Patent ID: 8229152

Claim:
A speaker connector for use with a first speaker and a second speaker, each speaker having a speaker housing including an internally threaded housing recess, the speaker connector comprising: a first speaker element having a first inward face, an opposing first outward face, and a first engagement wall extending between the first inward face and the first outward face along a first speaker element axis, the first speaker element being connectable to the first speaker to dispose the first inward face in a direction facing the first speaker; a second speaker element having a second inward face, an opposing second outward face, and a second engagement wall extending between the second inward face and the second outward face along a second speaker element axis, the second speaker element being connectable to the second speaker to dispose the second inward face in a direction facing the second speaker; and a connector housing having: a first housing end face and an opposing second housing end face, the first and second housing end faces being disposed on opposing sides of a housing medial portion; a first inner wall extending inwardly from the first housing end face towards the housing medial portion along a first housing axis to define a first housing recess, the first inner wall being sized and configured to engage with the first engagement wall with the first speaker element being received within the first housing recess to align the first speaker element axis with the first housing axis and to dispose the first inward face of the first speaker element in a direction facing away from the housing medial portion; and a second inner wall extending inwardly from the second housing end face towards the housing medial portion along a second housing axis to define a second housing recess, the second inner wall being sized and configured to engage with the second engagement wall with the second speaker element being received within the second housing recess to align the second speaker element axis with the second housing axis and to dispose the second inward face of the second speaker element in a direction facing away from the housing medial portion.