Title:
SOUND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING SAME
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2004082326
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A sound reproducing apparatus (30) in accordance with the invention includes a body (32), a driver (34a, 34b) for reproducing a desired sound and an acoustic passageway (36) through which the reproduced sound is output. The acoustic passageway (36) having an internal portion (36a), such as a horn, located within the body of the apparatus and an external portion defined by at least one of the exterior surfaces of the body (32) and/or a boundary of the environment within which the apparatus is placed. In one form, the external portion of the acoustic path is defined by an exterior surface or surfaces of the body (32) and a wall, floor or ceiling.
Inventors:
DANLEY THOMAS J (US)
SKURAN BRADFORD J (US)
SKURAN BRADFORD J (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2004/007846
Publication Date:
May 18, 2006
Filing Date:
March 15, 2004
Export Citation:
Assignee:
SOUND PHYSICS LABS INC (US)
DANLEY THOMAS J (US)
SKURAN BRADFORD J (US)
DANLEY THOMAS J (US)
SKURAN BRADFORD J (US)
International Classes:
H04R1/28; (IPC1-7): A47B81/06; H05K5/02; H04R1/02; H04R1/20
Foreign References:
| US4860367A | 1989-08-22 | |||
| US6411720B1 | 2002-06-25 | |||
| US4286688A | 1981-09-01 | |||
| US3554314A | 1971-01-12 |
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