Particular Shape Patents (Class 181/173)
  • Patent number: 11943598
    Abstract: A multi-input-driving loudspeaker including a frame, a diaphragm arranged on the frame, and a plurality of input driving mechanisms. Each input driving mechanism includes a voice coil and a magnetic circuit assembly for driving the voice coil to vibrate. A plurality of magnetic circuit mounting holes are arranged on the frame. A plurality of voice coil mounting holes are arranged on the diaphragm. Each of the input driving mechanisms further includes a damper. Each of the voice coils is sleeved with one of the dampers. The frame has a plurality of flanges surrounding the magnetic circuit mounting holes. Each of the dampers and each of the flanges cooperate with each other so that each damper is embedded between an inner walls of the flange corresponding therewith.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Suzhou Sonavox Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jianming Zhou
  • Patent number: 11716563
    Abstract: A loudspeaker system includes a subwoofer. The subwoofer includes a housing having a plurality of walls which together define an acoustic cavity. The plurality of walls includes a front wall, a rear wall, a top wall, a bottom wall, and a plurality of sidewalls extending between the top and bottom walls and between the front and rear walls. A first transducer mounted to the front wall of the housing. The first transducer includes a diaphragm having a major axis and a minor axis. The major axis has a fist end proximate the bottom wall and an opposite, second end proximate the top wall, such that the major axis is arranged vertical, relative to ground when the subwoofer is rested on its bottom wall. The top wall has a handle such that the loudspeaker can be carried with the major axis arranged vertical to ground.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: Bose Corporation
    Inventors: Greg J. Zastoupil, Peter P. Premo, Peter C. Santoro, Craig Small, Joseph J. Kutil, David Edwards Blore
  • Patent number: 11573137
    Abstract: Provided are a surface stress sensor that enables deterioration in measurement precision to be suppressed and a method for manufacturing the same. A surface stress sensor includes: a membrane configured to be bent by applied surface stress; a frame member configured to surround the membrane with gaps interposed therebetween when viewed from the thickness direction of the membrane; at least a pair of coupling portions configured to couple the membrane and the frame member; a flexible resistor configured to be disposed on at least one of the coupling portions and have a resistance value that changes according to bending induced in the coupling portion; and a support base member configured to be connected to the frame member and overlap the frame member when viewed from the thickness direction of the membrane, in which a cavity portion is disposed between the membrane and the support base member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takanori Murakami, Hidenori Mochizuki, Daiki Hirashima, Seiichi Kato, Kazuma Komatsu
  • Patent number: 11551661
    Abstract: A directional sound apparatus includes a planar shape plate and a sound wave generator. The planar shape plate has a plurality of grooves formed on a surface of the planar shape plate. The sound wave generator is configured to radiate a sound wave to outside from the surface of the planar shape plate. A width of each of the grooves and a distance between the grooves adjacent to each other are smaller than a wavelength of the sound wave. The planar shape plate has a plurality of cell areas in which at least one groove is included. A structure of the groove included in a first cell area is different from that of the groove included in a second cell area adjacent to the first cell area, so that surface admittance in the first cell area is different from that in the second cell area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: KOREA INSTITUTE OF MACHINERY & MATERIALS
    Inventors: Kyungjun Song, Shin Hur, Duck Gyu Lee, Eun Joong Lee
  • Patent number: 11546696
    Abstract: A method of forming a device having a compliant member includes creating a membrane having one or more elastomeric layers which are at least partially cured. Another elastomeric layer is provided on the membrane in an uncured state. At least one of a bobbin and a housing are positioned so that an end of the bobbin or housing, or the ends of both the bobbin and housing, extend at least partially into the uncured elastomeric layer. The uncured elastomeric layer is then cured to secure it to the membrane and to the housing or bobbin, or both the housing and bobbin. The method substantially reduces or eliminates the formation of holes that can form during fabrication or use of the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Bose Corporation
    Inventors: Wit Bushko, Thomas Landemaine, Prateek Nath
  • Patent number: 11070920
    Abstract: A dual function transducer assembly comprising: a magnet motor assembly comprising a first magnet plate and a second magnet plate arranged in parallel to one another along a first axis; a sound output assembly coupled to the magnet motor assembly, the sound output assembly comprising a piston and a voice coil, and wherein the voice coil is arranged to cause a vibration of the piston in a direction parallel to the first axis; and a shaker assembly coupled to the magnet motor assembly, the shaker assembly comprising a first shaker coil and a second shaker coil arranged to cause a vibration of the magnet assembly in a direction parallel to a second axis that is perpendicular to the first axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Rebecca J. Mikolajczyk, Onur I. Ilkorur, David S. Wilkes, Jr., Christopher Wilk, Michael J Newman
  • Patent number: 10893367
    Abstract: Loudspeaker unit with a membrane (2) and a plurality of drive units (5) driving the membrane (2). Each of the plurality of drive units (5) has n voice coils (3) and at least n+1 magnets (4), n being an integer larger than or equal to 1. The magnets (4) have an axial magnetization and are stacked in axial direction with similar pole parts of adjacent ones of the at least n+1 magnets facing each other. The at least n+1 magnets (4) are separated in the stack over a magnet separation distance (dm), the magnet separation distance (dm) being substantially equal to a width (ws) in the stack direction of the at least n voice coils (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: Mayht Holding B.V.
    Inventors: Mattias Jeffrey Scheek, Timothy Ruben Scheek
  • Patent number: 10771901
    Abstract: A loudspeaker driver surround 2 comprises a flexible, generally annular element having a central axis 8 along which in use a diaphragm is driven, an outer edge 6 for fitment to an enclosure and an inner edge 4 for fitment to the diaphragm, with a roll surface which extends between the edges and which projects in the direction of the axis, wherein the roll surface has a shape formed by a plurality of axial corrugations 10 extending generally radially with respect to the annular element between the outer and inner edges thereof, the corrugations being shaped and configured such that the roll surface is non-axisymmetric about the axis, and the arrangement being such that cross-sections of the roll surface which extend radially with respect to the annular element between the outer and inner edges thereof have a substantially constant length at all circumferential positions around the annular element and so that the shape of the said cross-section varies continuously between circumferential positions around the an
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: GP Acoustics (UK) Limited
    Inventors: Allan James Skellett, Jack Anthony Oclee-Brown
  • Patent number: 10750275
    Abstract: A speaker device according to an embodiment includes a panel, a plurality of vibration elements, and a driving unit. The plurality of vibration elements vibrate the panel. The driving unit applies, to a first vibration element, a first driving signal that includes a modulated wave provided in such a manner that a carrier wave in an ultrasonic wave band is modulated by a sound signal in an audible wave band and applies, to a second vibration element, a second driving signal that includes the carrier wave and is different from the first driving signal, so that a vibrational region is formed on the panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: DENSO TEN Limited
    Inventor: Keiichiro Tanaka
  • Patent number: 9918153
    Abstract: A mobile terminal according to the present disclosure includes a housing member with a first sound hole, a film speaker and a speaker holder with a second sound hole. The film speaker includes a piezoelectric element and a resin film configured to vibrate with the piezoelectric element. The film speaker is located in the speaker holder. The second sound hole corresponds to the first sound hole and is located between the first sound hole and the film speaker. An inner edge which defines the second sound hole extends above the film speaker. A surface of the inner edge facing the film speaker is inclined such that at least a part of the inner edge decreases in thickness toward a leading end of the inner edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hayato Mizuno, Kotaro Nakamura
  • Patent number: 9560453
    Abstract: An electroacoustic transducer includes a diaphragm including: a wing-pair portion; and a cone portion. The wing-pair portion includes a pair of convex surfaces having respectively convex surfaces of a pair of longitudinal split tubular members. A valley is formed between one side portions of the pair of convex surfaces. The cone portion surrounds an outer peripheral portion of the wing-pair portion and extends in a conical shape. The electroacoustic transducer further includes: a converter configured to convert between a vibration of the diaphragm in a depth direction of the valley and an electric signal corresponding to the vibration; and a supporter supporting an outer peripheral portion of the cone portion to allow the diaphragm to vibrate in a direction of the vibration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: Yamaha Corporation
    Inventor: Masao Noro
  • Publication number: 20150146913
    Abstract: Provided is a diaphragm for use in a speaker that is configured to include a nanoweb that is formed by electrospinning a polymer material and accumulating nanofibers, so as to have a plurality of pores through which air can pass. The diaphragm can be made thin, have excellent flexibility, have sufficient strength to endure sound pressure, and enhance sound quality of low pitched bands.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2015
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Inventors: Seung Hoon LEE, Yong Sik JUNG, Yun Mi SO
  • Patent number: 8942407
    Abstract: A loudspeaker radiating diaphragm can be stiffened to help increase the breakup frequency to above the working frequency range of the driver concerned, by forming it of a molded part and an attached formed part. The molded part is a radiating surface with stiffening ribs. The formed part is a thin surface of high modulus material, attached to the rear of the ribs. The overall structure can have significantly higher stiffness than either of the two parts. This helps in designing a loudspeaker driver that does not breakup within its working frequency range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: GP Acoustics (UK) Limited
    Inventors: Mark Alexander Dodd, Jack Anthony Oclee-Brown, Julia Davidson
  • Patent number: 8934656
    Abstract: A surround that is generally arched in shape and that includes a radial exterior flange that extends downward from exterior side of the arched portion of the surround and that adhesively attaches to the inner wall or edge of the mounting ring of the frame of the loudspeaker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: Harman International Industries, Incorporated
    Inventor: Ronnie S. Espiritu
  • Publication number: 20150010197
    Abstract: A diaphragm can be obtained which exhibits large internal loss and Young's modulus and which can be produced efficiently. A speaker diaphragm 1 comprises at least one layer 1A formed by molding a component member configured by a fiber and a tangled fiber body of a synthetic fiber. The synthetic fiber is a polyvinyl alcohol fiber having boron.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Inventors: Kazuharu Kawata, Yoshihiro Sato, Hideki Takahashi
  • Patent number: 8903118
    Abstract: The present invention provides a dome diaphragm having high strength wholly and uniformly while maintaining a small thickness of a dome portion. A diaphragm 1 according to the present invention is a dome diaphragm including a dome portion 2. The dome portion 2 is divided into a plurality of small portions 4, and a ridge portion 7 is formed at a boundary of the small portions 4. In accordance with this configuration, the ridge portions 7 exist over the entire dome portion 2, and the ridge portions 7 can serve as frames for reinforcing the dome portion 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: TOA Corporation
    Inventors: Takeshi Fujita, Hiroshi Kubota
  • Patent number: 8885869
    Abstract: A transducer for the creation of acoustic energy omni directionally in a horizontal plane. The transducer includes a base plate, the base plate supporting a centrally located voice coil motor assembly and a hemi-toroidal diaphragm having a proximal edge and a distal edge. The proximal edge is appended to the centrally located voice coil motor assembly and the distal edge is appended to the base plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Inventors: J. Craig Oxford, D. Michael Shields
  • Patent number: 8750554
    Abstract: A speaker diaphragm (2), and plural dimples (16) which are disposed radially from a center side toward the outside of the speaker diaphragm (2) and which have arch structures formed to have a concave-like shapes so as to disperse a stress are provided, whereby while weight saving is realized in terms of the speaker diaphragm (2) by the plural dimples (16) formed to have the concave-like shapes, high rigidity is maintained by the arch structures of the dimples concerned, and a maximum sound pressure can be increased along with the weight saving concerned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Takao Sakamoto
  • Patent number: 8731231
    Abstract: There is provided a dynamic sound transducer having a diaphragm system (10) which has at least a first and second metallized surface (11) which are separated from each other by an insulating surface (12). The dynamic sound transducer further has a moving coil (20) with a coil wire (25). An end of the coil wire is electrically conductingly connected to the first metallized surface (11) and the other end of the coil wire is electrically conductingly connected to the second metallized surface (11).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Sennheiser electronic GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Till Teske-Fischer, Markus Kuhr, Vladimir Gorelik, Dirk Hackbarth, Heinz Epping, Burkhard Markmann, Axel Grell, Andre Michaelis
  • Patent number: 8672088
    Abstract: A phase plugs or acoustic lens improves the directional audio performance of a loudspeaker. Application of the improved directional audio performance to a sound system in a listening area may improve the performance of the audio system. Configuration of the acoustic lens or phase plug may include both symmetrical and asymmetrical features to provide an improved frequency response and directivity. The improved loudspeaker may provide improved an improved listing location, for example, in a vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Harman International Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Sterling, John Sheerin, Douglas Hogue, Peter Premo
  • Patent number: 8630440
    Abstract: A loudspeaker 2 comprises a dome 16 whose edge is stiffened by a carbon fiber ring 20. The dome 16 is shaped as a catenary or parabola.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: Blast Loudspeakers Ltd.
    Inventor: Laurence Dickie
  • Patent number: 8532327
    Abstract: A diaphragm is provided with a plurality of thick portions radially from an inner circumferential side to an outer circumferential side. The thick portions are composed of at least two kinds having different lengths in a radiation direction and formed to be gradually thinner in the radiation direction from the inner circumferential side to the outer circumferential side. With this configuration, separate vibrations in the diaphragm can be suppressed. Further, a speaker device provided with the diaphragm having the above-described configuration can reproduce sounds faithfully in accordance with input signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuya Omori, Shuhei Yamasaki
  • Patent number: 8479872
    Abstract: Ring-shaped membrane for an electro-acoustical loudspeaker, where said membrane comprises two or more dome-shaped annulus concentrically arranged around a central portion through which an imaginary axis of symmetry passes, where an outer periphery of said membrane is suitable to be attached to a surround; where the central portion is attached to a tower, which again is fastened to the loudspeakers driver, wherein the angle between a plane being perpendicular to the axis of symmetry and the attachment of the membrane to the surround resp. the tower is in the interval 0° to 40°, most preferred around 30°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: Sinar Baja Electric Ltd.
    Inventor: Lars Goller
  • Patent number: 8418802
    Abstract: A phase plugs or acoustic lens improves the directional audio performance of a loudspeaker. Application of the improved directional audio performance to a sound system in a listening area may improve the performance of the audio system. Configuration of the acoustic lens or phase plug may include both symmetrical and asymmetrical features to provide an improved frequency response and directivity. The improved loudspeaker may provide improved an improved listing location, for example, in a vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Harman International Industries, Incorporated
    Inventors: Brian Sterling, John Sheerin, Douglas Hogue, Peter Premo
  • Publication number: 20130056297
    Abstract: A diaphragm of an MEMS electroacoustic transducer including a first axis-symmetrical pattern layer is provided. Because the layout of the first axis-symmetrical pattern layer can match the pattern of the sound wave, the vibration uniformity of the diaphragm can be improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2012
    Publication date: March 7, 2013
    Applicant: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventor: United Microelectronics Corporation
  • Publication number: 20120321124
    Abstract: An exemplary diaphragm includes a central portion and an external portion connecting the central portion. The central portion includes a central section in a center thereof, a peripheral section at an outer periphery thereof, and a connecting section interconnecting the central section and the peripheral section. The peripheral section forms two protrusions each having three recesses defined therein. A micro-electroacoustic device using the diaphragm is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2012
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicant: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: HWANG-MIAW CHEN
  • Publication number: 20120281861
    Abstract: A vibration diaphragm for a speaker has a spherical bowl section, an annular intervening section and an annular outer section. The spherical bowl section has a top and a spherical cavity defined in the top. The annular intervening section is formed on and protrudes radially outward from the spherical bowl section. A bending line is formed on a boundary between the spherical bowl section and the annular intervening section. An annular outer section is formed on and protrudes radially from the annular intervening section and extends obliquely outward in a direction along which the cavity is sunk, wherein a bending line is formed on a boundary between the annular intervening section and the annular outer section, and an obtuse angle is defined between the annular intervening section and annular outer section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2012
    Publication date: November 8, 2012
    Inventor: Steff Lin
  • Publication number: 20120263337
    Abstract: The present invention further reduces a weight with an internal loss being large without reducing high rigidity and an environment resistance, thereby enabling a maximum sound pressure to be increased. A speaker diaphragm (2), and plural dimples (16) which are disposed radially from a center side toward the outside of the speaker diaphragm (2) and which have arch structures formed to have a concave-like shapes so as to disperse a stress are provided, whereby while the weight saving is realized in terms of the speaker diaphragm (2) by the plural dimples (16) formed to have the concave-like shapes, the high rigidity is maintained by the arch structures of the dimples concerned, and a maximum sound pressure can be increased along with the weight saving concerned.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2010
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takao Sakamoto
  • Patent number: 8259987
    Abstract: A slender-type diaphragm longer in a longitudinal direction and shorter in a transversal direction in relation to the longitudinal direction, has a base member and a slant member. The base member has a pair of extending members provided in parallel in the longitudinal direction as facing each other, and a curved section that protrudes toward a first side of the diaphragm in a vibration direction of the diaphragm from a first plane that includes the extending members, the vibration direction being perpendicular to the longitudinal and transversal directions. The slant member has a slant surface in relation to the first plane and connected to the base member in a manner that the slant member surrounds the base member in a second plane parallel to the first plane, the slant member having a curved surface in a cross section thereof in relation to a cross section of the base member in the transversal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Victor Company of Japan, Ltd.
    Inventor: Manabu Omoda
  • Patent number: 8256567
    Abstract: A diaphragm is disclosed. The diaphragm includes a dome part, an edge part connected to an outer peripheral part of the dome part. The dome part includes a main body defining a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, a first dome part connected to the first surface, and a second dome part connected to the second surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignees: AAC Acoustic Technologies (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., AAC Technologies Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Lin-Zhen Li, Ji-Liang Lu, Wen-Tao Jiang
  • Patent number: 8240426
    Abstract: A three dimensional acoustic passive radiator diaphragm. A diaphragm a three dimensional volume. An acoustic driver radiates pressure waves into the three dimensional volume to cause the diaphragm to expand and contract. The three dimensional passive radiator may include a core of a porous, compressible material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: Bose Corporation
    Inventors: Jason D. Silver, Roman N. Litovsky
  • Publication number: 20120181105
    Abstract: Ring-shaped membrane for an electro-acoustical loudspeaker, where said membrane comprises two or more dome-shaped annulus concentrically arranged around a central portion through which an imaginary axis of symmetry passes, where an outer periphery of said membrane is suitable to be attached to a surround; where the central portion is attached to a tower, which again is fastened to the loudspeakers driver, wherein the angle between a plane being perpendicular to the axis of symmetry and the attachment of the membrane to the surround resp. the tower is in the interval 0° to 40°, most preferred around 30°.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2012
    Publication date: July 19, 2012
    Applicant: C.V. Sinar Baja Electric
    Inventor: Lars Goller
  • Patent number: 8224016
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an electroacoustic transducer having a multi-channel diaphragm, and a hearing aid using the electroacoustic transducer, in which a plurality of channels having different resonant frequencies is formed in the diaphragm using MEMS technology, thus more closely approximating the different audible frequency characteristics of respective persons. The present invention provides an electroacoustic transducer provided with a multi-channel diaphragm. The electroacoustic transducer includes a diaphragm (110) and signal conversion units (120). The diaphragm is provided with respective channels having different resonant frequencies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Inventor: Ci-Moo Song
  • Patent number: 8215445
    Abstract: Provided is an electroacoustic transducer having a diaphragm (10). The diaphragm (10) has a first and a second region (20, 30), wherein the hardness, stiffness or compliance of the first region (20) differs from the second region (30).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: Sennheiser electronic GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Jens Wildhagen, Jan Peter Kuhtz, Axel Grell
  • Patent number: 8199962
    Abstract: A loudspeaker diaphragm having a small overall height dimension, in which a dome portion has a sufficient rigidity and which is capable of realizing a stable loudspeaker operation, wherein the loudspeaker diaphragm can realize a desirable sound reproduction without noise, or the like, with a frequency response that is flat over a wide range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: Onkyo Corporation
    Inventor: Tatsuya Maeda
  • Patent number: 8181736
    Abstract: A phase plugs or acoustic lens improves the directional audio performance of a loudspeaker. Application of the improved directional audio performance to a sound system in a listening area may improve the performance of the audio system. Configuration of the acoustic lens or phase plug may include both symmetrical and asymmetrical features to provide an improved frequency response and directivity. The improved loudspeaker may provide improved an improved listing location, for example, in a vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: Harman International Industries, Incorporated
    Inventors: Brian Sterling, John Sheerin, Douglas Hogue, Peter Premo
  • Patent number: 8141677
    Abstract: Ring-shaped membrane for an electro-acoustical loudspeaker, where said membrane comprises two or more dome-shaped annulus concentrically arranged around a central portion through which an imaginary axis of symmetry passes, where an outer periphery of said membrane is suitable to be attached to a surround; where the central portion is attached to a tower, which again is fastened to the loudspeakers driver, wherein the angle between a plane being perpendicular to the axis of symmetry and the attachment of the membrane to the surround resp. the tower is in the interval 0° to 40°, most preferred around 30°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignees: C.V. Sinar Baja Electric, Danesian Audio APS
    Inventor: Lars Goller
  • Patent number: 8141676
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound membrane and an acoustic device including such a compound membrane. The compound membrane includes a central layer, a first glue layer attached to one side of the central layer, a second glue layer attached to another side of the central layer, an upper layer provided on the first glue layer, and a lower layer provided beneath the second glue layer. The anti-fatigue performance of the compound membrane is desirable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignees: AAC Acoustic Technologies (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., AAC Technologies Pet.Ltd.
    Inventor: Tao Shen
  • Patent number: 8139784
    Abstract: A compound loudspeaker comprises an acoustically radiating first diaphragm and an acoustically radiating second diaphragm. The first and second diaphragms are substantially coaxial and at least part of the second diaphragm is situated radially outwards of the first diaphragm. There is a gap situated between the first and second diaphragms, and a seal is provided in the gap, thereby preventing or hindering the passage of air through the gap. By providing the seal, the invention solves the problem of audible turbulent airflow through the gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: GP Acoustics (UK) Limited
    Inventor: Jack Anthony Oclee-Brown
  • Patent number: 8126179
    Abstract: A diaphragm for outputting sound by vibrating has a hole of a predetermined shape that allows another member to extend therethrough. A sound output apparatus includes a first member, the diaphragm, and a second member. The first member extends through the hole of the diaphragm, and the first member is screwed into the second member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsujiro Kondo, Junichi Shima, Akihiko Arimitsu, Takuro Ema
  • Publication number: 20110317869
    Abstract: A loudspeaker diaphragm according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a diaphragm portion; and an edge portion, which is molded integrally with the diaphragm portion and made of a material different from a material for the diaphragm portion, wherein: the diaphragm portion includes, at an outer peripheral end thereof, an outer wall portion provided upright in a direction substantially parallel to a vibrating direction of the diaphragm portion; an inner peripheral surface of the edge portion is bonded onto an outer peripheral surface of the outer wall portion; and the outer wall portion has a height larger than a thickness of the diaphragm portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2011
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Applicants: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION, ONKYO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi FUJITANI, Yushi ONO, Ryoichi TAKAHASHI, Ryosuke SANO
  • Publication number: 20110155502
    Abstract: Ring-shaped membrane for an electro-acoustical loudspeaker, where said membrane comprises two or more dome-shaped annulus concentrically arranged around a central portion through which an imaginary axis of symmetry passes, where an outer periphery of said membrane is suitable to be attached to a surround; where the central portion is attached to a tower, which again is fastened to the loudspeakers driver, wherein the angle between a plane being perpendicular to the axis of symmetry and the attachment of the membrane to the surround resp. the tower is in the interval 0° to 40°, most preferred around 30°.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2008
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Applicant: C.V. Sinar Baja Electric
    Inventor: Lars Goller
  • Publication number: 20110129113
    Abstract: A speaker diaphragm with a circular opening in a center zone thereof has a pattern of concave and convex sections formed on a front surface or a rear surface thereof. A plurality of concave and convex sections are formed in each of regions provided at a regular interval with a specific angle in a circumferential direction of the diaphragm. The concave and convex sections formed in each region have different sizes in a radial direction of the diaphragm. The concave and convex sections formed in adjacent regions are displaced from each other in the radial direction. The concave and convex sections formed on the diaphragm are aligned on at least a first and a second imaginary curved line, respectively, each imaginary curved line passing regions and approaching an inner periphery of the circular opening from an outer periphery of the diaphragm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2010
    Publication date: June 2, 2011
    Applicant: J&K CAR ELECTRONICS CORPORATION a corporation of Japan
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kumakura, Koji Yamazawa
  • Patent number: 7946378
    Abstract: A membrane for an electroacoustic transducer is disclosed having a first area, a second area, which is arranged for translatory movement in relation to said first area, and a third area, which connects said first area and said second area, wherein local, planar spring constants along a closed line within said third area encompassing said second area, are determined in such a way that local, translatory spring constants along said line in a direction of said translatory movement are substantially constant or exclusively have substantially flat, mutual changes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2011
    Assignee: NXP B.V.
    Inventors: Susanne Windischberger, Helmut Wasinger, Josef Lutz
  • Publication number: 20110031061
    Abstract: Provided is an electroacoustic transducer having a diaphragm (10). The diaphragm (10) has a first and a second region (20, 30), wherein the hardness, stiffness or compliance of the first region (20) differs from the second region (30).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2007
    Publication date: February 10, 2011
    Applicant: Sennheiser Electronic GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Jens Wildhagen, Jan Peter Kuhtz, Axel Grell
  • Patent number: 7877856
    Abstract: An edge (29) for supporting a diaphragm assembly (100) with respect to a frame (26) is bonded to the frame (26) along the outer periphery thereof and joined to a diaphragm (27) in a position more peripherally inward than a voice coil (28) along the inner periphery thereof. The edge (29) partly overlaps diaphragm (27). This structure allows downsizing of the speaker, without reducing the sizes of a permanent magnet (21) and the edge (29).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2011
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Takanori Fukuyama, Tomoyasu Takase, Koji Sano, Hiroshi Yano, Masanori Nakano, Shigeru Tomoeda, Kazuki Honda, Kazuya Yamasaki, Kazutaka Kubo, Takeshi Shimokawatoko, Mitsutaka Enomoto, Masahide Sumiyama
  • Patent number: 7866439
    Abstract: A membrane (2?) for an electroacoustic transducer (1) is disclosed having a first area (A1), a second area (A2), which is arranged for translatory movement in relation to said first area (A1), and a third area (A3), which connects said first (A1) and said second area (A2), wherein local, planar spring constants (psc) along a closed line (L) within said third area (A3) encompassing said second area (A2), are determined in such a way that local, translatory spring constants (tsc) along said line (L) in a direction (DM) of said translatory movement are substantially constant or exclusively have substantially flat, mutual changes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: NXP B.V.
    Inventors: Susanne Windischberger, Helmut Wasinger, Josef Lutz
  • Publication number: 20100310112
    Abstract: A diaphragm includes a central portion in a center of the diaphragm, a pleat portion surrounding the central portion and a flange surrounding the pleat portion. A plurality of pleats are defined in the pleat portion and extend from the central portion to the flange along a tangential direction of the central portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2009
    Publication date: December 9, 2010
    Applicant: FOXCONN TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: HWANG-MIAW CHEN
  • Publication number: 20100310110
    Abstract: A diaphragm includes a central portion in a center of the diaphragm and an external portion surrounding the central portion. The central portion includes a central section in a center of the central portion, a peripheral section at an outer periphery of the central portion and a connecting section between the central section and the peripheral section. The peripheral section forms at least one protrusion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2009
    Publication date: December 9, 2010
    Applicant: FOXCONN TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: HWANG-MIAW CHEN
  • Publication number: 20100296687
    Abstract: The present invention provides a dome diaphragm having high strength wholly and uniformly while maintaining a small thickness of a dome portion. A diaphragm 1 according to the present invention is a dome diaphragm including a dome portion 2. The dome portion 2 is divided into a plurality of small portions 4, and a ridge portion 7 is formed at a boundary of the small portions 4. In accordance with this configuration, the ridge portions 7 exist over the entire dome portion 2, and the ridge portions 7 can serve as frames for reinforcing the dome portion 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2008
    Publication date: November 25, 2010
    Applicant: TOA Corporation
    Inventors: Takeshi Fujita, Hiroshi Kubota