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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. 23, 2026

Filed:

Oct. 05, 2023
Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Bao Liu, San Jose, CA (US);

Junyi Yang, Fremont, CA (US);

Yin Yuan, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Zhiwei Liu, Shanghai, CN;

Scott P. Porter, San Jose, CA (US);

Jordi Antoni Garcia Selva, San Jose, CA (US);

Kieran Poulain, San Francisco, CA (US);

Yanchu Xu, San Jose, CA (US);

Kang Hou, Milpitas, CA (US);

Stuart M. Nevill, Los Gatos, CA (US);

Assignee:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 1/28 (2006.01); H04R 1/02 (2006.01); H04R 7/04 (2006.01); H04R 9/02 (2006.01); H04R 9/04 (2006.01); H04R 9/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 1/2896 (2013.01); H04R 1/025 (2013.01); H04R 7/04 (2013.01); H04R 9/025 (2013.01); H04R 9/045 (2013.01); H04R 9/063 (2013.01);
Abstract

A speaker assembly including a first speaker comprising a first diaphragm and a first voice coil movably coupled to a first magnet assembly, wherein the first diaphragm faces a first direction, the first voice coil moves along a first axis in the first direction when driven by an audio signal and the first magnet assembly is coupled to a fixed structure by a first compliant mounting member; and a second speaker laterally offset from the first speaker and including a second diaphragm and a second voice coil movably coupled to a second magnet assembly, wherein the second diaphragm faces a second direction different from the first direction, the second voice coil moves along a second axis in the second direction when driven by an audio signal and the second magnet assembly is coupled to the fixed structure by a second compliant mounting member.


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