IP Library Granted Patent US 11,683,647
Granted Patent B2
US 11,683,647 · App. 17/421,623 · Granted Jun 20, 2023

Electrodynamic drive for flat loudspeaker systems

Inventor: Danilo Herger (Burglen, CH)
H04R7/04H04R9/025H04R9/041
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Patent No.
US 11,683,647
App. No.
17/421,623
Granted
Jun 20, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

Electrodynamic drive for a flat loudspeaker having an enclosure where the following components are installed: a magnetic system, a cylindrical coil fixed to the frame, a sound-emitting membrane attached to the cylindrical coil former, a system holding the coil within a magnetic gap, and flexible wires for supplying an electrical signal to the coil. While the magnetic system is made as a cylindrical permanent magnet, a ferrite ring with the above mentioned cylindrical magnet and washers, joining them into a single structure.

Claims (23)

1. An electrodynamic drive for flat loudspeaker systems comprising:

a cylindrical enclosure with an opening at a first end, said enclosure having disposed therein a magnetic system, and a cylindrical coil having a first end proximate the enclosure opening, and a second end;

a membrane located proximate the enclosure opening and attached to the cylindrical coil through said enclosure opening; and

flexible wires coupling the cylindrical coil to external contact terminals, wherein the flexible wires are adapted to supply an electrical signal to the cylindrical coil received from the contact terminals,

wherein the magnetic system comprises:

a cylindrical permanent magnet disposed proximate the cylindrical coil second end;

a ferrite ring coaxially surrounding the cylindrical permanent magnet with a cylindrical gap formed therebetween;

and two centering washers in the form of concentrically flexible corrugated disks and fixed at a predetermined distance from each other, each washer having a. center hole for attaching to the cylindrical coil extending therethrough, and respective outer perimeters attached to the enclosure; and

wherein a perimeter of the cylindrical coil at its second end is coaxially located proximate the gap between the cylindrical magnet and the ferrite ring.

2. An electrodynamic drive for flat loudspeaker systems according to claim 1 , wherein the centering washers made of untreated fabric.

3. An electrodynamic drive for flat loudspeaker systems according to claim 1 , wherein the membrane attached to the cylindrical coil by an intermediate ring.

4. An electrodynamic drive for flat loudspeaker systems comprising:

a cylindrical enclosure with an opening at a first end, said enclosure having disposed therein a magnetic system, and a cylindrical coil having a first end proximate the enclosure opening, and a second end;

a membrane located proximate the enclosure opening and attached to the cylindrical coil through said enclosure opening; and

flexible wires coupling the cylindrical coil to external contact terminals, wherein the flexible wires are adapted to supply an electrical signal to the cylindrical coil received from the contact terminals,

wherein the magnetic system comprises:

a cylindrical permanent magnet disposed proximate the cylindrical coil second end;

a ferrite ring coaxially surrounding the cylindrical permanent magnet with a cylindrical gap formed therebetween; and

two centering washers in the form of concentrically flexible corrugated disks and fixed at a predetermined distance from each other, each washher having a center hole for attaching to the cylindrical coil extending therehrough, and respective outer perimeters attached to the enclosure,

wherein a perimeter of the cylindrical coil at its second end is coaxially located proximate the gap between the cylindrical magnet and the ferrite ring, and

wherein the centering washers made of untreated fabric, and

wherein the flexible wires are sewn into the fabric of the centering washer proximate the membrane.

5. An electrodynamic drive for flat loudspeaker systems according to claim 1 , wherein the two centering washers have different diameters.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 12, 2025
From: SOTIS AG
To: SWIPLAN AG
Reel/Frame 072865/0965 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 21, 2021
From: HERGER, DANILO
To: SOTIS AG
Reel/Frame 057865/0671 →
Priority Claims (1)
RU RU2020125147 · Jul 29, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
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