Claims
- 1. A speaker enclosure capable of minimizing standing waves and resonance, comprising:
a front face coupled to a transducer having an operating frequency range of between about 100 Hz and about 2.5 KHz; a rear cover enclosing the transducer and adapted to couple to the front face, the rear cover formed from a plurality of surfaces, where each of the surfaces is not parallel to any other surface, and where at least one of the plurality of surfaces is a substantially flat surface having a greater tendency to resonate than the other surfaces; and a plurality of ribs formed on the substantially flat surface to strengthen the flat surface and increase its resonant frequency to be greater than the operating frequency range of the transducer.
- 2. The speaker enclosure according to claim 1, wherein at least a portion of the ribs is curved.
- 3. The speaker enclosure according to claim 1, wherein the rear cover completely seals the transducer.
- 4. A speaker enclosure, comprising:
a front face adapted to couple with a transducer; and a rear cover adapted to couple with the front face, where the rear cover encloses the transducer and has a plurality of non-parallel surfaces.
- 5. The speaker enclosure according to claim 4, wherein the plurality of surfaces include a top surface having a dome shaped surface and an opposing base surface having a flat shaped surface.
- 6. The speaker enclosure according to claim 4, wherein the plurality of surfaces include a flat shaped back surface opposing the front face.
- 7. The speaker enclosure according to claim 1, wherein the transducer operates at a predetermined frequency range and the plurality of surfaces include a back surface that is substantially flat and has a plurality of ribs to increase its resonant frequency to be above the predetermined frequency range of the transducer.
- 8. The speaker enclosure according to claim 7, wherein the predetermined frequency range of the transducer is between about 100 Hz and about 2.5 KHz.
- 9. The speaker enclosure according to claim 7, wherein the plurality of ribs increase the resonant frequency of the back surface to about 6.0 KHz.
- 10. The speaker enclosure according to claim 7, wherein at least a portion of the plurality of ribs is curved.
- 11. The speaker enclosure according to claim 10, wherein the speaker enclosure is sealed.
- 12. A speaker enclosure, comprising:
means for diffusing standing waves within a sealed speaker enclosure; and means for configuring the sealed speaker enclosure to resonate above an operating frequency range of a transducer.
- 13. The speaker enclosure according to claim 12, wherein the sealed speaker enclosure is a plurality of surfaces that are substantially nonparallel with any other surface.
- 14. The speaker enclosure according to claim 13, wherein at least a portion of the plurality of surfaces is prone to resonate within the operating frequency range of the transducer.
- 15. The speaker enclosure according to claim 13, wherein at least a portion of the plurality of surfaces is strengthened to resonate above the operating frequency range of the transducer.
- 16. A method for configuring a speaker, comprising:
enclosing a transducer having an operating frequency range, the enclosing having a plurality of surfaces which are substantially nonparallel to other surfaces to minimize occurrence of standing waves within the speaker enclosure, the plurality of surfaces having a resonating surface that is prone to resonate within the operating frequency of the transducer; and strengthening the resonating surface so that it resonates above the operating frequency range of the transducer.
- 17. The method according to claim 16, further including curving at least a portion of the plurality of surfaces to strengthen that portion of the plurality of surfaces.
- 18. The method according to claim 16, wherein the strengthening is a plurality of ribs spaced apart along the resonating surface to divide the resonating surface to segments that resonates above the operating frequency of the transducer.
- 19. The method according to claim 18, wherein at least a portion of the plurality of ribs are curved to further strengthen the portion of the plurality of ribs.
- 20. A method according to claim 16, wherein the operating range of the transducer is between about 100 Hz and about 2.5 KHz.
CROSS-REFERENCES TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is a non-provisional application claiming priority of U.S. provisional application Serial No. 60/302,830 filed Jul. 2, 2001.
Provisional Applications (1)
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60302830 |
Jul 2001 |
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