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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2023
Applicant:
Alps Alpine Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Hiroki Toita, Fukushima, JP;
Yusuke Yoshida, Fukushima, JP;
Assignee:
ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 9/06 (2006.01); H04R 7/12 (2006.01); H04R 9/02 (2006.01); H04R 9/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 9/046 (2013.01); H04R 7/12 (2013.01); H04R 9/025 (2013.01); H04R 9/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
A speaker includes a diaphragm having a perfectly circular hole in which a bobbin is attached and an oval or elliptical outer peripheral end. The diaphragm includes a perfectly circular cross-sectional area in the range of a predetermined height above a base having the perfectly circular hole. The diaphragm further includes an intermediate area whose outer surface has a small curvature radius above the perfectly circular cross-sectional area and an expanded area that is oval in cross section above the intermediate area.