1. A capacitor comprising:
a first electrode having a gap region;
a second electrode having a void; and
a conductive element extending through the void and connected to the first electrode adjacent to the gap region, wherein the gap region comprises two gap segments and the gap region forms a partial ring around the connection between the conductive element and the first electrode.
2. The capacitor of claim 1, wherein the first electrode and the second electrode comprise a metal.
3. The capacitor of claim 1, further comprising:
a plurality of first electrodes and a plurality of second electrodes, wherein the first electrodes and second electrodes are alternated in an aligned stack;
an insulating material between the first electrodes and second electrodes; and
a plurality of interconnections connected to the first electrodes to form a plurality of connections, wherein the interconnections are routed through a plurality of voids in the second electrodes and do not contact the second electrodes.
4. The capacitor of claim 1, further comprising:
a plurality of first terminals connected to the first electrodes; and
a plurality of second terminals connected to the second electrodes.
5. A capacitor comprising:
a first electrode having a first gap region;
a second electrode having a void;
a conductive element extending through the void and connected to the first electrode adjacent to the first gap region; and
a third electrode having a second gap region, wherein the conductive element is connected to the third electrode adjacent to the second gap region, wherein the first gap region and the second gap region are different sizes.
6. The capacitor of claim 5, wherein the first gap region comprises at least two gap segments.
7. The capacitor of claim 5, wherein the second gap region comprises at least two gap segments.
8. A capacitor comprising:
a first electrode having a first gap region;
a second electrode having a void;
a conductive element extending through the void and connected to the first electrode adjacent to the first gap region; and
a third electrode having a second gap region, wherein the conductive element is connected to the third electrode adjacent to the second gap region, wherein the first gap region and the second gap region are different shapes.
9. The capacitor of claim 8, wherein the first gap region comprises at least two gap segments.
10. The capacitor of claim 8, wherein the second gap region comprises at least two gap segments.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A loudspeaker speaker system comprising:
a main chamber having a first driver; and
a third chamber acoustically coupled to the main chamber by a second vent;
wherein the main chamber is pivotable about the third chamber by the second vent and the second vent is a variable aperture vent that is coupled to constrict and expand with a pivoting movement of the main chamber relative to the third chamber.
2. The loudspeaker system as recited in claim 1 further comprising a second chamber acoustically coupled to the main chamber by a first vent, wherein the main chamber is pivotable about the first and second vents relative to the second and third chambers.
3. The loudspeaker system as recited in claim 2 wherein each of the main, second, and third chambers include a vent coupled to the ambient environment.
4. The loudspeaker system as recited in claim 3 wherein the main chamber is pivotable relative to the second and third chambers in a range from 0 to at least +\u2212 10 degrees from a median position.
5. The loudspeaker system as recited in claim 1 wherein the main chamber is substantially oriented such that the first driver fires in a side direction perpendicular to the axis between the speaker and a listener position.
6. The loudspeaker system as recited in claim 1 further comprising a fourth chamber having a second driver mounted therein and configured for reproducing audio having a higher frequency band than the primary audio reproduction frequency band for the main chamber.
7. The loudspeaker system as recited in claim 6 wherein the fourth chamber and second driver combination is configured for reproducing audio in a midhigh frequency band.
8. The loudspeaker system as recited in claim 6 wherein the second driver mounted within the fourth chamber is configured to fire substantially along the axis between the listener and the speaker system.
9. The loudspeaker system as recited in claim 3 wherein the pivoting movement is configured to occur about a vent pivot axis and the vent pivot axis located to substantially intersect with the first driver axis.
10. The loudspeaker system as recited in claim 3 wherein the pivoting movement is configured to occur about a vent pivot axis and the vent pivot axis is located eccentrically from the first driver axis.
11. The loudspeaker system as recited in claim 3 wherein at least one of the vents are resistively damped vents.
12. The loudspeaker system as recited in claim 3 wherein at least one of the vents are Helmholtz resonators.
13. The loudspeaker system as recited in claim 1 wherein the variable aperture vent is controlled by an overlap in openings from two adjacent discs.
14. A loudspeaker system comprising:
a main chamber housing a driver firing in substantially a side direction relative to an axis between the loudpeaker system and a listener;
a second chamber acoustically coupled to the main chamber;
a third chamber acoustically coupled to the main chamber, wherein the main chamber is configured to pivot relative to both of the second and third chambers, and wherein the speaker system is configured such that the acoustic properties of the main chamber vary in response to rotation of the main chamber relative to the third chamber.
15. The loudspeaker system as recited in claim 14 wherein combination vent pivots located between the main chamber and each of the second and third chambers enables the main chamber to pivot relative to the second and third chambers and provides acoustic coupling between said chambers.
16. The loudspeaker system as recited in claim 15 wherein the combination vent pivots are formed along a pivoting axis and the pivoting axis substantially intersects the main chamber driver axis.
17. The loudspeaker system as recited in claim 15 wherein at least one combination vent pivot is a variable aperture vent configured to simultaneously vary the aperture size in response to a rotation movement of the main chamber relative to the third chamber.
18. The loudspeaker system as recited in claim 15 wherein the opening size in the variable aperture vent is controlled by the overlap in openings from two adjacent discs forming the vent.
19. The loudspeaker system as recited in claim 15 wherein the driver in the main chamber is oriented in a side firing direction relative to an intended listener and configured to reproduce lower mid and bass frequencies and the loudspeaker system further comprises a fourth chamber having a front firing second driver mounted therein and configured for reproducing midhigh frequencies.