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US 2025/0267407 A1Published application
Speaker assembly
AssigneeApple Inc.
InventorsAlison B. Shutzberg, Martial A. Rousseau
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Abstract
An electronic device, including a housing defining an opening, a speaker unit disposed within the housing and adjacent the opening, the speaker unit including an asymmetric diaphragm, and an asymmetric magnet assembly. The speaker unit can include a housing defining an internal volume, an asymmetric driver disposed in the housing; and a surround comprising a variable stiffness.
Claims20
An electronic device, comprising:
- a housing defining an opening;
- a speaker unit disposed within the housing and adjacent to the opening, the speaker unit comprising:
- an asymmetric diaphragm;
- and
- an asymmetric magnet assembly.
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A speaker unit, comprising:
- a housing defining an internal volume;
- an asymmetric driver disposed in the housing;
- and
- a surround connected to the asymmetric driver, the surround comprising a first section having a first stiffness and a second section having a second stiffness different than the first stiffness.
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A speaker assembly, comprising:
- a housing;
- a non-symmetric diaphragm disposed in the housing;
- and
- a non-symmetric magnet assembly approximating a shape of the non-symmetric diaphragm.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.