Michael W Strange

US Patent:

20170099542, Apr 6, 2017

Filed:

May 1, 2015

Appl. No.:

15/308536

Inventors:

Michael L. STRANGE - Petaluma CA, US
Doug WRIGHT - Petaluma CA, US
Vance DICKASON - Lake Oswego OR, US
- Petaluma CA, US

International Classification:

H04R 1/28
H04R 1/26
H04R 1/02

Abstract:

A loudspeaker damping assembly can mechanically damp or isolate a loudspeaker transducer from a mounting surface. The damping assembly can include a loudspeaker housing or frame that receives a loudspeaker transducer, and a flexible, deformable, or conformable flange damper extending outward from an edge of the loudspeaker housing. The flange damper can be positioned against a loudspeaker wall or ceiling mounting surface. The damping assembly optionally includes a clamp damper opposite the flange damper, or a peripheral edge damper at an outer perimeter edge of the loudspeaker housing. In an example, a loudspeaker system includes a low frequency first transducer and an array of high frequency transducers overlapping a front face of the low frequency transducer. In an example, the transducer array has an arcuate profile, and an axis of the array is non-coaxial with a central axis of the first transducer.

US Patent:

20140233778, Aug 21, 2014

Filed:

Nov 22, 2013

Appl. No.:

14/087945

Inventors:

- Petaluma CA, US
Michael L. Strange - Petaluma CA, US
Doug S. Wright - Coeur d'Alene ID, US

Assignee:

Core Brands, LLC - Petaluma CA

International Classification:

H04R 1/02

US Classification:

381333

Abstract:

A modular sound component system can be configured to be located at least partially behind a wall surface, wherein the wall surface is supported by multiple vertical studs. The modular system can include a rail system that is in contact with the wall surface and at least one sound reproduction module coupled to the rail system. The sound reproduction module can include a body that can be disposed on a stud-side of the wall surface, and the module can include an attachment feature that is slidably coupleable to the rail system. In an example, the sound reproduction module can include a loudspeaker assembly, an amplifier assembly, or other device. Multiple modules can be slidably coupled to the rail system, such as on different sides of a wall stud. A wired communication link can couple the multiple modules, such as across a wall surface-side of the wall stud.