SUSPENSION ELEMENT FOR SUSPENDING THE DIAPHRAGM OF A LOUDSPEAKER DRIVER TO THE CHASSIS THEREOF AS WELL AS DRIVER AND LOUDSPEAKER COMPRISING THE SAME

摘要

The present invention providesa loudspeaker driver not suffering from high levels of distortion caused by the non-linear stiffness commonly found with drivers that utilize progressive suspension elements. The novel suspension element (100) for suspending the diaphragm (300) of a loudspeaker driver to the chassis (400) thereof has a geometry with two opposing first sections (130) and two opposing second sections (110), which connect the two first sections (130). The second sections 1 have a curvature radius smaller than that of the first sections 10 30. The mean height of the radial cross-sectional profile of the second section (110) is higher than the height of the cross- sectional profile of the first sections (130). The first sections (130) have an axial stiffness greater than the second sections (110).