Patent ID: 7298861

Claim:
A loudspeaker including a housing with a front side and a rear side, a diaphragm accommodated in and flexibly connected to the housing and an actuator for displacing the diaphragm with respect to the housing along a translation axis imaginarily extending from said one side to said other side of the housing, wherein the housing extends around the translation axis and is provided with a conical forepart widening towards the front side, a base part extending towards the rear side and an intermediate housing part extending between the forepart and the base part and including transition areas connected to the forepart and the base part, which transition areas behave as hinges under the influence of an axial load above a certain value, wherein the intermediate housing portion turns towards the translation axis and the forepart turns towards the rear side under the influence of such a load, and wherein the intermediate housing portion does not break under the influence of such a load.