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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2019
Google Llc, Mountain View, CA (US);
Mark William Starnes, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
James East, San Jose, CA (US);
Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A panel audio loudspeaker includes a panel and an actuator rigidly coupled to a surface of the panel. The actuator includes: a magnet assembly that includes a permanent magnet arranged within a cup, wherein an air gap exists between sidewalls of the cup and the permanent magnet; and a coil rigidly coupled to the panel, the coil including a length of an electrically conducing wire wound in a coil and extending along an axis. The coil includes a first region having a first winding density and a second region having a second winding density higher than the first winding density, the second region at least partially extending into the air gap of the magnet assembly.