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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2006
Filed:
Aug. 06, 2003
Alan R. Watson, Buchanan, MI (US);
Robert C. Knapp, Coloma, MI (US);
Robert R. Turnbull, Holland, MI (US);
William R. Spence, Holland, MI (US);
G. Bruce Poe, Hamilton, MI (US);
Michael A. Bryson, Hudsonville, MI (US);
Alan R. Watson, Buchanan, MI (US);
Robert C. Knapp, Coloma, MI (US);
Robert R. Turnbull, Holland, MI (US);
William R. Spence, Holland, MI (US);
G. Bruce Poe, Hamilton, MI (US);
Michael A. Bryson, Hudsonville, MI (US);
Gentex Corporation, Zeeland, MI (US);
Abstract
A microphone assembly for a vehicle accessory includes one or more transducers positioned in a microphone housing. The microphone housing has at least one acoustic port to which the transducer is acoustically coupled. The microphone assembly further includes a windscreen sealed across the acoustic port. The windscreen having hydrophobic properties to prevent water from penetrating the microphone housing through the acoustic port.