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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2020

Filed:

Dec. 18, 2018
Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Anthony P. Grazian, Los Gatos, CA (US);

Christopher Wilk, Mountain View, CA (US);

Hongdan Tao, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Scott P Porter, Cupertino, CA (US);

Michael Asfaw, Mountain View, CA (US);

Assignee:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 9/02 (2006.01); H04R 9/06 (2006.01); H04R 31/00 (2006.01); H04R 7/12 (2006.01); H04R 7/18 (2006.01); H04R 29/00 (2006.01); H04R 9/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 9/06 (2013.01); H04R 7/125 (2013.01); H04R 7/18 (2013.01); H04R 9/025 (2013.01); H04R 29/001 (2013.01); H04R 31/003 (2013.01); H04R 9/045 (2013.01); H04R 2307/025 (2013.01);
Abstract

A speaker assembly including a frame and a magnet assembly positioned within the frame. The magnet assembly may include a magnet and a top plate. The assembly further including a sound radiating surface suspended over the magnet assembly. The sound radiating surface includes a flexible circuit. A suspension suspending the sound radiating surface over the magnet assembly is further provided. The suspension may be over molded to the sound radiating surface and the frame. A voice coil extends from a bottom side of the sound radiating surface and electrically connects to the flexible circuit.


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