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Loudspeaker assembly

US6218766A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateNov 4, 1999
Grant dateApr 17, 2001
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Expiry dateNov 4, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB06B1/0603
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An assembly for utilization in a loudspeaker system is disclosed. The assembly comprises a substantially flat piezoelectric element capable of being excited by applied electric potential, a diaphragm that is driven by the excited piezoelectric element, said diaphragm having a surface area that is at least 20 times the surface area of the piezoelectric element and at least one motion coupler which is attached to at least a portion of the outer perimeter of the piezoelectric element and on its underside to the diaphragm.

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