Patent ID: 6501844
Filing Date: 2002-12-31
Classification: H04R,Y10T

Abstract:
A method for assembling a loudspeaker, comprising:(a) providing a motor structure including a pole piece spaced from a top plate to form a magnetic gap, a frame having a lower end connected to the motor structure and an upper end, a voice coil, a lower suspension, an upper suspension having an inner and outer diameter and a diaphragm structure having a first end connected to the inner diameter of the upper suspension and a second end; (b) attaching the lower suspension between the voice coil and the frame so that the voice coil is located within the magnetic gap in a position substantially concentric to the pole piece of the motor structure of the loudspeaker; (c) affixing the upper suspension to the upper end of the frame in a position wherein the outer diameter of the upper suspension is substantially concentric to the inner diameter of the upper suspension; (d) securing the second end of the diaphragm within an adhesive well extending from the outer surface of the voice coil to connect the diaphragm to the voice coil.