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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 1997
Filed:
Jul. 08, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
Paul W Paddock, McMinnville, OR (US);
Assignee:
Linaeum Corporation, Portland, OR (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
381192 ; 381182 ; 381194 ;
Abstract
An audio transducer having a having a single magnet and an adjacent iron bar spaced apart to define a gap. The bar has two edges, each positioned near one pole of the magnet to define a respective field across the gap, with the fields being oppositely polarized. An electromagnetic coil is positioned to ocsillate within the gap in response to an audio signal. The transducer is assembled with an unmagnetized magnet. The magnet is magnetized after assembly by application of an external magnetic field.