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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 08, 2006
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2004
Toshihiro Hikichi, Yamagata-ken, JP;
Toshihiro Hikichi, Yamagata-ken, JP;
Pioneer Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Tohoku Pioneer Corporation, Yamagata, JP;
Abstract
It is an object of the invention to provide an improved speaker apparatus which maintains the advantages as an inverted dome speaker and has a good directivity and a thin thickness, as well as a broad playback frequency band extending from a high frequency band to a low frequency band. The speaker apparatus includes a dome diaphragm carrying a voice coil and having a concave cross section protruding towards the voice coil, an edge provided on the outer periphery of the dome diaphragm, having a concave cross section protruding towards the voice coil, and supporting the dome diaphragm on a frame, and a magnetic circuit forming a magnetic gap containing the voice coil. Particularly, the edge has a broad edge width {b=(1.5−3)a} bearing a lower playback frequency band than a playback frequency band born by the dome diaphragm.