Positionally sequenced loudspeaker system
First Claim
1. A loudspeaker system comprising:
- a. a loudspeaker enclosure;
b. an air movement element contained at least partially within said loudspeaker enclosure;
c. a movable transfer attached to said air movement element;
d. an electronically activated, positionally sequenced drive system to which said movable transfer is responsive;
e. a plurality of separately controllable electrical coils within said electronically activated, positionally sequenced drive system;
f. at least one magnet within said electronically activated, positionally sequenced drive system and adjacent said plurality of electrical coils;
g. a positionally sequential electronic commutation controller to which said electronically activated, positionally sequenced drive system is responsive.
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Abstract
A variety of loudspeaker arrangements may have any of multiple adjacent magnetic circuits, single magnetic circuits, an improved loudspeaker voice coil assembly, multiple voice coil windings (124-127, 315-317), and commutated current. The radial direction of flux may alternate at adjacent poles and may have a controller that commands the current through each of the windings. The position of the moving components may be measured or inferred by the controller (213). An encoding track (318a) applied to the surface of the assembly may allow the assembly to function as part of a position transducer to permit appropriate action based on position. Calculated or sensed actual position may be used to determine the relative current in each of the windings and the controller may have compensation such as a motion control algorithm, thermal monitoring, and management of the driver. The voice coil assembly (305c) may have foil conductors applied to a substrate to connect and interconnect a single or multiple voice coil windings with minimal effect on the magnetic gap (303b) width.
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Citations
49 Claims
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1. A loudspeaker system comprising:
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a. a loudspeaker enclosure; b. an air movement element contained at least partially within said loudspeaker enclosure; c. a movable transfer attached to said air movement element; d. an electronically activated, positionally sequenced drive system to which said movable transfer is responsive; e. a plurality of separately controllable electrical coils within said electronically activated, positionally sequenced drive system; f. at least one magnet within said electronically activated, positionally sequenced drive system and adjacent said plurality of electrical coils; g. a positionally sequential electronic commutation controller to which said electronically activated, positionally sequenced drive system is responsive. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A loudspeaker system comprising:
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a. a loudspeaker enclosure; b. an air movement element contained at least partially within said loudspeaker enclosure; c. a movable transfer attached to said air movement element; d. a high efficiency drive system to which said movable transfer is responsive comprising a plurality of separately controllable electrical coils; and e. a controller to which said high efficiency drive system is responsive, wherein said high efficiency drive system comprises a plurality of coaxial magnets, and wherein said plurality of separately controllable electrical coils comprise a plurality of coaxial, positionally sequenced electrical coils and wherein said controller comprises a commutation controller to which said plurality of coaxial, positionally sequenced electrical coils are responsive. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43)
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44. A loudspeaker system comprising:
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a. a loudspeaker enclosure; b. an air movement element contained at least partially within said loudspeaker enclosure; c. a hollow cylindrical voice coil assembly having multiple coils; d. a current commutator to which said multiple coils are responsive; e. a cylindrical magnetic structure having a magnetic field; and f. a controller to which said current commutator is responsive, wherein said cylindrical magnetic structure comprises alternating axial layers having permanent magnet material and magnetically permeable material, and wherein said alternating axial layers are polarized in at least one direction along an axis of said cylindrical magnetic structure. - View Dependent Claims (45, 46)
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47. A loudspeaker system comprising:
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a. a loudspeaker enclosure; b. an air movement element contained at least partially within said loudspeaker enclosure; c. a movable transfer attached to said air movement element; d. a high efficiency drive system to which said movable transfer is responsive comprising a plurality of separately controllable electrical coils; e. a controller to which said high efficiency drive system is responsive; and f. a commutator to which a plurality of electrical coils are responsive, wherein said drive system comprises a plurality of coaxial magnets, each having a magnet pitch dimension, and wherein said commutator has a positional commutation function that acts with a positional period about equal to twice a magnet pitch dimension.
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48. A loudspeaker system comprising:
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a loudspeaker enclosure; an air movement element contained at least partially within said loudspeaker enclosure; a movable transfer attached to said air movement element; an integrally sensed drive system to which said movable transfer is responsive; and a controller to which said integrally sensed drive system is responsive, wherein said closely coupled sensor drive system comprises; a. a movable drive component to which said movable transfer is responsive; and b. position indicia applied to said moveable drive component, wherein said integrally sensed drive system comprises a closely coupled sensor drive system, wherein said position indicia is attached to an outside of said movable drive component, and wherein said movable drive component comprises a translucent voice coil former.
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49. A loudspeaker system comprising:
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a loudspeaker enclosure; an air movement element contained at least partially within said loudspeaker enclosure; a movable transfer attached to said air movement element; an integrally sensed drive system to which said movable transfer is responsive; and a controller to which said integrally sensed drive system is responsive, wherein said drive system comprises a voice coil former, wherein said drive system comprises a plurality of electrical coils, wherein said drive system comprises a plurality of coaxial magnets, wherein said plurality of electrical coils comprise a plurality of coaxial, positionally sequenced electrical coils and wherein said positionally sequential controller comprises a commutation controller to which said plurality of coaxial, positionally sequenced electrical coils are responsive.
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