Appendix 2

US Crossover Patents

These US patents concentrate on both active and passive crossover design, but they also have much information on loudspeaker design in general. This list does not pretend to be complete, but following the references in each patent should give a comprehensive overview of the field. Dates are for publication, not filing.

2 771 518

Sziklai

Frequency band separation amplifier

November 1956

2 802 054

Corney

Sound reproducing apparatus

August 1957

3 457 370

Boner

Impedance correcting networks

July 1969

3 657 480

Cheng et al

Multi channel audio system with crossover network feeding separate amplifiers for each channel with direct coupling to low-frequency loudspeaker

April 1972

3 727 004

Bose

Loudspeaker system

April 1973

3 814 857

Thomasen

2-way loudspeaker system with two tandem-connected high-range speakers

June 1974

3 838 215

Haynes Jr

Speakers and crossover circuit

September 1974

4 015 089

Ishii et al

Linear phase response multi-way speaker system

March 1977

4 031 321

Bakgaard

Loudspeaker systems

June 1977

4 198 540

Cizek

Compensated crossover network

April 1980

4 229 619

Takahashi

Method and apparatus for driving multi way speakers

October 1980

4 243 840

Kates

Loudspeaker system

January 1981

4 282 402

Liontonia

Design of crossover network for hifi

August 1981

4 430 527

Eberbach

Loudspeaker crossover delay equaliser

February 1984

4 475 233

Watkins

Resistively damped loudspeaker system

October 1984

4 525 857

Orban

Crossover network & clipper

June 1985

4 589 135

Baker

Zero phase shift filtering

May 1986

4 769 848

Eberbach

Electroacoustic network delay HF

Sep 1988

4 771 466

Modafferi

Multidriver loudspeaker apparatus

Sep 1988

4 897 879

Geluk (B&W)

Multi-way loudspeaker system

January 1990

4 991 221

Rush

Active speaker system and components therefor

February 1991

5 129 006

Hill

Electronic audio signal amplifier

July 1992

5 185 801

Meyer

Correction circuit and method for 2-way speaker

February 1993

5 327 505

Kim

Multiple output transformers network for sound reproducing system July 1994

5 568 560

Combest

Audio crossover circuit

October 1996

5 930 374

Werrbach

Phase coherent crossover

July 1999

6 115 475

Alexander

Capacitor-less crossover network for electro-acoustic loudspeakers

Sep 2000

6 381 334

Alexander

Series-configured crossover network for electro-acoustic loudspeakers

April 2002

6 707 919

Koval

Driver control circuit

March 2004

6 854 005

Thiele

Crossover filter system and method

February 2005

7 085 389

Modafferi

Infinite slope loudspeaker crossover

August 2006

7 876 920

Harvey

Active crossover for use with multi-driver headphones

January 2011

8 391 535

Harvey

Active crossover for use with multi-driver in-ear monitors

March 2013

9 258 646

Hillman

Self-powered audio speaker having modular components

February 2016

Patent Applications

20120213386

Knight

Audio crossover system and method

August 2012

20140219480

Collins

Phase-Unified Loudspeakers: Parallel Crossovers

August 2014

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