Patent ID: 6725967
Filing Date: 2004-04-27
Classification: H04R

Abstract:
A loudspeaker comprising:a) a housing; b) a speaker cone for displacing a volume of air; and, c) a cone suspension mounting the speaker cone to the housing, the cone suspension having i) an inner periphery supporting the speaker cone, ii) an outer periphery mounted to the housing, and, iii) a resilient central portion extending between the inner periphery and the outer periphery and, in cross section, being separated from a base plane extending between the inner periphery and the outer periphery, the resilient central portion having a central apex spaced from the inner periphery and the outer periphery and spaced from the base plane by a selected height, the inner periphery and the outer periphery being separated by a selected width, wherein the selected height is substantially greater than Â½ of the selected width.