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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2007

Filed:

Jun. 19, 2002
Applicants:

Simon Andrew Longbottom, Cambridge, GB;

Andrew Matheson, Belmont, MA (US);

Gareth Mckevitt, Cambridge, GB;

Richard Topliss, Cambridge, GB;

Matthew John Pitts, Cambridge, GB;

Mark Richard Shepherd, Hertfordshire, GB;

Inventors:

Simon Andrew Longbottom, Cambridge, GB;

Andrew Matheson, Belmont, MA (US);

Gareth McKevitt, Cambridge, GB;

Richard Topliss, Cambridge, GB;

Matthew John Pitts, Cambridge, GB;

Mark Richard Shepherd, Hertfordshire, GB;

Assignee:

1 . . .Limited, Cambridge, GB;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 25/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A loudspeaker for audible sound is described having a sound emitting element mounted onto a support structure and at least one actuator adapted to rotate said sound emitting element around a hinge section, wherein the actuator is made of piezoelectric material. In variants the actuator forms part of the hinge section and the loudspeaker is capable of generating vibrations through its support structure.


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