Patent ID: 11863957
Assignee: HARMAN INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. An omnidirectional loudspeaker, comprising:
a lower horn member having a generally convex, upwardly-facing outer wall;
an upper horn member spaced from the lower horn member and having a generally convex, downwardly-facing outer wall; and
at least one compression driver connected to one of the lower or the upper horn members along a central axis and including a motor assembly, a dome diaphragm operably connected to the motor assembly and having a convex surface and a concave surface, a phasing plug having a bottom portion and a top portion, the bottom portion having a concave bottom surface adjacent the convex surface of the diaphragm and defining a compression chamber therebetween,
wherein the lower and the upper horn members are coupled via the at least one compression driver in spaced relationship along the central axis to define a passageway for radiating sound waves generated by the at least one compression driver in a generally horizontal 360° radiation pattern.