Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Reduced thickness actuator
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Application No.: US16101941Application Date: 2018-08-13
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Publication No.: US10531202B1Publication Date: 2020-01-07
- Inventor: Rajiv Bernard Gomes , Mark William Starnes , Anthony King
- Applicant: Google LLC
- Applicant Address: US CA Mountain View
- Assignee: Google LLC
- Current Assignee: Google LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Mountain View
- Agency: Fish & Richardson P.C.
- Main IPC: H04R11/00
- IPC: H04R11/00 ; H04R9/06 ; H02K41/035 ; H04R1/02 ; H04R7/18 ; H04R9/02

Abstract:
In some implementations, an actuator can include a magnetic cup comprising a base and sidewalls defining a cavity, the base comprising a planar outer surface opposite the cavity, an edge of the outer surface comprising one or more joint elements; a magnet arranged in the cavity of the magnetic cup; a voice coil arranged in an air gap separating the sidewalls and the magnet; a support comprising one or more magnetic suspension members each comprising an edge shaped to fit to a corresponding one of the joint elements and having a first side that is a) flush with the planar outer surface or b) displaced from the planar outer surface along a first axis perpendicular to the planar outer surface in a direction toward the cavity of the magnetic cup; and a coupling plate attached to the voice coil and the support.
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