公开(公告)号：US20210185450A1

公开(公告)日：2021-06-17

申请号：US17175496

申请日：2021-02-12

Applicant: APPLE INC.

Inventor： Onur I. Ilkorur ,  Miikka O. Tikander ,  Christopher Wilk ,  Bonnie W. Tom

IPC: H04R9/02 ,  H04R9/06 ,  H04R7/16

Abstract: A planar magnetic driver including a radiating surface having a trace-free central region is described. The driver has a magnet defining an acoustic opening on a central axis. A diaphragm of the planar magnetic driver is held by mounts having a mounting profile around the central axis, and the diaphragm includes a radiating surface facing the acoustic opening. An innermost conductive trace on the diaphragm extends around a central region of the radiating surface within a magnetic flux of the magnet such that no conductive traces are on the central region. A radial distance between the innermost conductive trace and the mounting profile is less than another radial distance between the innermost conductive trace and the central axis. Accordingly, an excursion range of the diaphragm along the central axis is greater than a gap distance between the conductive trace and the magnet. Other aspects are also described and claimed.

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

IPC: H04R7/18 ,  H04R9/02 ,  H04R9/06 ,  H04R7/16

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.

公开(公告)号：US20230396921A1

公开(公告)日：2023-12-07

申请号：US18200262

申请日：2023-05-22

Applicant: APPLE INC.

Inventor： Abhaya Parthy ,  Dipanjan Sen ,  Bonnie W. Tom ,  Jonathan D. Sheaffer ,  Justin D. Crosby ,  Symeon Delikaris Manias ,  Emily A. Wigley

IPC: H04R3/00

CPC classification number: H04R3/005 ,  H04R31/00

Abstract: A multi-radius spherical microphone that includes an inner body defining an inner sphere having an inner radius from a center; a plurality of inner microphones coupled to the inner spherical body and defining an array of inner microphones; an outer body defining an dodecahedron, wherein the inner body and the outer body are concentric about the center; and a plurality of outer microphones coupled to the outer body at respective vertices of the dodecahedron and defining an array of outer microphones, wherein each of the plurality of outer microphones is positioned radially equidistant from the center.

公开(公告)号：US10959024B2

公开(公告)日：2021-03-23

申请号：US16144813

申请日：2018-09-27

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Onur I Ilkorur ,  Miikka O. Tikander ,  Christopher Wilk ,  Bonnie W. Tom

IPC: H04R9/02 ,  H04R9/06 ,  H04R7/16

Abstract: A planar magnetic driver including a radiating surface having a trace-free central region is described. The driver has a magnet defining an acoustic opening on a central axis. A diaphragm of the planar magnetic driver is held by mounts having a mounting profile around the central axis, and the diaphragm includes a radiating surface facing the acoustic opening. An innermost conductive trace on the diaphragm extends around a central region of the radiating surface within a magnetic flux of the magnet such that no conductive traces are on the central region. A radial distance between the innermost conductive trace and the mounting profile is less than another radial distance between the innermost conductive trace and the central axis. Accordingly, an excursion range of the diaphragm along the central axis is greater than a gap distance between the conductive trace and the magnet. Other aspects are also described and claimed.

公开(公告)号：US11617039B2

公开(公告)日：2023-03-28

申请号：US17175496

申请日：2021-02-12

Applicant: APPLE INC.

Inventor： Onur I. Ilkorur ,  Miikka O. Tikander ,  Christopher Wilk ,  Bonnie W. Tom

IPC: H04R9/02 ,  H04R9/06 ,  H04R7/16

Abstract: A planar magnetic driver including a radiating surface having a trace-free central region is described. The driver has a magnet defining an acoustic opening on a central axis. A diaphragm of the planar magnetic driver is held by mounts having a mounting profile around the central axis, and the diaphragm includes a radiating surface facing the acoustic opening. An innermost conductive trace on the diaphragm extends around a central region of the radiating surface within a magnetic flux of the magnet such that no conductive traces are on the central region. A radial distance between the innermost conductive trace and the mounting profile is less than another radial distance between the innermost conductive trace and the central axis. Accordingly, an excursion range of the diaphragm along the central axis is greater than a gap distance between the conductive trace and the magnet. Other aspects are also described and claimed.

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.

Inventor： Onur I. Ilkorur ,  Michael J. Newman ,  Bonnie W. Tom ,  Christopher Wilk

IPC: H04R11/02 ,  H04R9/02 ,  H04R9/06 ,  H04R9/04 ,  G10K9/13

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.

公开(公告)号：US20190082262A1

公开(公告)日：2019-03-14

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

IPC: H04R7/18 ,  H04R9/02

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.

公开(公告)号：US20180211775A1

公开(公告)日：2018-07-26

申请号：US15878229

申请日：2018-01-23

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Alexander V. Salvatti ,  Bonnie W. Tom

IPC: H01F41/04 ,  H01F7/06 ,  H01F27/28 ,  H01F27/29 ,  H01F41/12 ,  H01F27/32 ,  H04R9/04

CPC classification number: H01F41/041 ,  H01F7/0289 ,  H01F7/06 ,  H01F17/0013 ,  H01F27/2804 ,  H01F27/29 ,  H01F27/323 ,  H01F41/12 ,  H01F41/122 ,  H01F2027/2809 ,  H04R1/06 ,  H04R7/10 ,  H04R9/046 ,  H04R9/047 ,  H04R31/003

Abstract: A multilayer circuit structure has a number of electrically conductive trace layers, separated from each other by a number of electrically insulating layers. The thickness of any given one of the conductive trace layers is greater than the thickness of its adjacent one of the insulating layers. Also, each of the conductive trace layers is bonded to an adjacent one of the insulating layers, and is electrically joined to an adjacent one of the conductive trace layers through a gap in the adjacent one of the insulator layers that is between them. Other aspects are also described and claimed.

公开(公告)号：US20170273180A1

公开(公告)日：2017-09-21

申请号：US15157314

申请日：2016-05-17

Applicant: APPLE INC.

Inventor： David J. Drennan ,  Bruce Berg ,  Joseph Nazari ,  Bonnie W. Tom ,  Kristina A. Babiarz ,  Anthony P. Grazian

IPC: H05K1/05 ,  H04R1/02 ,  H05K3/00 ,  H04R31/00 ,  H05K1/02 ,  H05K3/10

CPC classification number: H04R1/02 ,  B29C45/14311 ,  B29C45/14467 ,  B29C45/14639 ,  B29K2069/00 ,  B29K2715/006 ,  G06F1/1605 ,  G06F1/1626 ,  G06F1/1658 ,  G06F1/1688 ,  H04R31/006 ,  H04R2499/11 ,  H05K1/05 ,  H05K3/202 ,  H05K3/205 ,  H05K3/28 ,  H05K2201/10083 ,  H05K2203/1327

Abstract: A method of forming an overmolded plastic structure on a metallic plate includes first bonding a component to the metallic plate. The component is bonded with an adhesive that adheres it to the metallic plate. A plastic structure is formed over at least a portion of the component and the metallic plate and the plastic structure primarily adheres to the component. The component can be a set of metallic signal conductors that are used to route electrical signals across the metallic plate and the adhesive can be used to electrically insulate the signal conductors from the metallic plate.