Laminated motor structure for electromagnetic transducer
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1. An audio speaker comprising:
- a motor assembly having an axis and including,a magnet,a first magnetically conductive member magnetically coupled to the magnet, the first magnetically conductive member comprising a plurality of laminated layer sections which are magnetically coupled to but electrically insulated from each other, wherein the laminated layer sections are separated along boundaries which are substantially parallel to the axis, anda second magnetically conductive member magnetically coupled to the magnet,a magnetic air gap between the first and second magnetically conductive members; and
a diaphragm assembly coupled to the motor assembly and including a voice coil disposed within the magnetic air gap.
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Abstract
An electromagnetic transducer such as an audio speaker having at least one of the soft magnetic components of its motor assembly constructed as a laminated structure of electrically insulated magnetically conductive sections. Eddy currents, which would have been induced in a monolithic component in response to an electrical signal applied to the voice coil, are prevented or significantly reduced by the electrical insulation material between the sections of the laminated component. The transducer produces less heat, is less susceptible to flux modulation, and has increased power handling and reduced distortion.
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42 Claims
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1. An audio speaker comprising:
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a motor assembly having an axis and including, a magnet, a first magnetically conductive member magnetically coupled to the magnet, the first magnetically conductive member comprising a plurality of laminated layer sections which are magnetically coupled to but electrically insulated from each other, wherein the laminated layer sections are separated along boundaries which are substantially parallel to the axis, and a second magnetically conductive member magnetically coupled to the magnet, a magnetic air gap between the first and second magnetically conductive members; and a diaphragm assembly coupled to the motor assembly and including a voice coil disposed within the magnetic air gap. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. An audio speaker comprising:
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a diaphragm assembly including a voice coil, wherein the voice coil has an axis of movement; and a motor assembly including, a first magnetically conductive member, a first laminated structure in which a plurality of magnetically conductive sections are mechanically coupled together and electrically insulated from each other to prevent eddy currents which would otherwise be induced by an electrical current applied to the voice coil, wherein the magnetically conductive sections are electrically insulated from each other along boundaries substantially parallel to the axis of the voice coil, and a magnet magnetically coupled between the first magnetically conductive member and the laminated structure, wherein the first magnetically conductive member and the laminated structure define between them a magnetic air gap within which the voice coil is disposed. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. An improvement in a electromagnetic motor structure which includes a magnetically conductive yoke, a magnetically conductive top plate defining a magnetic air gap with the yoke, and a permanent magnet magnetically coupled between the yoke and the top plate, wherein the improvement comprises:
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at least one of the yoke and the top plate being comprised of multiple components laminated together so as to be electrically insulated from each other, wherein the multiple components are laminated at boundaries substantially parallel to an axis of the electromagnetic motor structure; whereby the at least one of the yoke and the top plate which is laminated has a significantly reduced susceptibility to eddy currents being induced therein by a varying magnetic flux field from a voice coil in the magnetic air gap. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40)
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41. A method of operating an audio speaker to move a diaphragm in response to an alternating current electrical signal applied to the speaker, the method comprising:
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(A) conducting magnetic flux from a magnet, thence through a first magnetically conductive member, over a magnetic air gap, thence through a second magnetically conductive member, and thence back to the magnet, (B) conducting the electrical signal through a voice coil which is disposed within the magnetic air gap and wound around a bobbin which is coupled to the diaphragm; (C) in response to the electrical signal being conducted through the voice coil, moving the voice coil under electromotive force in response to the presence of the magnetic flux across the magnetic air gap; and (D) substantially preventing eddy current in at least one of the first and second magnetically conductive members, by virtue of the at least one of the first and second magnetically conductive members comprising a laminated structure of electrically insulated magnetically conductive sections, which eddy current would otherwise be induced by the electrical signal being conducted through the voice coil, wherein eddy currents induced by the voice coil are interrupted at boundaries between adjoining ones of the magnetically conductive sections, wherein the boundaries are substantially parallel to an axis of movement of the voice coil. - View Dependent Claims (42)
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