Speaker cabinet

• US 9,571,909 B2
• Filed: 07/16/2015
• Issued: 02/14/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 08/06/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Vivid Amps Inc.
• Original Assignee: Vivid Amps Inc.
• Inventors: Meehan, Michael Denis, Darby, Kenneth Warren
• Primary Examiner(s): Ni, Suhan
• Application Number:
  US14/801,038
• Publication Number:
  US 20160044403A1
• Time in Patent Office: 579 Days
• Field of Search: 381345-347, 381353-354
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 1/02 Casings; Cabinets ; Supports therefor; Mountings therein H04R1/28 takes precedence ; attachments for microphones H04R1/08; mounting of transducers in earpieces H04R1/1075
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 1/023 Screens for loudspeakers
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 1/025 Arrangements for fixing loudspeaker transducers, e.g. in a box, furniture
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 1/2857 for loudspeaker transducers
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 1/288 for loudspeaker transducers
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 2201/029 Manufacturing aspects of enclosures transducers

Abstract

Speaker Cabinets are provided. In one embodiment, a speaker cabinet comprises: a core fabricated from a core material, the core material having an inner chamber defining an air cavity internal to the core; a baffle board having an internal side and an external side, wherein the internal side is mounted to the core at an opening to the air cavity; and a plurality of baffle board sonic coupling battens extending from the baffle board into the core material of the core.

Claims

1. A speaker cabinet, the speaker cabinet comprising:

a core fabricated from a core material, the core material having an inner chamber defining an air cavity internal to the core;

a baffle board having an internal side and an external side, wherein the internal side is mounted to the core at an opening to the air cavity; and

a plurality of baffle board sonic coupling battens extending from the baffle board into the core material of the core;

wherein the plurality of baffle board sonic coupling battens are fastened to the baffle board with removable fasteners.

2. The speaker cabinet of claim 1, wherein one or more of the plurality of baffle board sonic coupling battens extend into a respective slot formed within the core material of the core.

3. The speaker cabinet of claim 1, further comprising:

an external shell, wherein the core is housed within the external shell.

4. The speaker cabinet of claim 3, wherein the external shell comprises at least one of:

an extruded metal frame;

an aluminum material;

an acrylic material;

a wood material;

or

a medium density fiber (MDF) material.

5. The speaker cabinet of claim 1, wherein the core material comprises at least one of:

a structural foam material;

an open cell foam material;

an extruded polystyrene foam material;

a urethane foam material;

a polyurethane material;

or

a foamed styrol material.

6. The speaker cabinet of claim 1, further comprising:

a grill configured to externally mount over the baffle board.

7. The speaker cabinet of claim 1, further comprising a speaker mounted to the baffle board.

8. The speaker cabinet of claim 1, further comprising:

an air cavity box positioned within the inner chamber of the core, wherein the air cavity is further defined within the air cavity box.

9. The speaker cabinet of claim 8, wherein the air cavity box is separated from the plurality of baffle board sonic coupling battens by a portion of the core material.

10. The speaker cabinet of claim 8, wherein one or more of the plurality of baffle board sonic coupling battens are in direct physical contact with the air cavity box.

11. The speaker cabinet of claim 1, wherein at least one of the plurality of baffle board sonic coupling battens extend to penetrate into the core material at least as far as a depth of the air cavity box.

12. A speaker cabinet, the speaker cabinet comprising:

a core fabricated from a core material, the core material having an inner chamber defining an air cavity internal to the core;

a baffle board having an internal side and an external side, wherein the internal side is mounted to the core at an opening to the air cavity;

a plurality of baffle board sonic coupling battens extending from the baffle board into the core material of the core; and

an air cavity box positioned within the inner chamber of the core, wherein the air cavity is further defined within the air cavity box;

wherein the air cavity box is secured to one or more of the plurality of baffle board sonic coupling battens using removable fasteners.

13. A speaker cabinet, the speaker cabinet comprising:

a core fabricated from a core material, the core material having an inner chamber defining an air cavity internal to the core;

a baffle board having an internal side and an external side, wherein the internal side is mounted to the core at an opening to the air cavity; and

a plurality of baffle board sonic coupling battens extending from the baffle board into the core material of the core;

wherein at least one of the plurality of baffle board sonic coupling battens is shorter than another of the plurality of baffle board sonic coupling battens.

14. An audio electronics cabinet, the cabinet comprising:

a core fabricated from a first material;

an air cavity box fabricated from a second material and positioned internal to the core, the air cavity box having at least a first internal surface that defines an internal air cavity;

a plurality of baffle board sonic coupling battens interfacing with an exterior of the air cavity box, the plurality of baffle board sonic coupling battens embedded within the core material, the air cavity box comprising at least a first opening to the air cavity; and

a baffle board mounted to the core over the first opening to the air cavity box, wherein the plurality of baffle board sonic coupling battens extend from the baffle board;

the air cavity box further comprising a second opening to the air cavity; and

a second baffle board mounted to the core over the second opening to the air cavity box, wherein a second plurality of baffle board sonic coupling battens are fastened to the second baffle board.

15. The cabinet of claim 14, wherein one or more of the plurality of baffle board sonic coupling battens are fastened to the baffle board by a fastener.

16. The cabinet of claim 14, wherein one or more of the plurality of baffle board sonic coupling battens extend into a respective slot formed within the first material of the core.

17. The cabinet of claim 14, wherein the first material comprises at least one of:

a structural foam material;

an open cell foam material;

an extruded polystyrene foam material;

a urethane foam material;

a polyurethane material;

or

a foamed styrol material.

18. The cabinet of claim 14, wherein the plurality of baffle board sonic coupling battens each comprise at least one of:

a wood material;

a dense composite material.

19. The cabinet of claim 14, wherein the second material comprise at least one of:

a Masonite material;

or

a Melamine material.

20. The cabinet of claim 14, further comprising a speaker mounted to the baffle board.

21. The cabinet of claim 14, further comprising a second speaker mounted to the second baffle board, wherein at least part of the second speaker extends into the air cavity.