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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 19, 2021
Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation, San Francisco, CA (US);
Joel A. Butler, Springfield, MO (US);
Jeremy David Sommerfeld, Nixa, MO (US);
Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation, San Francisco, CA (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of a configurable loudspeaker using a user orientable routing card () that allows for multiple electrical drive modes in a non-powered loudspeaker system (). The speaker has one or more drivers () mounted in enclosure (), an audio input interface configured to be coupled to an audio source () through one or more amplifiers (), and a connector interface configured to receive a routing card (). The routing card is configured to be inserted in a first orientation to connect the audio input interface in a first operating mode with respect to driver selection and connection to the one or more amplifiers, and a second orientation to connect the audio input interface in a second operating mode with respect to driver selection and connection to the one or more amplifiers.