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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2018
Filed:
May. 29, 2015
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Pablo Seoane Vieites, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Christopher Wilk, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Suzanne Hardy, San Jose, CA (US);
Alexander V. Salvatti, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Oliver Leonhardt, San Jose, CA (US);
Scott P. Porter, San Jose, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
An audio speaker having a suspension system including a surround to support a diaphragm within a frame and to reduce non-pistonic motion of the diaphragm at several resonant frequencies is disclosed. More particularly, embodiments of the surround include a film that undulates in a peripheral direction around the diaphragm and includes several undulations above and below a radial gap between the diaphragm and the frame. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.