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US 8,620,016 B2Granted
Magnetic speaker grill
AssigneeKSC Industries, Inc.
InventorsDonald Belanger, Guillermo Escobar
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Abstract
A speaker assembly having a removable grill. The grill includes a perforated portion circumscribed by a flange. The flange has one or magnets disposed around an outer periphery of the flange. The speaker body has corresponding slugs disposed so as to align with the magnets of the grill upon assembly. The magnetic bond formed between the slugs and magnets keeps the grill attached to the speaker body during operation of the speaker assembly.
Claims20
A speaker comprising:
- a perforated grill;
- a flange supporting the grill and having one or more magnets disposed on the flange;
- and
- a body having one or more slugs disposed so as to form a magnetic bond with the one or more magnets when the flange is in close proximity to the body.
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An inwall speaker comprising:
- an aluminum portion having a plurality of perforations;
- a flange supporting the aluminum portion and having a first plurality of metallic members disposed around a periphery of the flange;
- and
- a speaker body having a second plurality of metallic members disposed so as to form one or more magnetic bonds with the first plurality of metallic members when the flange is in close proximity to the speaker body.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.