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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 28, 2004
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2001
Mitsukazu Kuze, Osaka, JP;
Shuji Saiki, Nara, JP;
Hiroyuki Takewa, Osaka, JP;
Satoshi Koura, Mie, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A loudspeaker includes: a bottom plate; a center pole provided upwardly from the bottom plate; a yoke surrounding the center pole and having a plurality of slits; a magnet for providing a magnetic flux for the center pole and the yoke; a coil provided between the center pole and the yoke; a first annular member for supporting the coil; a plurality of support members for supporting the first annular member, the plurality of support members being inserted into the plurality of slits; and a diaphragm supported by the plurality of support members, wherein upper faces of the plurality of support members gradually decrease in height in a direction away from the first annular member, and wherein a lower face of the coil is located below a position at which the diaphragm is supported by the plurality of support members.