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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 1992
Filed:
Mar. 08, 1991
William N House, Bloomington, IN (US);
Harman International Industries, Incorporated, Northridge, CA (US);
Abstract
A returnless coil motor assembly comprising a voice coil, first and second magnets, the poles of the first and second magnets providing aligned, opposing lines of force in first and second opposite directions, a first spacer having a first face adjacent a pole of the first magnet and a second opposite face, a second spacer having a first face adjacent the like pole of the second magnet and a second opposite face, a third magnet oriented between the second faces of the first and second spacers, and the voice coil mounted in close proximity to the third magnet, the third magnet providing lines of force extending in a third direction generally transverse to both the first and second directions, and the voice coil having a direction of motion extending generally perpendicular to the third direction.