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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 03, 2015
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Pablo Seoane Vieites, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Suzanne Hardy, San Jose, CA (US);
Christopher R. Wilk, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Alexander V. Salvatti, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Scott P. Porter, Cupertino, CA (US);
Justin D. Crosby, Cupertino, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A speaker driver including a frame and a magnet assembly positioned within the frame. A sound radiating surface may be suspended over the magnet assembly. The sound radiating surface may include a top face and a bottom face, and the bottom face may face the magnet assembly. A suspension member may suspend the sound radiating surface over the magnet assembly. The suspension member may include a top side connected to the bottom face of the sound radiating surface and a bottom side connected to assembly support member that is separate from the magnet assembly. A voice coil extends from the bottom face of the sound radiating surface.