Patent ID: 6374942
Filing Date: 2002-04-23
Classification: H04R

Abstract:
A speaker mounting system providing concurrent mechanical and electrical connections, comprising:a cylindrical speaker mount configured to attach to a speaker via a speaker-housing wall; a cylindrical enclosure mount having a diameter slightly different than the diameter of the cylindrical speaker mount, the different diameter allowing for axial coupling of the cylindrical speaker mount and the cylindrical enclosure mount to provide a mechanical speaker mounting system, the cylindrical enclosure mount further configured to attach to an enclosure wall; a first electrical connector located concentric to the speaker mount; a second electrical connector located concentric to the enclosure mount, wherein an electrical connection is established through a male and female relationship between the first and second electrical connectors; and a coupling mechanism configured to securely couple the cylindrical speaker mount with the cylindrical enclosure mount, the coupling mechanism being configured to allow full rotation of the cylindrical speaker mount in relation to the cylindrical enclosure mount about a cylindrical axis of the cylindrical speaker mount and the cylindrical enclosure mount, while maintaining electrical continuity during the full rotation of the cylindrical speaker mount in relation to the cylindrical enclosure mount, wherein fUll rotation of the cylindrical speaker mount comprises an unlimited range of rotation of the speaker mount in at least one direction relative to the enclosure mount.