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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2016
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Alexander V. Salvatti, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Onur I. Ilkorur, Campbell, CA (US);
Pablo Seoane Vieites, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
An electromagnetic transducer, such as an audio speaker, having a voicecoil disposed within a magnetic gap between a pair of magnetic arrays, e.g., Halbach arrays, is disclosed. In an example, the paired Halbach arrays include vertically-poled magnets to direct magnetic flux across the magnetic gap orthogonal to electrical current carried by a planar winding of the voicecoil. Accordingly, a Lorentz force may drive an oscillational mass, e.g., a speaker diaphragm, in a longitudinal direction orthogonal to the magnetic flux and the electrical current to generate vibration or sound. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.