US Patent Issued to Harman International Industries on Sept. 8 for "Speaker assembly with mechanically-coupled magnet" (Michigan Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,732,754, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Harman International Industries Inc. (Stamford, Conn.).

"Speaker assembly with mechanically-coupled magnet" was invented by Patrick Groleau (Novi, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A speaker assembly includes a basket including an opening having a rim and a flange extending downwardly from the rim, the flange including at least one rib extending circumferentially around an inner surface of the flange. A magnet includes at least one groove extending circumferentially around the magnet. The magnet is insert molded with the basket below the rim such that the at least one groove receives the at ...