned enclosure.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
20 words
The improvement of claim 2 in which each of said apertures is of the same diameter as the other apertures.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
45 words
changing the areal size of one or more of the apertures in said plurality by which the flattest and widest possible frequency response is obtained, a corresponding change in number of apertures being made to maintain the required spatial area developed in said forming step.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
45 words
changing the areal size of one or more of the apertures in said plurality by which the flattest and widest possible frequency response is obtained, a corresponding change in number of apertures being made to maintain the required spatial area developed in said forming step.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
13 words
The improvement of claim 1 in which said apertures are rectangular in nature.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
13 words
The improvement of claim 1 in which said apertures are oval in nature.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
13 words
The improvement of claim 1 in which said apertures are triangular in nature.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
13 words
The improvement of claim 1 in which said apertures are square in nature.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
188 words
An improved speaker cabinet enclosure of relatively small size and which forms a bass reflex cabinet type of enclosure, such enclosure including the combination of a full-range oval speaker unit and magnet therewith centrally mounted on the front wall of said cabinet, a layer of insulation mounted on the interior face of each wall of said cabinet, layers of insulation filling substantially the volume in the chamber above and below said magnet, such filling being limited between a plane coincident to the back end of said magnet and the frame of said speaker unit, at least one layer of insulation abutting the rear end of said unit and extending substantially laterally and vertically in the chamber of said cabinet, and patterns of apertures formed in the rear wall substantially in the upper and lower areas in said wall, the distribution of which is geometrically formed about the central axis of said speaker unit but substantially without a cylinder generated by the areal dimension of the said magnet, whereby even backloading upon the cone of said speaker unit is achieved for all frequencies reproduced by said full-range speaker unit.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
188 words
An improved speaker cabinet enclosure of relatively small size and which forms a bass reflex cabinet type of enclosure, such enclosure including the combination of a full-range oval speaker unit and magnet therewith centrally mounted on the front wall of said cabinet, a layer of insulation mounted on the interior face of each wall of said cabinet, layers of insulation filling substantially the volume in the chamber above and below said magnet, such filling being limited between a plane coincident to the back end of said magnet and the frame of said speaker unit, at least one layer of insulation abutting the rear end of said unit and extending substantially laterally and vertically in the chamber of said cabinet, and patterns of apertures formed in the rear wall substantially in the upper and lower areas in said wall, the distribution of which is geometrically formed about the central axis of said speaker unit but substantially without a cylinder generated by the areal dimension of the said magnet, whereby even backloading upon the cone of said speaker unit is achieved for all frequencies reproduced by said full-range speaker unit.
Claim 17
Independent Claim
37 words
A method for providing clarity of sound by evenly backloading the cone of a full-range speaker unit centrally mounted on the front wall of a bass reflex cabinet enclosure of a given size comprising the steps of
Claim 18
Independent Claim
37 words
A method for providing clarity of sound by evenly backloading the cone of a full-range speaker unit centrally mounted on the front wall of a bass reflex cabinet enclosure of a given size comprising the steps of
Claim 19
Independent Claim
86 words
A method for providing clarity of sound by evenly backloading the cone of a full-range speaker unit centrally mounted on the front wall of a bass reflex cabinet enclosure of a given size and for providing the widest and flattest response for said full-range speaker unit, comprising the steps of 1. forming a port opening having the required spatial area in a rear wall of an enclosure of the same size, such opening producing the flattest overall response in the bass frequency range for the enclosure,
Claim 20
Independent Claim
86 words
A method for providing clarity of sound by evenly backloading the cone of a full-range speaker unit centrally mounted on the front wall of a bass reflex cabinet enclosure of a given size and for providing the widest and flattest response for said full-range speaker unit, comprising the steps of 1. forming a port opening having the required spatial area in a rear wall of an enclosure of the same size, such opening producing the flattest overall response in the bass frequency range for the enclosure,
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