Speaker system

• US 4,462,112 A
• Filed: 12/22/1982
• Issued: 07/24/1984
• Est. Priority Date: 12/25/1981
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Clarion Co., Ltd. (Faurecia SA)
• Original Assignee: Clarion Co., Ltd. (Faurecia SA)
• Inventors: Watanabe, Tathuya
• Primary Examiner(s): Rubinson, G. Z.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Dwyer, James L.
• Application Number:
  US06/452,236
• Time in Patent Office: 580 Days
• Field of Search: 181/144, 381/109, 381/24, 381/90, 381/89, 381/86, 179/146 E, 179/115.5 PS
• US Class Current: 381/109
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 1/227 using transducers reproducing the same frequency band
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 1/2834 for loudspeaker transducers
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 3/12 for distributing signals to two or more loudspeakers specially adapted for hearing aids H04R25/407

Abstract

A speaker system which comprises two speakers and a switch for selectively connecting one of the speakers to an input through a volume controller. The other of the speakers is always connected to the input, so that in response to switching action of the switch, two speakers may operate as twin-drive woofers or the former one of the speakers may operate as a passive radiator. The volume controller is used for attenuation adjustment of the twin-drive woofers and damping adjustment of the passive radiator.

Claims

1. A loudspeaker system comprising:

a speaker box having first and second apertures in the wall means thereof;

first and second loudspeakers mounted in said first and second apertures, respectively, so that the diaphragm of each of said loudspeakers faces outwardly of said speaker box through its associated aperture, said loudspeakers each having first and second voice coil terminals;

first and second system input terminals provided on said box and adapted to be connected to an audio signal source;

a switch having a switch input terminal connected to said first system input terminal, said switch having a switch output terminal and means for selectively connecting said switch input terminal to said switch output terminal and disconnecting it therefrom;

a volume controller connected to said switch output terminal and said first and second voice coil terminal of said second loudspeaker;

said first voice coil terminal of said first loudspeaker being directly connected to said first system input terminal, said second voice coil terminals of said first and second loudspeakers being connected together and to said second system input terminal.

2. A loudspeaker system according to claim 1 in which said volume controller comprises adjustable electrical resistance means having two movable terminals, one of said movable terminals of said volume controller being connected to said switch output terminal and the other of said movable terminals being connected to said first voice coil terminal of said second loudspeaker.

3. A loudspeaker system according to claim 1 in which said speaker box has a front wall and said first and second apertures are provided in said front wall in side-by-side relation, said first and second loudspeakers being woofers which are mounted in said first and second apertures, respectively.