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Audio transducer

CA 1284837 C · Owner: Highwood Audio Inc. · Inventors: Burton, Paul

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An audio transducer device capable of acting as a full range speaker which achieves the propogation of a peaked wavefront from the diaphragm instead of generating a substantially planar wavefront as in the case of the common speaker construction utilizing a diaphragm driven as a piston. The speaker has a frame with a central open area in which is supported a substantially planar, thin, flexible film forming the diaphragm. The diaphragm is driven by a driver which imparts motion to the diaphragm at a small source area preferrably centrally disposed of the diaphragm, the motion being imparted in a direction normal to the plane of the diaphragm so that ripples radiate from the drive area and …

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  • Granted June 11, 1991. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended June 11, 2008.
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FiledJune 18, 1987
GrantedJune 11, 1991
Term endedJune 11, 2008
Patent numberCA 1284837 C
Classification (IPC)H04R9/06 +2 more

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1988199119941997200020032006Application filedJune 18, 1987Patent grantedJune 11, 1991Term endedJune 11, 2008

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