Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Directive multiway loudspeaker with a waveguide
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Application No.: US16606781Application Date: 2017-04-21
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Publication No.: US11026017B2Publication Date: 2021-06-01
- Inventor: Aki Mäkivirta , Juha Holm , Jussi Väisänen , Siamäk Naghian , Ilpo Martikainen
- Applicant: Genelec Oy , Maria Martikainen
- Applicant Address: FI Iisalmi; FI Kuopio
- Assignee: Genelec Oy,Maria Martikainen
- Current Assignee: Genelec Oy,Maria Martikainen
- Current Assignee Address: FI Iisalmi; FI Kuopio
- Agency: Laine IP Oy
- International Application: PCT/FI2017/050305 WO 20170421
- International Announcement: WO2018/193154 WO 20181025
- Main IPC: H04R25/00
- IPC: H04R25/00 ; H04R1/28 ; H04R1/02 ; H04R1/22 ; H04R1/24 ; H04R1/26

Abstract:
The present invention relates to a loudspeaker including an enclosure having front portion, side portions and back portion defining an inner volume, the front portion is formed as a waveguide surface and includes at least one driver in the center of the waveguide surface and is capable to radiate the main acoustic power of the loudspeaker to ambient volume in direction of first acoustic axis, and an additional driver attached to the enclosure. In accordance with the invention the additional driver is attached inside the enclosure such that a sub volume is formed inside the inner volume, the sub volume limited by the driver, spacers between the driver and the front portion, and the front portion of the enclosure, and at least one port is adapted to open from the sub volume to ambient volume either to side portion or back portion of the enclosure and at least one resonator acoustically connected to the sub volume, the resonator being tuned to at least one of unwanted resonances of the sub volume.
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