Non-planar diamond body for a speaker dome
AssigneeElement Six Technologies Limited
InventorsBenjamin Wickham, John Robert Brandon, Firooz Nasser-Faili, Dermot Francis O'Malley
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Abstract
A non-planar body (1) comprising a dome body (2) having an apex (3) and an outer periphery, the apex (3) located on a first plane (4) and the outer periphery located on a second plane (6) substantially parallel to the first plane (4). A peripheral body (5) extends at least partially around the outer periphery of the dome body (2), and at an angle (7) of less than 180° with respect to a tangent (8) relative to the dome body (2) at the outer periphery of the dome body (2), the angle (7) being measured at an outer surface of the dome body (2). Any of the dome body (2) and the peripheral body are formed from polycrystalline diamond.
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A non-planar body comprising:
- a dome body having an apex and an outer periphery, the apex located on a first plane and the outer periphery located on a second plane substantially parallel to the first plane;
- a peripheral body extending at least partially around the outer periphery of the dome body, wherein the peripheral body extends at an angle of less than 180° when measured at an outer surface of the dome body and with respect to a tangent relative to the dome body at the outer periphery of the dome body, and wherein the peripheral body extends towards the first plane such that a distal end of the peripheral body is located away from the second plane;
- wherein the peripheral body only contacts the second plane once;
- wherein the dome body and the peripheral body are integrally formed from polycrystalline diamond;
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- wherein the non-planar body is circular in plan view, and a ratio of a distance between the first plane and the second plane to a diameter of the non-planar body is between 0.05 and 0.30.
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