Patent ID: 8103033
Filing Date: 2012-01-24
Classification: H04R

Abstract:
1. An audio system for reproducing sound stored on a memory disk in a portable device having a device connector comprising: an enclosure; a transducer that is mounted to the enclosure, the transducer creating a vibration of the enclosure in response to being driven by an audio signal; and a cradle assembly that mechanically and electrically couples the portable device to the enclosure through one or more isolators such that only a portion of the vibration is coupled to the portable device memory disk and having a cradle connector connectable to the device connector for receiving an audio signal stored on a memory disk in the portable device, the enclosure being supported substantially entirely by the cradle assembly which releasably supports the portable device, the one or more isolators being interposed between the enclosure and a surface on which the audio system is placed such that only a portion of the vibration is coupled to the surface.