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公开(公告)号:US11595758B2
公开(公告)日:2023-02-28
申请号:US17177178
申请日:2021-02-16
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Gokhan Hatipoglu , Onur I. Ilkorur , Pablo Seoane Vieites , Christopher Wilk , Peter C. Hrudey
Abstract: A MEMS speaker can include an electrostatically driven, corrugated MEMS structure to move air without a magnet, coil, or traditional speaker membrane, and thus provide a low-power, compact speaker with a large acoustically active area in a small volume. Neighboring folds in the corrugated MEMS structure may form pairs of MEMS electrodes that can be pushed together and/or pulled apart to deform the MEMS structure in a breathing motion that generates pressure differentials on opposing sides of the corrugated MEMS structure to generate sound.
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公开(公告)号:US11451909B1
公开(公告)日:2022-09-20
申请号:US17220890
申请日:2021-04-01
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Claudio Notarangelo , Onur Ilkorur , Matthew A. Donarski , Christopher Wilk
Abstract: Implementations of the subject technology provide vented audio transducers such as vented speakers. A speaker assembly may define a first volume under a dome of the speaker and a second volume under a surround of the speaker. The first volume and the second volume may be separated by a speaker structure such as a voice coil. By venting the first volume to the second volume, the disclosed vented speakers can provide a flatter response at high frequencies and lower distortion relative to conventional speakers, by equalizing the pressure under the diaphragm during operation.
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公开(公告)号:US20210176547A1
公开(公告)日:2021-06-10
申请号:US17021879
申请日:2020-09-15
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Paul X. Wang , Chanjuan Feng , Christopher Wilk , Dinesh C. Mathew , Keith J. Hendren , Stuart M. Nevill , Daniel K. Boothe , Nicholas A. Rundle , Simon S. Lee , Xiang Zhang , Thomas H. Tsang , Rebecca J. Mikolajczyk
Abstract: An electronic device can include a housing defining an aperture and a display positioned in the aperture. The display and the housing can define an internal volume in which a speaker assembly is positioned. The speaker assembly can include a speaker module and a speaker enclosure in fluid communication, with the speaker enclosure at least partially defining a speaker volume.
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公开(公告)号:US20210099804A1
公开(公告)日:2021-04-01
申请号:US16586130
申请日:2019-09-27
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Rebecca J. Mikolajczyk , Onur I. Ilkorur , David S. Wilkes, JR. , Christopher Wilk , Michael J Newman
Abstract: A dual function transducer assembly comprising: a magnet motor assembly comprising a first magnet plate and a second magnet plate arranged in parallel to one another along a first axis; a sound output assembly coupled to the magnet motor assembly, the sound output assembly comprising a piston and a voice coil, and wherein the voice coil is arranged to cause a vibration of the piston in a direction parallel to the first axis; and a shaker assembly coupled to the magnet motor assembly, the shaker assembly comprising a first shaker coil and a second shaker coil arranged to cause a vibration of the magnet assembly in a direction parallel to a second axis that is perpendicular to the first axis.
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公开(公告)号:US10708694B2
公开(公告)日:2020-07-07
申请号:US15835365
申请日:2017-12-07
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Onur I. Ilkorur , Alexander V. Salvatti , Bonnie W. Tom , Oliver Leonhardt , Christopher Wilk
Abstract: A transducer assembly including a frame, a diaphragm positioned within the frame, a surround connecting the diaphragm to the frame, the surround having a corner section and a plurality of corrugations formed within the corner section, wherein each corrugation of the plurality of corrugations comprises a length dimension perpendicular to a line of maximum stress intersecting a radial axis of the corner section, a voice coil extending from one side of the diaphragm and a magnet assembly having a magnetic gap aligned with the voice coil.
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公开(公告)号:US10397693B1
公开(公告)日:2019-08-27
申请号:US15917426
申请日:2018-03-09
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Hongdan Tao , Anthony P. Grazian , Christopher Wilk , Matthew A. Donarski , Michael J. Newman , Onur I. Ilkorur
Abstract: An acoustic enclosure has a housing at least partially defining an acoustic chamber for an acoustic radiator. The housing defines an acoustic port from the acoustic chamber to a surrounding environment. An acoustic resonator has a first resonant chamber and a second resonant chamber. The acoustic resonator also has a first duct to acoustically couple the first resonant chamber with the acoustic chamber and a second duct to acoustically couple the second resonant chamber with the first resonant chamber. An electronic device can have an electro-acoustic transducer. Circuitry in the electronic device can drive the electro-acoustic transducer to emit sound over a selected frequency bandwidth. Damping provided by the first and the second resonant chambers can de-emphasize one or more frequencies and/or extend a frequency response of the acoustic enclosure to improve perceived sound quality emitted by the electronic device.
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公开(公告)号:US10334355B2
公开(公告)日:2019-06-25
申请号:US15514815
申请日:2015-09-29
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Martin E. Johnson , Christopher Wilk , John H. Sheerin , Suzanne Hardy , Tom-Davy William Jendrik Saux
Abstract: A loudspeaker array has a cabinet in which is formed a continuously open circumferential horn for controlling sound produced by a number of transducers which are positioned in the cabinet, at a throat of the horn. The continuously open circumferential horn may 1) improve the power efficiency of the transducers without unwanted aliasing effects in audible frequency ranges and 2) provide vertical control for sound emitted by the transducers by flaring.
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公开(公告)号:US10299032B2
公开(公告)日:2019-05-21
申请号:US15701335
申请日:2017-09-11
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Anthony P. Grazian , Christopher Wilk , Claudio Notarangelo , Hongdan Tao , Michael J. Newman , Onur I. Ilkorur , Thomas H. Tsang
Abstract: A micro-speaker assembly including an enclosure having an enclosure wall separating a surrounding environment from an encased space, wherein the enclosure wall defines an acoustic port from the encased space to the surrounding environment; a sound radiating surface positioned within the encased space and dividing the encased space into a front volume chamber and a back volume chamber, wherein the front volume chamber is acoustically coupled to a first surface of the sound radiating surface and the acoustic port, and the back volume chamber acoustically coupled to a second surface of the sound radiating surface; and a resonator acoustically coupled to the front volume chamber, wherein the resonator comprises a neck acoustically coupled to an acoustic cavity, and an opening to the neck is positioned at a distance from the acoustic port that corresponds to a quarter wavelength resonance of the front volume chamber.
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公开(公告)号:US20190149925A1
公开(公告)日:2019-05-16
申请号:US16224584
申请日:2018-12-18
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Anthony P. Grazian , Christopher Wilk , Hongdan Tao , Scott P. Porter , Michael Asfaw
Abstract: A speaker assembly including a frame and a magnet assembly positioned within the frame. The magnet assembly may include a magnet and a top plate. The assembly further including a sound radiating surface suspended over the magnet assembly. The sound radiating surface includes a flexible circuit. A suspension suspending the sound radiating surface over the magnet assembly is further provided. The suspension may be over molded to the sound radiating surface and the frame. A voice coil extends from a bottom side of the sound radiating surface and electrically connects to the flexible circuit.
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公开(公告)号:US10271127B2
公开(公告)日:2019-04-23
申请号:US15648106
申请日:2017-07-12
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: David A. Hurrell , Tyler B. Cater , Scott P. Porter , Salome Bavetta , Anthony P. Grazian , Benjamin J. Pope , Scott A. Myers , Ashutosh Y. Shukla , Benjamin M. Russo , Christopher Wilk , David MacNeil , Eric N. Nyland , Ihtesham H. Chowdhury , Joseph F. Maldonado , Kevin M. Froese , Richard Hung Minh Dinh , Ruchir M. Dave , Teemu P. Sipila , Yang Liu
Abstract: This disclosure describes a speaker assembly suitable for use in a portable electronic device utilizing water resistant ports. The speaker assembly can have an open back that subjects a back volume of the speaker to pressure differentials within a device housing of the portable electronic device. The speaker assembly can utilize a speaker surround having a varying thickness. The varying thickness speaker surround allows the speaker to maintain an acceptable frequency response profile while limiting the travel of the diaphragm it is coupled with. The disclosure also describes how electrically conductive pathways can be integrated within a housing of the speaker assembly.
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