Flat transducer for surface actuation

    公开(公告)号:US11438701B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-09-06

    申请号:US17119567

    申请日:2020-12-11

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: A transducer assembly including a stiffener plate having a first side and a second side; a voice coil coupled to the second side of the stiffener plate; a magnet assembly positioned along the second side of the stiffener, the magnet assembly operable to produce a magnetic field that causes a movement of the magnet assembly relative to the voice coil; and a spring suspending the magnet assembly from the stiffener plate such that the movement of the magnet assembly drives a movement of the stiffener plate.

    HEADPHONE EARCUP WITH ADSORPTIVE MATERIAL

    公开(公告)号:US20220086561A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-17

    申请号:US17230792

    申请日:2021-04-14

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: A headphone earcup comprising: a frame defining an acoustic cavity that is acoustically coupled to a driver; an earcup cushion coupled to the frame and surrounding the acoustic cavity; and an adsorbent member acoustically coupled to the acoustic cavity to cause an acoustic enlargement of the acoustic cavity.

    Dual function transducer
    63.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11070920B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-07-20

    申请号:US16586130

    申请日:2019-09-27

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    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.

    AUDIO SPEAKER HAVING A RIGID ADSORPTIVE INSERT

    公开(公告)号:US20210195317A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-06-24

    申请号:US17170694

    申请日:2021-02-08

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: An audio speaker having an adsorptive insert in a speaker back volume, is disclosed. More particularly, an embodiment includes an adsorptive insert having a rigid open-pore body formed by bonded adsorptive particles. The rigid open-pore body includes interconnected macropores that transport air from the speaker back volume to adsorptive micropores in the bonded adsorptive particles during sound generation. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.

    FLAT TRANSDUCER FOR SURFACE ACTUATION

    公开(公告)号:US20210099807A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-04-01

    申请号:US17119567

    申请日:2020-12-11

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: A transducer assembly including a stiffener plate having a first side and a second side; a voice coil coupled to the second side of the stiffener plate; a magnet assembly positioned along the second side of the stiffener, the magnet assembly operable to produce a magnetic field that causes a movement of the magnet assembly relative to the voice coil; and a spring suspending the magnet assembly from the stiffener plate such that the movement of the magnet assembly drives a movement of the stiffener plate.

    DUAL FUNCTION TRANSDUCER
    66.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20210099805A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-04-01

    申请号:US16586218

    申请日:2019-09-27

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: A transducer assembly comprising: a magnet motor assembly comprising a first magnet plate and a second magnet plate arranged along an axis, a first support plate positioned between inward facing surfaces of the first magnet plate and the second magnet plate, a second support plate positioned along an outward facing surface of the first magnet plate to form a first magnetic gap between the first support plate and the second support plate, and a third support plate positioned along an outward facing surface of the second magnet plate to form a second magnetic gap between the first support plate and the third support plate; a voice coil coupled to the magnet motor assembly, wherein the voice coil is positioned around the first support plate and within the first magnetic gap and the second magnetic gap; and a piston coupled to the voice coil, wherein the piston is operable to vibrate in a direction parallel to the axis.

    Audio speaker having a rigid adsorptive insert

    公开(公告)号:US10917713B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-02-09

    申请号:US16268267

    申请日:2019-02-05

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: An audio speaker having an adsorptive insert in a speaker back volume, is disclosed. More particularly, an embodiment includes an adsorptive insert having a rigid open-pore body formed by bonded adsorptive particles. The rigid open-pore body includes interconnected macropores that transport air from the speaker back volume to adsorptive micropores in the bonded adsorptive particles during sound generation. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.

    AUDIO SPEAKER WITH BACK VOLUME CONTAINING ADSORPTIVE MATERIAL

    公开(公告)号:US20200288235A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-09-10

    申请号:US16883802

    申请日:2020-05-26

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: An audio speaker having a speaker housing surrounding a back volume that is divided into a rear cavity behind a speaker driver and an adsorption cavity separated from the rear cavity by a permeable partition, is disclosed. More particularly, the adsorption cavity may be defined between the speaker housing and the permeable partition, and may be directly filled with adsorptive particles to adsorb gas during sound generation. The permeable partition may allow the gas to flow between the rear cavity and the adsorption cavity, and may retain the adsorptive particles within the adsorption cavity. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.

    Speaker module architecture
    70.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10595107B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-03-17

    申请号:US15710779

    申请日:2017-09-20

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: An electronic device includes a housing having an opening comprising an audio port and a speaker assembly carried by the device housing. The speaker assembly includes a water ejection system having a diaphragm coupled to a magnetic driver and a mesh that covers the audio port where the diaphragm and the mesh together define an acoustic volume. When a water ejection signal is received at the magnetic driver, the magnetic driver is caused to move the diaphragm in a manner that ejects water contained within the acoustic volume out of the acoustic volume and through the mesh.

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