ATBECHDEDKESFRGBGRITLILUNLSEMC....................J0492914EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATIONA319921021EP91311619.019911213enenen902767019901220GB910514919910312GB912059119910927GB19921021199243199207011992275 5H 04R 7/20 A 5H 04R 31/00 B 5H 04R 7/12 BdeLautsprecherkonus und RandringanordnungenLoudspeaker cone and surround assemblyfrCône pour liant-parleur et équipage de suspension1Leach, Patrick Arthur01445190P.5216Ac/o T.T. Plastics, St. Margaret's Way Stukeley Meadows Industrial EstateHuntingdon, Cambridgeshire PE18 6EBGBLeach, David Ian01445250P.5216Ac/o T.T. Plastics, St. Margaret's Way Stukeley Meadows Industrial EstateHuntingdon, Cambridgeshire PE18 6EBGBTGI plc01445210P.5216A3 RidgwayHavant, Hampshire PO9 1JSGBLeach, Patrick Arthur, T.T. PlasticsSt. Margaret's Way, Stukeley Meadows, Ind.EstateHuntingdon, Cambridgeshire, PE18 6EBGBLeach, David Ian, T.T. PlasticsSt. Margaret's Way, Stukeley Meadows, Ind.EstateHuntingdon, Cambridgeshire, PE18 6EBGBCollinson, Marshall, Terence Robin NigelMordaunt-Short Ltd. Unit 1A, Hazleton Ind.ParkHorndean, Hamphsire, P08 9JUGBMaguire, Peter Albertet al00033473Maguire & Co. 5 Crown StreetSt. Ives, Cambridgeshire PE17 4EBGBATBECHDEDKESFRGBGRITLILUMCNLSE19921021199243

A method of making a loudspeaker cone and flexible surround assembly (1,2) comprising arranging an injection moulded plastics cone (1) in the mould cavity of an injection moulding apparatus and injection moulding an elastomeric material onto the periphery of the cone under heat and pressure to form a surround or suspension (2) which is chemically bonded to the material of the cone.

The invention is also a loudspeaker cone and surround assembly wherein the surround (2) is an injection moulding formed directly on to the cone (1).