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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:
Feb. 13, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 03, 2015
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventor:
Alexander V. Salvatti, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Assignee:
APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 9/02 (2006.01); H04R 9/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 9/025 (2013.01); H04R 9/06 (2013.01); H04R 2209/024 (2013.01); H04R 2499/11 (2013.01);
Abstract
An audio speaker having a voicecoil running along a diaphragm surface, and a magnetic array, e.g., a Halbach array, configured to direct a magnetic field toward the voicecoil to drive the diaphragm and generate sound. In an embodiment, multiple Halbach arrays are used to drive the same voicecoil winding or to drive separate, respective voicecoil windings on the diaphragm surface. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.