Speaker

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016234583-A1
Application number	US-201514618963-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Feb 10, 2015
Priority date	Feb 10, 2015
Publication date	Aug 11, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

In one aspect, a speaker kit includes a first portion of a speaker housing, and an electroacoustic driver that can be secured to the housing first portion. The kit has one or more additional portions of the speaker housing. One of the one or more additional housing portions has at least one electrical component secured thereto. The kit also has one or more mechanisms that can be used to hold the housing portions together such that the housing portions form an acoustic seal that encompasses an acoustic volume. The one or more mechanisms are removable from the housing portions such that the housing portions can be moved away from each other without damage to the housing portions or the one or more mechanisms.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A speaker kit, comprising:
a first portion of a speaker housing; an electroacoustic driver that can be secured to the housing first portion; one or more additional portions of the speaker housing, one of the one or more additional housing portions having at least one electrical component secured thereto; and one or more mechanisms that can be used to hold the housing portions together such that the housing portions form an acoustic seal that encompasses an acoustic volume, the one or more mechanisms being removable from the housing portions such that the housing portions can be moved away from each other without damage to the housing portions or the one or more mechanisms.

2 . The speaker kit of claim 1 , wherein there are six housing portions which when held together form a parallelepiped.

3 . The speaker kit of claim 1 , wherein the at least one electrical component is selected from the group of electrical components including an amplifier, a digital signal processor, a microcontroller, a Bluetooth radio, and a light emitting diode.

4 . The speaker kit of claim 1 , wherein one or more of the housing portions including a gasket.

5 . The speaker kit of claim 1 , wherein the one or more mechanisms are each a clip which holds together two edges of a pair of housing portions.

6 . The speaker kit of claim 1 , wherein the at least one electrical component includes a Bluetooth receiver which can receive Bluetooth A2DP signals containing audio data and Bluetooth LE signals containing command and control data.

7 . The speaker kit of claim 1 , wherein the at least one electrical component includes a port which can power a light source that can be used as both (i) a variable intensity lighting source, or (ii) a strobe light whose strobe rate is controllable to slow down a perceived motion of a diaphragm of the electroacoustic driver.

8 . A speaker kit, comprising:
a first portion of a speaker housing; an electroacoustic driver that can be secured to the housing first portion; one or more additional portions of the speaker housing; a wireless receiver which can receive a first wireless signal containing audio data and a second, separate wireless signal containing control data; a port which can power a light source that can be used as both (i) a variable intensity lighting source, or (ii) a strobe light whose strobe rate is controllable to slow down a perceived motion of a diaphragm of the electroacoustic driver; and one or more mechanisms that can be used to hold the housing portions together such that the housing portions form an acoustic seal that encompasses an acoustic volume.

9 . The speaker kit of claim 8 , wherein one of the one or more additional housing portions has at least one electrical component secured thereto.

10 . The speaker kit of claim 9 , wherein the at least one electrical component is selected from the group of electrical components including an amplifier, a digital signal processor, a microcontroller, a Bluetooth radio, and a light emitting diode.

11 . The speaker kit of claim 8 , wherein there are six housing portions which when held together form a parallelepiped.

12 . The speaker kit of claim 8 , wherein one or more of the housing portions includes a gasket.

13 . The speaker kit of claim 8 , wherein the one or more mechanisms are each a clip which holds together two edges of a pair of housing portions.

14 . A user-assembled audio device comprising:
an electroacoustic driver; an audio amplifier; an audio input operably connected to the audio amplifier; a plurality of rigid housing portions configured to be assembled by a user to form a speaker housing, wherein a first of the rigid housing portions is configured to receive the electroacoustic driver and wherein a second of the rigid housing portions also houses the audio amplifier; one or more fasteners that are configured to removably fasten the plurality of rigid housing portions together to form an acoustic seal between adjacent housing portions; and a connector configured to electrically connect the output of the amplifier to the electroacoustic driver.

15 . The audio device of claim 14 , wherein the electroacoustic driver is pre-installed in the first rigid housing portion configured to receive the electroacoustic driver.

16 . The audio device of claim 14 , wherein the audio amplifier is contained within the second rigid housing portion.

17 . The audio device of claim 14 , wherein the connector comprises a pig-tail connector attached to the electroacoustic driver and configured to plug into a jack that electrically connects to the audio amplifier.

18 . The audio device of claim 14 , wherein the plurality of rigid housing portions include a gasket that helps form an acoustic seal between adjacent housing portions when assembled by a user.

19 . The audio device of claim 14 , wherein the fasteners comprise removable clips that hold together adjacent housing portions.

20 . The audio device of claim 14 , wherein the fasteners comprise screws that hold together adjacent housing portions.

21 . The audio device of claim 14 , further comprising
a second electroacoustic driver, and wherein one of the plurality of rigid housing portions is configured to receive the second electroacoustic driver.

22 . The audio device of claim 21 , wherein the first housing portion is also configured to receive the second electroacoustic driver.

23 . The audio device of claim 14 , wherein the user-assembled speaker including the one electroacoustic driver forms a mono-channel audio device.

24 . The audio device of claim 23 , further comprising:
a second user-assembled speaker housing containing a single electroacoustic driver.

25 . The audio device of claim 24 , wherein the second user-assembled speaker housing containing a single electroacoustic driver is configured to be electrically connected to the audio amplifier housed in the second rigid portion of the first user-assembled speaker.

26 . The audio device of claim 25 , wherein the audio amplifier comprises a two-channel amplifier and sends a first channel to the first user-assembled speaker and a second channel to the second user-assembled speaker.

27 . The audio device of claim 26 , wherein the audio amplifier is configured to output a mono-channel audio signal when only the first user-assembled speaker is connected and a two-channel audio signal when both the first and second user-assembled speakers are connected.

28 . The audio device of claim 14 , wherein the audio input comprises a physical connector for connecting an audio source.

29 . The audio device of claim 28 , wherein the physical connector comprises a 3.5 mm audio input jack.

30 . The audio device of claim 14 , wherein the audio input comprises a wireless receiver configured to receive wireless audio content.

31 . The audio device of claim 30 wherein the wireless receiver comprises a Bluetooth receiver.

32 . The audio device of claim 14 further comprising a signal processor for processing the audio received from the audio input prior to outputting the audio to the electroacoustic driver.

33 . The audio device of claim 14 , further comprising a wireless receiver for receiving wireless contro

Assignees

• Bose Corp

Inventors

• Zamir Lee
• Zalisk Michael Andrew
• Mobed Darius Darayes
• Najemy Daniel D

Classifications

• H04R2420/07

  Applications of wireless loudspeakers or wireless microphones · CPC title

• H03F3/181

  Low-frequency amplifiers, e.g. audio preamplifiers · CPC title

• H04R1/02 Primary

  Casings; Cabinets {; Supports therefor;} Mountings therein (H04R1/28 takes precedence {; attachments for microphones H04R1/08; mounting of transducers in earpieces H04R1/1075}) · CPC title

• H04R2201/028

  Structural combinations of loudspeakers with built-in power amplifiers, e.g. in the same acoustic enclosure (H04R2499/10 takes precedence; Single (sub)woofer with two or more satellite loudspeakers for mid- and high-frequency band reproduction driven via the (sub)woofer H04R2205/026) · CPC title

• F21V33/0056

  Audio equipment, e.g. music instruments, radios or speakers · CPC title