Patent attributes
Certain embodiments include an injection-molded portable speaker apparatus including a portable speaker housing with an opening formed on the surface, a flexible inverted speaker surround including an inner perimeter and an outer perimeter, where the outer perimeter is coupled to an outer edge of the opening of the housing, and a diaphragm coupled to the inner perimeter of the flexible surround such that the diaphragm is suspended within the opening of the housing, where the flexible surround and diaphragm form a speaker passive, and where the speaker housing and the flexible surround form a continuous unitized body. The injection molding process for the continuous unitized body can be a two-shot process, where the first shot forms the speaker housing, and the second shot forms the flexible surround, which may further over-mold the diaphragm, such that the diaphragm is part of the continuous unitized body.
