Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Loudspeaker diaphragm
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Application No.: US14885668Application Date: 2015-10-16
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Publication No.: US09681233B2Publication Date: 2017-06-13
- Inventor: Richard Warren Little
- Applicant: Sonos, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Santa Barbara
- Assignee: Sonos, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Sonos, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Santa Barbara
- Agency: McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP
- Main IPC: H04R1/00
- IPC: H04R1/00 ; H04R7/16 ; H04R9/04 ; H04R31/00 ; H04R7/12

Abstract:
Embodiments are provided for configurations of a loudspeaker. The loudspeaker may include a frame, a magnetic structure having a magnetic gap, a voice coil suspended within the magnetic gap, a first suspension element, a diaphragm, and a second suspension element. The first suspension element may have an inner rim and an outer rim attached to the frame. The diaphragm may have an outer portion and a continuous central portion attached to the voice coil via a first coupler. The outer portion of the diaphragm may be attached to the inner rim of the first suspension element. The second suspension element may have an inner rim and an outer rim attached to the frame. The inner rim of the second suspension element may be attached to the diaphragm via a second coupler along a circumferential middle section of the diaphragm between the continuous central portion and outer portion of the diaphragm.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160044418A1 Loudspeaker Diaphragm Public/Granted day:2016-02-11
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