ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,302,077, issued on May 13, was assigned to B&W GROUP LTD. (Worthing, Great Britain).
"Loudspeaker spiders" was invented by Martial Rousseau (Worthing, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A loudspeaker (1) comprising a diaphragm (2), a voice coil (10) mounted on the diaphragm (2) to move with the diaphragm (2), a chassis (4), and a spider (20) is disclosed. The spider (20) extends across a gap between the chassis (4) and the voice coil (10) and comprises a plurality of legs (36), each leg (36) extending radially across at least a portion of the gap. The diaphragm (2) is configured to move from a neutral position to an extended po...