IPC분류정보
국가/구분 |
United States(US) Patent
등록
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국제특허분류(IPC7판) |
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출원번호 |
US-0598177
(2009-08-14)
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등록번호 |
US-8181736
(2012-05-22)
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국제출원번호 |
PCT/US2009/053823
(2009-08-14)
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§371/§102 date |
20091029
(20091029)
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국제공개번호 |
WO2010/019846
(2010-02-18)
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발명자
/ 주소 |
- Sterling, Brian
- Sheerin, John
- Hogue, Douglas
- Premo, Peter
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출원인 / 주소 |
- Harman International Industries, Incorporated
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대리인 / 주소 |
Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione
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인용정보 |
피인용 횟수 :
7 인용 특허 :
69 |
초록
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A phase plugs or acoustic lens improves the directional audio performance of a loudspeaker. Application of the improved directional audio performance to a sound system in a listening area may improve the performance of the audio system. Configuration of the acoustic lens or phase plug may include bo
A phase plugs or acoustic lens improves the directional audio performance of a loudspeaker. Application of the improved directional audio performance to a sound system in a listening area may improve the performance of the audio system. Configuration of the acoustic lens or phase plug may include both symmetrical and asymmetrical features to provide an improved frequency response and directivity. The improved loudspeaker may provide improved an improved listing location, for example, in a vehicle.
대표청구항
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1. An acoustic lens for improving directivity performance of a speaker assembly comprising: a member including a first surface and a second surface;the member further includes a first union of the first surface and the second surface, where the first union forms a continuous internal lip to define a
1. An acoustic lens for improving directivity performance of a speaker assembly comprising: a member including a first surface and a second surface;the member further includes a first union of the first surface and the second surface, where the first union forms a continuous internal lip to define a plurality of protrusions surrounding an orifice;the first surface and the second surface further unite to form a perimeter of the member, where the perimeter includes a mounting feature;where the mounting feature includes a foot portion conformed to mate with a speaker to form a substantially air tight seal between the speaker and the foot portion of the member;where each of the protrusions includes an outer contour that intersects with the outer contour of an adjacent one of the protrusions to form a plurality of outer vertices with respect to a central point of the orifice; andwhere each of the protrusions further includes interiorly located vertices with respect to the central point of the orifice,where the first surface and the second surface unite to form a plurality of perimeters of a plurality of auxiliary apertures, where at least one of the auxiliary apertures is located in a portion of one of the protrusions. 2. The acoustic lens of claim 1, where the interiorly located vertices of the plurality of protrusions and the outer vertices of the orifice combine to form an irregular etoile shape. 3. The apparatus of claim 2, where: a first outer vertex of the outer vertices is located at a first outer vertex distance from the central point of the orifice; anda second outer vertex of the outer vertices is located at a second outer vertex distance from the central point of the orifice. 4. The acoustic lens of claim 3, where: a first interiorly located vertex of the plurality of interiorly located vertices is located a first distance from the central point of the orifice; anda second interiorly located vertex of the plurality of interiorly located vertices is located at a second distance from the central point of the orifice. 5. The acoustic lens of claim 1, where: a first interiorly located vertex of the plurality of interiorly located vertices is located a first distance from the central point of the orifice; anda second interiorly located vertex of the plurality of interiorly located vertices is located at a second distance from the central point of the orifice. 6. The acoustic lens of claim 1, where at least one of the auxiliary apertures is located in a portion of each of the protrusions. 7. The acoustic lens of claim 1, where at least one of the auxiliary apertures is an effective auxiliary aperture formed by a plurality of perforations within a perimeter of the at least one of the auxiliary apertures. 8. The acoustic of claim 1, where at least one of the perimeters of at least one of the auxiliary apertures defines a cross-sectional area having a shape of at least one of an etoile-like form, an estoile-like form, and a circle-like form. 9. The acoustic lens of claim 1 where at least one of the perimeters of at least one of the auxiliary apertures defines a cross-sectional area including at least one of a triangular-like shape and a circular-like shape. 10. The acoustic lens of claim 1, where each auxiliary aperture includes a cross-sectional aperture surface area; and where the summation of each cross-sectional aperture surface area is related to a determined volume displacement through the summation of the combined cross-sectional areas of the orifice and all of the auxiliary apertures. 11. An apparatus comprising: a speaker including a mounting ring and a diaphragm, where the speaker includes a volume displacement of the diaphragm “Vd”, where the volume displacement is a volume of air that is displaced by movement of the diaphragm;an acoustic lens including a centrally located aperture having a cross-sectional aperture surface area, “S”, where the acoustic lens is mated to the mounting ring of the speaker to form a substantially air tight seal;where the cross-sectional aperture surface area is configured to obtain a desired insertion loss, “IL”, of the acoustic lens with respect to the speaker within a range of frequencies proportional to the size of the speaker, where insertion loss within the range of frequencies. 12. The apparatus of claim 11, where an insertion loss of the acoustic lens is no more than 0.5 dB. 13. The apparatus of claim 11, where the insertion loss of the acoustic lens is less than 1 dB, where the acoustic lens further include a plurality of supplemental apertures, where each of the supplemental apertures includes a surface area “Ss”, and where the maximum ratio of volume displacement of the speaker, “Vd”, to the combination of all the surface areas “Ss” and S defines a compression ratio of less than 10. 14. An apparatus for improving directivity performance of a speaker assembly comprising: a speaker assembly having a diaphragm; an acoustic lens configured to cover the diaphragm, the acoustic lens comprising a first surface and a second surface, opposite to the first surface, to face the diaphragm assembly, a continuous orifice formed approximately in a center portion of the acoustic lens and positioned over the diaphragm, an outer edge spaced from the central portion to define an outer solid portion about the central portion, a plurality of auxiliary apertures formed in the central portion and distributed about the orifice, a mounting feature depending from the second surface along the outer edge, the mounting feature configured to attach to the speaker assembly to form a substantially air tight seal with the speaker assembly, where the central portion includes a stiffening portion formed about the orifice. 15. The apparatus of claim 14, where the orifice is defined by an internal lip, the internal lip further defining a plurality of protrusions surrounding the orifice, where at least one of the auxiliary apertures is located in a portion of one of the protrusions. 16. The apparatus of claim 15, where each of the protrusions includes an outer contour that intersects with the outer contour of an adjacent one of the protrusions to form a plurality of outer vertices with respect to a central point of the orifice, and interiorly located vertices with respect to the central point of the orifice. 17. The apparatus of claim 15, where at least one of the auxiliary apertures is located in a portion of each of the protrusions. 18. The apparatus of claim 15, where the outer contours of each of the protrusions, the interiorly located vertices, and the outer vertices combine to form the orifice having at least one of an etoile shape, an estoile shape, and a star-like shape. 19. The apparatus of claim 15, where the interiorly located vertices further comprise a first interiorly located vertex located a first distance from the central point of the orifice, and a second interiorly located vertex located at a second distance from the central point of the orifice, different than the first distance. 20. The apparatus of claim 15, where at least one of the auxiliary apertures is an effective auxiliary aperture formed by a plurality of perforations within a perimeter of the at least one of the auxiliary apertures. 21. The apparatus of claim 20, where the orifice is an effective aperture formed by a plurality of perforations within a perimeter of the orifice. 22. The apparatus of claim 15, where the acoustic lens further comprises a conical section extending inward from the outer solid portion to the orifice, where at least one of the auxiliary apertures is formed in the conical section. 23. The apparatus of claim 14, where the central portion comprises a ridge that rises above relative to the central portion. 24. The apparatus of claim 14, where the diaphragm has an outer diameter, where the auxiliary apertures are located relative to a center point of the orifice at a dimension that is close to or on the outer diameter of the diaphragm. 25. The apparatus of claim 14, where the orifice has a cross-sectional area (S) sized for a given directivity index (DI) within a desired frequency range; and where the speaker assembly includes a volume displacement of the diaphragm (Vd), where the volume displacement is a volume of air that is displaced by movement of the diaphragm, where the cross-sectional area (S) of the orifice is further configured to obtain a desired insertion loss (IL) of the acoustic lens with respect to the speaker assembly within the frequency range, where the insertion loss IL≈0.01(VdS)2+0.001(VdS) is up to 0.5 dB. 26. The apparatus of claim 25, where each of the auxiliary apertures has a cross-sectional area (Ss), where a ratio of the volume displacement of the diaphragm (Vd) to the combination of all the cross-sectional areas Ss and S defines a compression ratio of less than 10.
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