Patent ID: 11937066
Assignee: POLK AUDIO, LLC
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A multi-channel single enclosure Height-Channel enabled soundbar loudspeaker system, comprising:
an enclosure having a front baffle surface, a top wall surface, a left sidewall, and a right sidewall, the front baffle surface including an upper edge, the front baffle surface terminating along the upper edge with the top wall surface;
a left-main and Height-Channel direct signal cancellation loudspeaker driver mounted at the front baffle surface;
a right-main and Height-Channel direct signal cancellation loudspeaker driver mounted at the front baffle surface;
a left Height-Channel speaker driver or multi-element array aimed upwardly from the top wall surface, positioned proximate to the left sidewall, and having a first acoustic center spaced from the left-main and Height-Channel direct signal cancellation loudspeaker driver by a distance DL-AC in a range of 2 to 8 inches; and
a right ATMOS Height-Channel speaker driver or multi-element array aimed upwardly from the top wall surface, positioned proximate to the right sidewall, and having a second acoustic center spaced from the right-main and Height-Channel direct signal cancellation loudspeaker driver 312R by a distance DR-AC in a range of 2 to 8 inches.