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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:
Jan. 22, 2002
Filed:
May. 17, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Masatoshi Okuyama, Mie, JP;
Masahide Sumiyama, Mie, JP;
Kazurou Okuzawa, Mie, JP;
Mutsufumi Fujii, Mie, JP;
Assignee:
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Inc., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 2/500 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 2/500 ;
Abstract
A speaker comprising a magnetic circuit containing at least a magnetic gap, a frame connected to the magnetic circuit, and an integral unit consisting of a ring shaped voice coil bobbin unit which is wound around with coil to be coupled in the magnetic gap, and a diaphragm unit formed in the shape of an inverse letter “U” disposed on an upper edge of the voice coil bobbin unit. This speaker provides enhanced rigidity, a reduction in production/assembly cost, and an improved sound pressure level.