US5025885A
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Multiple chamber loudspeaker system
Assignee: Bose Corp
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Filing: 1989-07-14
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Granted: 1991-06-25
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Expires: 2009-07-14
Abstract
Abstract A loudspeaker system has an enclosure with a baffle dividing the interior into first and second subchambers. The smaller subchamber is directly coupled to the region outside the enclosure by a port tube. The larger subchamber is coupled to the region outside the enclosure via the smaller subchamber by a port tube. The dividing baffle carries a woofer.
Inventors
- 👤 Thomas A. Froeschle
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-04 01:52
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04R; H04R1/00; H04R1/20; H04R1/22; H04R1/28; H04R1/2807; H04R1/2838; H04R1/2842; H04R1/283; H04R1/2834
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
149 words
An improved loudspeaker system comprising: electroacoustic transducing means having a vibratable cone, enclosure means having an interior for supporting said electroacoustic transducing means for converting an input electrical signal into a corresponding acoustic output signal and adjacent to a region outside said enclosure means, dividing means coacting with said electroacoustic transducing means for dividing the interior of said enclosure means into first and second subchambers, said first subchamber being smaller in volume than said second subchamber, a first surface of said electroacoustic transducing means contacting said first subchamber and a second surface of said electroacoustic transducing means contacting said second subchamber, first and second passive radiating means each characterized by acoustic mass, said first passive radiating means directly coupling said first subchamber to the region outside said enclosure means, said second passive radiating means coupling said second subchamber to the region outside said enclosure means through said first subchamber.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
149 words
An improved loudspeaker system comprising: electroacoustic transducing means having a vibratable cone, enclosure means having an interior for supporting said electroacoustic transducing means for converting an input electrical signal into a corresponding acoustic output signal and adjacent to a region outside said enclosure means, dividing means coacting with said electroacoustic transducing means for dividing the interior of said enclosure means into first and second subchambers, said first subchamber being smaller in volume than said second subchamber, a first surface of said electroacoustic transducing means contacting said first subchamber and a second surface of said electroacoustic transducing means contacting said second subchamber, first and second passive radiating means each characterized by acoustic mass, said first passive radiating means directly coupling said first subchamber to the region outside said enclosure means, said second passive radiating means coupling said second subchamber to the region outside said enclosure means through said first subchamber.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
16 words
An improved loudspeaker in accordance with claim 1 wherein said passive radiating means are port tubes.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
17 words
An improved loudspeaker system in accordance with claim 1 wherein said passive radiating means are drone cones.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
61 words
An improved loudspeaker system in accordance with claim 1 wherein the volumes of said subchambers and the acoustic masses of said passive radiating means establish a frequency response of said enclosure so that said passive radiating means radiate only bass acoustic spectral components below a bass frequency sufficiently low so that human auditory apparatus cannot easily localize on said enclosure means.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
21 words
An improved loudspeaker system in accordance with claim 4 wherein said bass frequency is at least as low as 300 Hz.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
16 words
An improved loudspeaker in accordance with claim 4 wherein said passive radiating means are port tubes.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
17 words
An improved loudspeaker system in accordance with claim 4 wherein said passive radiating means are drone cones.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
16 words
An improved loudspeaker in accordance with claim 5 wherein said passive radiating means are port tubes.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
17 words
An improved loudspeaker system in accordance with claim 5 wherein said passive radiating means are drone cones.
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