Abstract: A speaker cone is provided that contains a base portion, and the base portion has a front end and a rear end. The front end contains a plurality of discontinuities such that a first distance from a reference point on a longitudinal axis of the base portion to a first point on the front end is different than a second distance from the reference point to a second point on the front end. By creating the plurality of discontinuities in the front end of the base portion, the distortion or reduction in the amplitude of a flexural wave generated by the speaker cone is dramatically reduced.

Abstract: A speaker cone is provided that contains a base portion, and the base portion has a front end and a rear end. The front end contains a plurality of discontinuities such that a first distance from a reference point on a longitudinal axis of the base portion to a first point on the front end is different than a second distance from the reference point to a second point on the front end. By creating the plurality of discontinuities in the front end of the base portion, the distortion or reduction in the amplitude of a flexural wave generated by the speaker cone is dramatically reduced.

Abstract: An acoustic transducer having a honeycomb-type diaphragm material, which transducer comprises a piezoelectric element and a driving element supported within a housing frame and acoustically attached by a coupling means to a honeycomb-type diaphragm, flat sheet material having a high stiffness-to-weight ratio, to provide an acoustic transducer having an efficient, well-dispersed, frequency response of shallow design and improved heat conductivity.

Abstract: A narrow-frequency band, acoustic transducer of high conversion efficiency over a narrow-frequency band, which transducer comprises: a truncated diaphragm having a depressed, circular area and a peripheral edge about the circular area and a convex cap section extending outwardly from the circular area; a vibration board adhesively secured about the peripheral edge of the diaphragm, to couple acoustically the vibration board to the diaphragm on one side; and a piezoelectric element centrally secured to the other side of the vibration board, with electrical leads to the piezoelectric element, whereby electrical energy input to the piezoelectric element provides a high decibel acoustical output about the natural resonance frequency of the vibration board.