Patent ID: 9179213
Filing Date: 2015-11-03
Classification: H04R

Abstract:
1. A speaker apparatus for producing sound, comprising: a housing having a housing upper wall, the housing upper wall having a housing upper wall opening; a first cover having a first cover upper wall having a first cover upper wall opening, the first cover upper wall terminating radially inwardly in a substantially annular downwardly-opening first cover recess, the first cover seated within the housing such that the first cover upper wall is substantially adjacent to the housing upper wall and the first cover upper wall opening is substantially aligned with the housing upper wall opening; a driver having a radially-outwardly extending driver flange seated within the first cover recess, the driver further having a driver body that extends and is suspended substantially within the first cover; a third cover having a third cover lower wall, the third cover seated so as to at least partially be within the housing and partially abut the housing; a fourth cover having a fourth cover lower wall, the fourth cover lower wall having a fourth cover lower wall opening, the fourth cover seated so as to at least partially abut the third cover; a resonator seated between the third and fourth covers, the resonator having a resonator upper surface substantially adjacent to the third cover lower wall and having a resonator lower surface substantially adjacent to the fourth cover lower wall, the resonator further having a resonator bore formed in the resonator lower surface; and a resonator stand having a resonator stand base and a resonator stand stem extending substantially upwardly therefrom, the resonator stand stem passing through the fourth cover lower wall opening and seating within the resonator bore, whereby operation of the speaker apparatus results in electrical activation of the resonator transmitted from the resonator through the resonator stand to a surface the speaker apparatus is sitting on, such that the resonator enhances low frequency sound output.