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Patent No.:

US 8582794 B1

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Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2013

Filed:

Nov. 29, 2010
Applicant:

Wayne Stanley Foletta, San Martin, CA (US);

Inventor:

Wayne Stanley Foletta, San Martin, CA (US);

Assignee:

Polycom, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

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

Systems, methods, and devices for improving speaker performance with an acoustic damped port are disclosed. In accordance with various embodiments of the present invention, a damping material is placed around a vented frame of a speaker driver, and substantially covers or fills the vents of the frame. In some embodiments, the damping material results in improved impedance matching with acoustic delay, without required dimensional tuning (as with conventional ports). In some embodiments, it also reduces the air velocity gradients minimizing higher order frequency distortion components. In some embodiments, the damping material also acts as an absorber of energy by coupling to the sound wave. In some embodiments, low-frequency performance is improved in a small-scale design.


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Foletta, Wayne. (2013). Speaker with acoustic damped port (U.S. Patent No. 8582794). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/8582794

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