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US 7,454,031 B2Granted
Multifunction speaker
AssigneeCitizen Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsHiroo Kajiwara, Kazumi Miyamoto
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Abstract
A multifunction speaker has a frame made of an insulation material and having a cylindrical portion, a pair of supporting springs secured to the frame and to a magnetic circuit for supporting the magnetic circuit. The magnetic circuit comprises a pole piece having a center pole and a flange on which an annular magnet is mounted. The flange of the pole piece has a pair of positioning projections projected from a periphery of the flange for positioning the magnet.
Claims4
A multifunction speaker comprising:
- a frame made of an insulation material and having a cylindrical portion;
- at least one supporting spring secured to the frame at an outer peripheral portion thereof;
- a magnetic circuit comprising a pole piece having a center pole and a flange having positioning projections axially projecting from peripheral portions of the flange, the magnetic circuit further comprising an annular magnet positioned around the center pole and mounted on a surface of the flange, and an annular top plate mounted on the annular magnet and configured to form a magnetic gap between the center pole and the annular top plate, the magnetic circuit being resiliently supported in the frame by the supporting spring;
- a diaphragm secured to the frame at an outer peripheral edge thereof and having a surface opposing the magnetic circuit;
- a coil secured to a surface of the diaphragm and inserted in the magnetic gap;
- wherein the positioning projections each have an inside surface configured to be adhesively engaged with an outer periphery of the annular magnet, and the annular magnet is configured to be positioned by the inside surfaces of the positioning projections.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.