MOVING-MAGNET MOTOR
    1.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20220337956A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-10-20

    申请号:US17688536

    申请日:2022-03-07

    申请人: Apple Inc.

    摘要: A moving magnet motor comprising: a stationary voice coil coupled to a frame; a moving magnet assembly movably coupled to the frame and operable to move relative to the stationary coil, the moving magnet assembly comprising a magnet and a flux concentrating member that define a gap within which the stationary coil is positioned; and an actuating surface coupled to the moving magnet assembly, and wherein a movement of the moving magnet assembly drives a movement of the actuating surface along an axis of translation.

    Speaker with vented resonator
    3.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11451902B1

    公开(公告)日:2022-09-20

    申请号:US17315230

    申请日:2021-05-07

    申请人: Apple Inc.

    IPC分类号: H04R1/28 H04R1/02 G06F1/16

    摘要: Aspects of the subject technology relate to electronic devices having speakers with vented resonators. A vented resonator may have a resonator chamber and a channel that fluidly couples a front volume of the speaker with the resonator chamber. A vent such as a barometric vent may be disposed in a wall of the resonator chamber that separates the resonator chamber from the back volume of the speaker. The barometric vent may thus allow airflow from the front volume to the back volume via the resonator chamber, and prevent fluid flow from the front volume to the back volume via the resonator chamber.

    CONTINUOUS SURROUND
    4.
    发明申请
    CONTINUOUS SURROUND 审中-公开

    公开(公告)号:US20190082262A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-03-14

    申请号:US15835365

    申请日:2017-12-07

    申请人: Apple Inc.

    IPC分类号: H04R7/18 H04R9/02

    摘要: A transducer assembly including a frame, a diaphragm positioned within the frame, a surround connecting the diaphragm to the frame, the surround having a corner section and a plurality of corrugations formed within the corner section, wherein each corrugation of the plurality of corrugations comprises a length dimension perpendicular to a line of maximum stress intersecting a radial axis of the corner section, a voice coil extending from one side of the diaphragm and a magnet assembly having a magnetic gap aligned with the voice coil.

    Systems for increased drying of speaker and sensor components that are exposed to moisture

    公开(公告)号:US10767927B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-09-08

    申请号:US16252152

    申请日:2019-01-18

    申请人: Apple Inc.

    摘要: This application relates to a portable electronic device including a processor and an operational component assembly, the operational component assembly including a frame. The frame carries a sensor that is coupled to the frame, where the sensor is capable of (i) receiving an environmental stimulus, and (ii) subsequently, generating an environmental parameter based on the environmental stimulus. The operational components further include a speaker that includes a magnetic driver that is capable of generating a magnetic field in response to receiving the instructions, and a diaphragm that is capable of actuating in response to the magnetic field being generated by the magnetic driver. An opening is disposed at an external surface of the frame such that when an amount of moisture is present within the volume, the magnetic driver receives the instructions from the processor to generate a magnetic field that actuates the diaphragm so as to expel the moisture.

    Continuous surround
    6.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10708694B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-07-07

    申请号:US15835365

    申请日:2017-12-07

    申请人: Apple Inc.

    摘要: A transducer assembly including a frame, a diaphragm positioned within the frame, a surround connecting the diaphragm to the frame, the surround having a corner section and a plurality of corrugations formed within the corner section, wherein each corrugation of the plurality of corrugations comprises a length dimension perpendicular to a line of maximum stress intersecting a radial axis of the corner section, a voice coil extending from one side of the diaphragm and a magnet assembly having a magnetic gap aligned with the voice coil.

    MICRO SPEAKER ASSEMBLY HAVING A MANUAL PUMP
    7.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20190149899A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-05-16

    申请号:US16041674

    申请日:2018-07-20

    申请人: Apple Inc.

    IPC分类号: H04R1/02 H04R1/32 H04R7/04

    摘要: A transducer assembly including a transducer enclosure having an enclosure wall separating a surrounding ambient environment from an encased space, and a transducer module positioned within the encased space. The transducer module has a module wall that divides the encased space into an exterior chamber and an interior chamber and defines a fluid port between the exterior chamber and the interior chamber, the exterior chamber is between the module wall and the enclosure wall, the interior chamber is between the module wall and a sound radiating surface positioned within the transducer module, and the interior chamber is acoustically coupled to an acoustic port to the surrounding ambient environment. The enclosure wall is movable relative to the module wall and movement of the enclosure wall causes ejection of a fluid out of the interior chamber to the ambient environment.

    Speaker with multiple resonators
    8.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11490190B1

    公开(公告)日:2022-11-01

    申请号:US17315228

    申请日:2021-05-07

    申请人: Apple Inc.

    摘要: Aspects of the subject technology relate to electronic devices having speakers with resonators, such as Helmholtz resonators, acoustically coupled to the front volume of the speaker. A speaker module for an electronic device may include multiple resonators, including a first resonator that is acoustically separate from, and at least partially disposed within a second resonator. An acoustic barrier between the first resonator and the second resonator may have a liquid resistance that is different from a liquid resistance that is provided between the first resonator and a back volume of the speaker module and/or between an external environment of the speaker. In one or more implementations, a third resonator may be provided, that is spatially separated from first and second nested and/or adjacent resonators.

    Micro speaker assembly having a manual pump

    公开(公告)号:US10728638B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-07-28

    申请号:US16041674

    申请日:2018-07-20

    申请人: Apple Inc.

    IPC分类号: H04R1/02 H04R7/04 H04R1/32

    摘要: A transducer assembly including a transducer enclosure having an enclosure wall separating a surrounding ambient environment from an encased space, and a transducer module positioned within the encased space. The transducer module has a module wall that divides the encased space into an exterior chamber and an interior chamber and defines a fluid port between the exterior chamber and the interior chamber, the exterior chamber is between the module wall and the enclosure wall, the interior chamber is between the module wall and a sound radiating surface positioned within the transducer module, and the interior chamber is acoustically coupled to an acoustic port to the surrounding ambient environment. The enclosure wall is movable relative to the module wall and movement of the enclosure wall causes ejection of a fluid out of the interior chamber to the ambient environment.

    SYSTEMS FOR INCREASED DRYING OF SPEAKER AND SENSOR COMPONENTS THAT ARE EXPOSED TO MOISTURE

    公开(公告)号:US20200080775A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-03-12

    申请号:US16252152

    申请日:2019-01-18

    申请人: Apple Inc.

    摘要: This application relates to a portable electronic device including a processor and an operational component assembly, the operational component assembly including a frame. The frame carries a sensor that is coupled to the frame, where the sensor is capable of (i) receiving an environmental stimulus, and (ii) subsequently, generating an environmental parameter based on the environmental stimulus. The operational components further include a speaker that includes a magnetic driver that is capable of generating a magnetic field in response to receiving the instructions, and a diaphragm that is capable of actuating in response to the magnetic field being generated by the magnetic driver. An opening is disposed at an external surface of the frame such that when an amount of moisture is present within the volume, the magnetic driver receives the instructions from the processor to generate a magnetic field that actuates the diaphragm so as to expel the moisture.