Patent ID: 7343020
Filing Date: 2008-03-11
Classification: H04R

Abstract:
1. A sound system for providing reflected stereo audio to a listening position in a vehicle, comprising: a. a first smooth surface oriented at an upwardly inclined angle toward the listening position; b. a second surface positioned at an acute angle with respect to said first smooth surface forward of the listening position and facing said first smooth surface; wherein said first smooth surface is a front windshield and the second surface is a portion of a front dashboard; c. first and second planar magnetic transducers mounted to said second surface so as to be oriented toward said first smooth surface and wherein each of said first and second planar magnetic transducers includes a diaphragm having an elongated central axis; d. an acoustic enclosure mounted beneath each of said first and second transducers and said second surface; e. said first and second transducers being mounted relative to said second surface such that the elongated central axes of said diaphragms thereof are generally aligned and are oriented parallel to the listening position and with said first and second transducers being spaced from each other so that sound from said first planar magnetic transducer is directed to one ear of a person seated at the listening position and sound from said second planar magnetic transducer is directed to another ear of the person seated at the listening position, whereby audio from the first and second transducers is reflected from the first smooth surface toward the listening position providing stereo imaging; and f. an audio source connected to each of said first and second transducers.