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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2013
Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Akiko Fujise, Osaka, JP;
Shuji Saiki, Nara, JP;
Sawako Kano, Hyogo, JP;
Toshiyuki Matsumura, Osaka, JP;
Atsushi Sakaguchi, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A loudspeaker includes: a frame; a yoke fixed to the frame; a magnet fixed to the yoke; a plate fixed to an upper surface of the magnet which is opposite to a surface of the magnet which is fixed to the yoke; a vibratable voice coil arranged in a first magnetic gap formed between the yoke and the plate; a diaphragm having an outer-edge portion joined to the voice coil; and a support member supporting the diaphragm in a vibratable manner, and composed of edges, one end of each edge being fixed to the frame. The plate is composed of: a flat-plate part fixed to the upper surface of the magnet, and having, at an upper surface thereof, a planar portion extending from the outer-edge portion up to a predetermined distance; and a protruding part disposed on the flat-plate part excluding the planar portion, and protruding toward the diaphragm.