IP Library Granted Patent US 11,509,982
Granted Patent B2
US 11,509,982 · App. 17/228,619 · Granted Nov 22, 2022

Audio device mount assembly

Inventors: Vincent William Ellis (Hillsboro, OR); William John Done (Portland, OR)
Assignee: Biamp Systems, LLC
H04R1/025H04R1/026H04R2201/021
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,509,982
App. No.
17/228,619
Granted
Nov 22, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

Example embodiments provide a device that includes a support plate having a flat base portion and an elongated portion which extends perpendicular to the flat base portion, and a housing embodying one or more of a microphone and a speaker, and a housing backside having a set of screw holes configured to receive a set of screws to secure the support plate flat base portion to be flush mounted against the housing.

Claims (7)

1. An apparatus comprising:

a housing embodying one or more of a microphone and a speaker; and

a support plate comprising a flat base portion and an elongated portion which extends perpendicular to the flat base portion and wherein the elongated portion comprises a threaded bolt with a hollow center, and a slot opening that extends uniformly from a top of the threaded bolt to an outer surface area of the flat base portion to permit an object to pass through the elongated portion into a recessed portion of the housing; and

a nut plate screwed onto the threaded bolt of the elongated portion of the support plate, wherein the nut plate comprises a slot opening in a portion of a threaded center.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the housing comprises a backside with a set of screw holes configured to receive a set of screws to secure the support plate flat base portion to be flush mounted against the housing.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the slot opening which extends from the threaded center of the nut plate comprises screw threads, to an exterior surface of the nut plate.

4. The apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the slot opening provides a passage way for a cable to pass through into the elongated portion when the nut plate is screwed onto the elongated portion.

Assignments (2)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded May 3, 2024
From: BIAMP SYSTEMS, LLC
To: MIDCAP FINANCIAL TRUST, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 067308/0631 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 22, 2021
From: ELLIS, VINCENT WILLIAM; DONE, WILLIAM JOHN
To: BIAMP SYSTEMS, LLC
Reel/Frame 056620/0072 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation 16778125 · Jan 31, 2020
Provisional Application 62801053 · Feb 4, 2019
Related Publication 20210235175A1 · Jul 29, 2021