High fidelity speaker enclosure

• US 4,051,919 A
• Filed: 12/08/1975
• Issued: 10/04/1977
• Est. Priority Date: 12/08/1975
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: John M. Buettner
• Original Assignee: John M. Buettner
• Inventors: Buettner, John M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Franklin, Lawrence R.
• Application Number:
  US05/638,555
• Time in Patent Office: 666 Days
• Field of Search: 181/144-147, 181/148-156, 179/1 E
• US Class Current: 181/144
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 1/20 Arrangements for obtaining desired frequency or directional characteristics for stereophonic purpose H04R5/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 1/26 Spatial arrangements of separate transducers responsive to two or more frequency ranges
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 2205/022 Plurality of transducers corresponding to a plurality of sound channels in each earpiece of headphones or in a single enclosure

Abstract

A high fidelity speaker array comprises a full range speaker board, a pair of tweeter boards disposed at an angle of from 120° to 165° with respect to said full range speaker board, and a pair of midrange speaker boards disposed at an angle between 5° and 85° with respect to said full range speaker board, each tweeter board being between and abutting said full range speaker board and a midrange speaker board.

Claims

1. A vertically disposed high fidelity speaker array mounted in an enclosure, which array comprises:

a. a full range speaker board,

b. a pair of tweeter boards disposed at an angle from 120°

to 165°

with respect to said full range speaker board, and

c. a pair of midrange speaker boards disposed at an angle between 5° and

85°

with respect to said full range speaker board,

d. said tweeter boards being disposed between and abutting said full range and midrange boards,

e. each board bearing at least one speaker thereon, and

f. all speakers being directed away from the area defined by said boards.

2. An array as in claim 1 wherein said pair of midrange speaker boards abut each other.

3. An array as in claim 1 wherein a reflecting board is disposed parallel to said full range speaker board, said tweeter boards and midrange speaker boards being disposed between said full range speaker board and said reflecting board, each board abutting the next adjacent boards.