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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2024
The United States of America, As Represented BY the Secretary of the Navy, Arlington, VA (US);
John E. Miesner, Fairfax, VA (US);
The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
Example embodiments provide a voice coil array speaker comprising a speaker assembly, a coil assembly, and a magnet assembly. The speaker assembly may comprise a speaker frame, a stationary base plate, a diaphragm configured to be capable of axial movement, a heat conducting front plate connected to the diaphragm, and thermal bridges configured to conduct heat from the heat conducting front plate to the speaker frame. The coil assembly may be connected to the heat conducting front plate, the coil assembly may comprise an array of coils wound around coil formers. The magnet assembly may be attached to the stationary base plate, the magnet assembly may comprise an array of laterally and vertically polarized magnets in contact with flux concentrators. The array of coils may be connected such that the direction of current flow alternates between clockwise and counterclockwise moving laterally across the array.