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Automotive audio system

  • US 5,546,273 A
  • Filed: 05/23/1994
  • Issued: 08/13/1996
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/07/1992
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An audio amplifier system comprising:

  • an amplifier housing, said housing including a plurality of pairs of channels opening toward one another and a plurality of sockets each associated with one of said pairs of channels, said housing further including an interior chamber, fan means for moving air through said chamber, and a plurality of air vents permitting air to flow through said chamber when said fan means is operated; and

    a plurality of amplifier modules within said housing, each of said modules being uniquely associated with and positioned adjacent one of said air vents, whereby air is moved individually over each of said amplifier modules from one of said air vents when said fan means is actuated, each amplifier module including a one-piece heat sink having a pair of opposed flanges, said opposed flanges on each amplifier module slidably interfitting within a pair of channels in said amplifier housing, whereby said modules may be slid into and out of said housing, each of said amplifier modules further including a circuit card supported solely by the associated heat sink, each circuit card including a plug portion connecting with the associated socket as said component is slid into said housing.

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