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Patent US7885423 - Support apparatus for microphone diaphragm - Google Patents
A microphone includes a diaphragm assembly supported by a substrate. The diaphragm assembly includes at least one carrier, a diaphragm, and at least one spring coupling the diaphragm to the at least one carrier such that the diaphragm is spaced from the at least one carrier. An insulator (or separate...http://www.google.com/patents/US7885423?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7885423 - Support apparatus for microphone diaphragm
Publication number US7885423 B2
Application number US 11/625,553
Also published as US20070165888
Publication number 11625553, 625553, US 7885423 B2, US 7885423B2, US-B2-7885423, US7885423 B2, US7885423B2
Inventors Jason W. Weigold
Patent Citations (106), Non-Patent Citations (55), Referenced by (24), Classifications (17), Legal Events (3)
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U.S. Classification 381/174, 381/175
Cooperative Classification B81B2203/0307, H04R2410/00, B81B3/0037, B81B2203/0127, H04R19/005, B81B3/0072, B81B2201/0257, H04R7/20, H04R2307/201, H04R2499/11
European Classification B81B3/00K2, H04R7/20, B81B3/00S2S, H04R19/00S