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.

The present invention discloses a speaker having a frame, a vibrating system and a magnetic circuit system. The vibrating system has a vibrating diaphragm, a voice coil and an elastic supporting assembly. The magnetic circuit system has a main magnet, a secondary magnet and a magnetic plate having a main body and a supporting portion opposite to the elastic supporting assembly. The elastic supporting assembly has an avoiding hole penetrating there through and facing to the supporting portion. The yoke has a yoke body fixed on the frame and an extending portion extending from two opposite sides of the yoke body towards the supporting portion. The extending portion passes through the avoiding hole thereof and attach on the supporting portion. The speaker of the present invention has advantages of good reliability and excellent acoustic performance.

The present disclosure provides a sound device, which includes a magnetic circuit system, wherein the magnetic circuit system includes a bottom plate, a first magnetic portion arranged on the bottom plate and a second magnetic portion spaced apart from the first magnetic portion, at least one of the first magnetic portion and the second magnetic portion is a permanent magnet, the bottom plate is provided with a through hole penetrating through the bottom plate, the sound device further includes a damping member, the damping member is fixed on the bottom plate and completely covers the through hole, and the permanent magnet is at least partially abutted against the damping member.

An actuator, attached to a panel extending in a plane, includes a frame and a magnetic circuit assembly that includes a magnet and a voice coil, the magnet and voice coil being moveable relative to each other during operation of the actuator along an axis perpendicular to the panel's plane. The actuator further includes one or more suspension members attaching the frame to a first component of the magnetic circuit assembly. Each suspension member includes a segment attaching the suspension member to the frame at an attachment point and a first arm extending away from the attachment point to an end attached to the first component of the magnetic circuit assembly. During operation of the actuator the first arm of the one or more suspension members flex to accommodate axial displacements of the magnet relative to the voice coil.

An apparatus includes a surface arranged to be mechanically displaced, a first magnet coupled with the surface, at least one supporting member for supporting the surface, a base comprising a second magnet, wherein the second magnet is arranged, at least partially, to face the first magnet, a coil coupled with the second magnet, and a signal port electrically coupled with the coil. An electrical signal is configured to travel between the signal port and the coil, and the electrical signal in the coil is proportional to mechanic displacement of the surface when a force equilibrium state of the surface is broken either by the electrical signal in the coil or the mechanic displacement of the surface from a position of the force equilibrium state.

An electrodynamic acoustic transducer is disclosed, which comprises a frame and/or a housing, at least one coil and a magnet system, which is fixed to the frame and/or the housing and which is designed to generate a magnetic field through the coil. Furthermore, the electrodynamic acoustic transducer comprises a polygonal membrane, which in an inner portion is fixed to the at least one coil and which in an outer annular portion is fixed to the frame or the housing. A first distance between the outer annular portion and the inner portion at a longitudinal side of the polygonal membrane is smaller or greater than a second distance between the outer annular portion and the inner portion at a corner of the polygonal membrane.

A vibration actuator includes: a movable part including one of a coil or a magnet; a fixing part including the other one of the coil or the magnet; and an elastic supporting part supporting the movable part to the fixing part. The movable part reciprocates to the fixing part in a vibrating direction by interaction between the coil and the magnet. The magnet is disposed to be radially inwardly spaced apart from the coil. The elastic supporting part is fixed at its one end to the fixing part and at its other end to the movable part. The elastic supporting part has a structure for cantilevering the movable part. The movable part includes a weight provided on a free-end side of the movable part and a weight connecting part to which the weight is connected. The weight is fixed to the weight connecting part by a fixing member.

A vibration actuator includes: a movable part including a coil; a fixing part including a magnet; and an elastic supporting part supporting the movable part such that the movable part is movable to the fixing part. The movable part reciprocates to the fixing part in a vibrating direction by interaction between the coil and the magnet. The magnet includes a first magnet and a second magnet joined to each other such that their magnetization directions are opposite to each other, and the magnet is disposed to be radially inwardly spaced apart from the coil. The elastic supporting part is fixed at its one end to the fixing part and at its other end to the movable part. The elastic supporting part has a structure for cantilevering the movable part. At least one of the first and the second magnets includes a depressed portion in its joining surface.

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.

An apparatus includes a surface arranged to be mechanically displaced, first permanent magnet coupled with the surface, at least one supporting member for supporting the surface, base, second permanent magnet, coil coupled with the second magnet, and signal port electrically coupled with the coil. An electrical signal is configured to travel between the signal port and the coil. The electrical signal in the coil is proportional to mechanic displacement of the surface when a force equilibrium state of the surface is broken by the electrical signal in the coil or the mechanic displacement of the surface from a position of the force equilibrium state. The coil is arranged at least partially between the first magnet and the second magnet or around one of the first magnet, the second magnet. Either the same or different polarities of the first and second magnets are arranged to directly face each other at a distance.