Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Flexible speakers
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Application No.: US17880930Application Date: 2022-08-04
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Publication No.: US12108200B2Publication Date: 2024-10-01
- Inventor: Paul X. Wang , Chanjuan Feng
- Applicant: Apple Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: APPLE INC.
- Current Assignee: APPLE INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: Young Basile Hanlon & MacFarlane, P.C.
- Main IPC: H04R1/02
- IPC: H04R1/02 ; H04R7/02

Abstract:
A speaker includes a housing having walls that define a cavity and a diaphragm covering the cavity and configured to vibrate under application of a magnetic field. The vibration produces sound waves. The walls are configured to deform under bending stress. The speaker is configured produce the sound waves both in an undeformed state and in a deformed state. Another speaker includes a flexible layer, a sensor configured to detect a curvature of the flexible layer, and a transducer disposed on and configured to vibrate the flexible layer. The vibrations of the flexible layer generate sound waves and output generated by the transducer is based on the curvature of the flexible layer.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230055725A1 Flexible Speakers Public/Granted day:2023-02-23
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