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US 12,513,469 · App. 17/918,078 · Granted Dec 30, 2025

Dual axial magnetic flux induction speaker

Inventors: Hector Querry (La Neuveville, CH); Guillaume Heisel (Bienne, CH); Adrien Hoffet (Prilly, CH); Jean-Luc Thuliez (Le Landeron, CH); Etienne Crozier (La Neuveville, CH); Robin Zimmermann (La Neuveville, CH)
Assignee: Michel Oltramare
H04R9/06H02K33/16H04R9/025H04R2209/043
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Patent No.
US 12,513,469
App. No.
17/918,078
Granted
Dec 30, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to the operating principle of a loudspeaker ( 20 ) with an induction motor ( 10 ). The motor ( 10 ) has two magnets ( 1 a and 1 b ) positioned on either side of a central core ( 2 ). The magnets ( 1 a and 1 b ) thus create two magnetic fields ( 9 a and 9 b ) doubling the magnetic field detected in the movable armature ( 4 ). The magnetic field coupled to the electrical field generated by a fixed coil ( 5 ) creates a force in the armature ( 4 ), which is linked to diaphragm ( 7 ) producing the sound. Thus, by increasing the magnetic field, and therefore the force generated in the armature ( 4 ), the performances of the loudspeaker ( 20 ) are likewise enhanced.

Claims (13)

1 . An induction motor device comprising:

a fixed coil;

a mobile armature within a magnetic space;

a central core; and

at least two permanent magnetic sources disposed axially on either side of the central core,

wherein poles of each of the permanent magnetic sources are axially aligned with the central core, and polarities of each of the permanent magnetic sources are opposing, thereby creating two distinct magnetic fields having (i) a same amplitude that is a same sense, and (ii) a same direction, in the magnetic space, representing double the magnetic intensity with respect to an induction system with a single radial magnetic flux, and

a mobility of the mobile armature is provided by electromagnetic induction.

2 . The induction motor device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein at least one of the magnetic sources comprises one or more bipolar permanent ring magnets.

3 . The induction motor device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein at least one of the magnetic sources comprises one or more disk-shaped bipolar permanent magnets.

4 . The induction motor device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein at least one of the magnetic sources comprises one or more bipolar permanent magnets taking the form of ring sections.

5 . A loudspeaker comprising at least one device as claimed in claim 1 .

6 . The loudspeaker as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising at least one diaphragm linked to the armature and caused to move by the armature.

7 . The loudspeaker as claimed in claim 5 , further comprising a salad bowl to which the diaphragm is fixed and a housing fixing the induction motor device to the salad bowl.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 22, 2023
From: QUERRY, HECTOR; HEISEL, GUILLAUME; HOFFET, ADRIEN; THULIEZ, JEAN-LUC; CROZIER, ETIENNE; ZIMMERMANN, ROBIN
To: OLTRAMARE, MICHEL
Reel/Frame 062770/0765 →
Priority Claims (1)
CH 00425/20 · Apr 8, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230164492A1 · May 25, 2023
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