Patent ID: 8459404

Claim:
A loudspeaker component, comprising: an electro-acoustic driver; a unitary plastic element that defines at least a portion of (i) a first acoustic volume that can be acoustically energized by the electro-acoustic driver, (ii) a first port which extends from the first acoustic volume and conducts acoustic energy from the first acoustic volume towards an environment external to a loudspeaker in which the plastic element resides, and (iii) a second port which conducts acoustic energy from a second acoustic volume, defined by the loudspeaker, towards the external environment, the first acoustic volume being located on a first side of the driver and the second acoustic volume being located on a second side of the driver, the first and second ports being substantially parallel with each other along at least a portion of their length, and wherein acoustic energy enters the external environment in substantially the same direction from the first and second ports.