US Patent 11856382 Acoustic transducer having drop ring connected at resonant node

An acoustic transducer that includes a housing, a diaphragm, a spider, a motor, and a drop ring. The motor includes a backplate, a frontplate, a magnet, and a voice coil. The drop ring connects the diaphragm to the spider at a circumference of the spider. The drop ring extends parallel with respect to a central axis of the housing. The circumference of the spider is spaced away from the motor and connects to the diaphragm at a resonant node of the diaphragm.