Patent ID: 8416971
Filing Date: 2013-04-09
Classification: H04R

Abstract:
1. A loudspeaker driver, comprising: at least one movable diaphragm having an open mouth defined by a terminal boundary residing at the outermost lateral edge of said diaphragm surrounding the entire interior surface area of said diaphragm; and at least one driver arrangement residing lateral to and outside said open mouth of said one movable diaphragm and including a voice coil movable along a motion axis that is lateral to and outside said outermost lateral edge, said voice coil being suspended in a magnetic field and disposed lateral to said movable diaphragm, a transmission body extending from a side of said at least one driver arrangement and mechanically coupled to said movable diaphragm and to said voice coil, wherein said driver arrangement includes a plurality of spaced magnets, said transmission body residing in a space between a pair of said magnets.