US Patent Issued to Knowles Electronics on May 27 for "Balanced armature receiver having improved frequency response" (Illinois Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,317,045, issued on May 27, was assigned to Knowles Electronics LLC (Itasca, Ill.).

"Balanced armature receiver having improved frequency response" was invented by Christopher Monti (Elgin, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A diaphragm for a balanced armature receiver and combinations thereof. The diaphragm includes a paddle having an area of concentrated mass located at or near a central portion of the paddle, the area of concentrated mass having an area density greater than an area density of other portions of the paddle, wherein the area of concentrated mass shifts a bending-mode frequency of the paddle to a lower frequency compared ...