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公开(公告)号:US11917350B2
公开(公告)日:2024-02-27
申请号:US17409485
申请日:2021-08-23
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Christopher Wilk , Logan A. Rotolo , Anthony P. Grazian , Onur I. Ilkorur
Abstract: A loudspeaker having a compressible lead wire is described. The lead wire carries an electrical audio input signal to a voice coil. The electrical audio input signal drives the voice coil to oscillate in an axial direction. The compressible lead wire includes an elastic portion that stretches and compresses in the axial direction to allow the voice coil to oscillate freely. The elastic portion includes several compressible elements that are located within a cavity of the loudspeaker. The compressible elements extend through the cavity in the axial direction. Other aspects are also described and claimed.
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公开(公告)号:US11451902B1
公开(公告)日:2022-09-20
申请号:US17315230
申请日:2021-05-07
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Oliver Leonhardt , Logan A. Rotolo , Claudio Notarangelo , Joshua Kim
Abstract: Aspects of the subject technology relate to electronic devices having speakers with vented resonators. A vented resonator may have a resonator chamber and a channel that fluidly couples a front volume of the speaker with the resonator chamber. A vent such as a barometric vent may be disposed in a wall of the resonator chamber that separates the resonator chamber from the back volume of the speaker. The barometric vent may thus allow airflow from the front volume to the back volume via the resonator chamber, and prevent fluid flow from the front volume to the back volume via the resonator chamber.
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公开(公告)号:US10433048B2
公开(公告)日:2019-10-01
申请号:US15693329
申请日:2017-08-31
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Thomas H. Tsang , Onur I. Ilkorur , Derek C. Krass , Logan A. Rotolo , Christopher Wilk
Abstract: A micro speaker assembly including a speaker enclosure having an enclosure wall separating a surrounding environment from an encased space, wherein the enclosure wall defines, in part, an acoustic channel that acoustically couples the encased space to the surrounding environment, and the enclosure wall comprises a chemically etched insert molded metal portion that is mechanically interlocked and hermetically sealed to a plastic portion. The micro speaker further including a speaker assembly positioned within the encased space, the speaker assembly having a sound radiating surface facing the metal portion of the enclosure wall, a voice coil extending from the sound radiating surface, a magnet assembly having a magnetic gap aligned with the voice coil, and an acoustic chamber formed, in part, by the metal portion of the enclosure wall and the sound radiating surface.
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公开(公告)号:US20220095026A1
公开(公告)日:2022-03-24
申请号:US17409485
申请日:2021-08-23
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Christopher Wilk , Logan A. Rotolo , Anthony P. Grazian , Onur I. Ilkorur
Abstract: A loudspeaker having a compressible lead wire is described. The lead wire carries an electrical audio input signal to a voice coil. The electrical audio input signal drives the voice coil to oscillate in an axial direction. The compressible lead wire includes an elastic portion that stretches and compresses in the axial direction to allow the voice coil to oscillate freely. The elastic portion includes several compressible elements that are located within a cavity of the loudspeaker. The compressible elements extend through the cavity in the axial direction. Other aspects are also described and claimed.
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公开(公告)号:US20190069076A1
公开(公告)日:2019-02-28
申请号:US15693329
申请日:2017-08-31
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Thomas H. Tsang , Onur I. Ilkorur , Derek C. Krass , Logan A. Rotolo , Christopher Wilk
CPC classification number: H04R1/2811 , H04R1/021 , H04R1/025 , H04R7/12 , H04R9/025 , H04R9/06 , H04R31/006 , H04R2201/029 , H05K5/0095
Abstract: A micro speaker assembly including a speaker enclosure having an enclosure wall separating a surrounding environment from an encased space, wherein the enclosure wall defines, in part, an acoustic channel that acoustically couples the encased space to the surrounding environment, and the enclosure wall comprises a chemically etched insert molded metal portion that is mechanically interlocked and hermetically sealed to a plastic portion. The micro speaker further including a speaker assembly positioned within the encased space, the speaker assembly having a sound radiating surface facing the metal portion of the enclosure wall, a voice coil extending from the sound radiating surface, a magnet assembly having a magnetic gap aligned with the voice coil, and an acoustic chamber formed, in part, by the metal portion of the enclosure wall and the sound radiating surface.
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