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US 7,298,861 · App. 10/541,989 · Granted Nov 20, 2007

Loudspeaker

Assignee: PSS Belgium N.V.
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Patent No.
US 7,298,861
App. No.
10/541,989
Granted
Nov 20, 2007
Kind
B2
Abstract

A loudspeaker includes a housing with front and rear sides, a diagram flexibly connected to the housing, and an actuator or displacing the diaphragm with respect to the housing along a translation axis. The housing extends around the translation axis and includes a conical forepart widening towards the forepart, a base part positioned at the rear side, and an intermediate housing part. The intermediate part extends between the forepart and the base part and includes transition areas connected to these parts. The transitions behave as hinges under the influence of an axial load above a certain value, whereby the intermediate housing portion turns towards the translation axis and the forepart turns towards the rear side under the influence of such a load.

Claims (19)

1. A loudspeaker including a housing with a front side and a rear side, a diaphragm accommodated in and flexibly connected to the housing and an actuator for displacing the diaphragm with respect to the housing along a translation axis imaginarily extending from said one side to said other side of the housing, wherein the housing extends around the translation axis and is provided with a conical forepart widening towards the front side, a base part extending towards the rear side and an intermediate housing part extending between the forepart and the base part and including transition areas connected to the forepart and the base part, which transition areas behave as hinges under the influence of an axial load above a certain value, wherein the intermediate housing portion turns towards the translation axis and the forepart turns towards the rear side under the influence of such a load, and wherein the intermediate housing portion does not break under the influence of such a load.

2. The loudspeaker as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the intermediate housing part has a substantially cylindrical shape.

3. The loudspeaker as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the material of the intermediate housing part is different from the material of the forepart and/or the base part.

4. The loudspeaker as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the transition areas are weaker than the other portions of the housing.

5. The loudspeaker as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the forepart of the housing has an angle of inclination, related to a line parallel to the translation axis, which is at least 30 degrees.

6. The loudspeaker as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the intermediate housing part has a length dimension, viewed along a line parallel to the translation axis, which is at least 3 mm.

7. The loudspeaker as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the intermediate housing part has a thickness dimension, viewed in a direction perpendicular to the translation axis, which is minimally 0.5 mm.

8. A loudspeaker comprising:

a housing having a forepart widening towards a front side, a base part extending towards a rear side, and an intermediate part between the forepart and the base part, the intermediate part being connected to the forepart and the base part by transition areas;

a diaphragm flexibly connected to the housing; and

an actuator for displacing the diaphragm with respect to the housing;

wherein the transition areas behave as hinges under a load so that the intermediate part turns towards a central axis of the loudspeaker extending between the forepart and the base part, and wherein the intermediate part does not break under the influence of the load.

9. The loudspeaker of claim 8 , wherein the forepart turns towards the base part under the load.

10. The loudspeaker of claim 8 , wherein the intermediate part has a substantially cylindrical shape.

11. The loudspeaker of claim 8 , wherein the intermediate part is made of different material than the forepart and/or the base part.

12. The loudspeaker of claim 8 , wherein the transition areas are weaker than other portions of the housing.

13. The loudspeaker of claim 8 , wherein the forepart has an angle of inclination, related to a line parallel to the central axis, which is at least 30 degrees.

14. The loudspeaker of claim 8 , wherein the intermediate housing part has a length dimension, viewed along a line parallel to the central axis, which is at least 3 mm.

15. The loudspeaker of claim 8 , wherein the intermediate part has a thickness dimension, viewed in a direction perpendicular to the central axis, which is minimally 0.5 mm.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 3, 2007
From: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.
To: PSS BELGIUM N.V.
Reel/Frame 019102/0194 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 16, 2007
From: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.
To: PHILIPS SOUND SOLUTIONS BELGIUM N.V.
Reel/Frame 019019/0467 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 11, 2005
From: ERMENS, ANNICK SIMONNE IRENE
To: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS, N.V.
Reel/Frame 017429/0644 →
Priority Claims (1)
EP 03100057 · Jan 14, 2003 · regional
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20060098837A1 · May 11, 2006