i thought kicker had a patent on this...

[Bdawg15 10+ year member]

square subs..

http://www.sonicelectronix.com/item_2173.html#

Click to read more...

 

[davidfre21 5,000+ posts]

i doubt they do, or if anything it would be a patent on either the technology that went into their subs (what puts thiers apart from others) or part that are used on it (basket)

 

[ultimate157 5,000+ posts]

Nope.

 

[yacob.naif 10+ year member]

just on the rippled corners

that sub will have even lower xmax, if you can imagine....

 

[Bdawg15 10+ year member]

Nope.

http://www.kicker.com

go to products then L7 and it says its patented under The Hype

 

[azbass 5,000+ posts]

they have a patent on the ridges on the corners of the woofer. or so i have been told.

 

[thadman 10+ year member]

delete

 

[thadman 10+ year member]

http://www.kicker.com
go to products then L7 and it says its patented under The Hype

lawl:laugh: //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif

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[Louisiana_CRX 5,000+ posts]

I wonder when Kicker will come out with a lighted dustcap?

 

[yacob.naif 10+ year member]

that would be funny as shit if hifonics went out and got a patent on the square speaker.

 

[Astyl 10+ year member]

It may just be me but that subwoofer looks like a complete pile of dogshit, it looks like the cone is made out of an aluminum coke can

 

[XTRProBoy 10+ year member]

I'm just guessing here but I think the reason Kicker actually didn't get a patent on a square sub/speaker, is because it might not be possible (hence why they patented the ridges on the edge of the surround instead).

You can't get a patent for anything/everything. There's certain things that can't be patented for a variety of reasons, often "legally determined", so my best guess would be that a speaker shape cannot be patented (at least not in the US) and that's why Kicker doesn't have a patent on it. (Could also be that someone else had the patent before Kicker and Kicker pays them royalties, but I never heard of that so I don't think that's the case).

 

[yacob.naif 10+ year member]

they claim 23mm of xmax........

i don't believe a square sub could move that far even with the rippled corners.....

that cone would have to be under a LOAD of stress

 

[stuckinok 5,000+ posts]

i forgot what the name of the sub was but there is a 22in square sub with four different motors on it that looks really gay....but dont laugh at though hifonics unless youve heard them. The older blue ones rocked and some might say they sounded better then L7s //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

 

[thatkidbob 10+ year member]

^

the solo X does...