Wiring Structure Patents (Class 381/409)
  • Patent number: 11917350
    Abstract: A loudspeaker having a compressible lead wire is described. The lead wire carries an electrical audio input signal to a voice coil. The electrical audio input signal drives the voice coil to oscillate in an axial direction. The compressible lead wire includes an elastic portion that stretches and compresses in the axial direction to allow the voice coil to oscillate freely. The elastic portion includes several compressible elements that are located within a cavity of the loudspeaker. The compressible elements extend through the cavity in the axial direction. Other aspects are also described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Wilk, Logan A. Rotolo, Anthony P. Grazian, Onur I. Ilkorur
  • Patent number: 11837937
    Abstract: A haptic actuator may include a base, a field member coupled to the base and that may include spaced apart permanent magnets. The haptic actuator may also include a coil having a loop shape defining a slotted opening therein, and a spring member suspending the coil so that the field member is within the slotted opening and permitting relative movement of the field member and the coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Kathryn K. Wopat, Fu-Ying Huang, Hari Vasudevan, Xin Alice Wu, Shingo Yoneoka
  • Patent number: 11617032
    Abstract: A speaker includes: a diaphragm; a coil directly or indirectly attached to the diaphragm; a pair of conducting lines connecting electrically with the coil; a yoke having one pair of longer side portions, and another pair of shorter side portions; a frame disposed between the coil and the yoke; and an inner terminal provided on an area on a straight line extended from the longer side portion of the yoke, and electrically connected to the coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignees: Pioneer Corporation, Tohoku Pioneer Corporation
    Inventor: Kazuaki Watanabe
  • Patent number: 11521909
    Abstract: This document describes a passive thermal-control system that can be integrated into an electronic speaker device and associated electronic speaker devices. The passive thermal-control system uses an architecture that combines heat spreaders and thermal interface materials to transfer heat from heat-generating electronic devices of the electronic speaker device to a housing component of the electronic speaker device. The housing component dissipates the heat to prevent a thermal runaway condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Ihab A. Ali, Emil Rahim, Truong Ho Cong
  • Patent number: 11431125
    Abstract: Disclosed are a connector, a display screen, and an electronic device. The connector includes a first connection end, a second connection end, and an anti-off part. The second connection end is detachably connected to the first connection end; the anti-off part is configured to restrict the first connection end and the second connection end from being separated from each other and disconnected when the first connection end and the second connection end are energized and conductive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignees: HKC Corporation Limited, Chongqing HKC Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Wenxin Li
  • Patent number: 10993031
    Abstract: An earphone comprising a transducer vibrating diaphragm structure is described herein. The transducer vibrating diaphragm structure comprises a diaphragm including a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, a first frame and a second frame disposed at two sides of the diaphragm and coupled to a periphery of the diaphragm, a first magnetic element and a second magnetic element disposed to correspond to the first surface and the second surface, respectively. A total area of the diaphragm is less than or equal to 120 square millimeters and a sensitivity of the diaphragm is greater than 105 dB.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Inventor: Fang Bian
  • Patent number: 10886828
    Abstract: A vibration actuator includes: a fixing part including one of a coil and a magnet; a movable part including the other one of the coil and the magnet; and an elastic supporting part configured to support the movable part movably with respect to the fixing part. The movable part is configured to reciprocate with respect to the fixing part in a vibration direction through cooperation between the powered coil and the magnet. The magnet is disposed away from and radially inside the coil. The elastic supporting part has a plate-like shape in which one end of the elastic supporting part is fixed to the fixing part at the side of the movable part and the other end is fixed to the movable part, and cantilevers the movable part in such a manner that the movable part can reciprocate in the vibration direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuki Takahashi, Kazutaka Sakaguchi, Yasutaka Kitamura, Shigeyuki Shimomura, Yuki Ogihara
  • Patent number: 10820116
    Abstract: The present application discloses a speaker includes a frame, a vibration system accommodated in the frame, the vibration system comprising a diaphragm, a voice coil for driving the diaphragm to generate sounds. Wherein, the voice coil comprises a pair of voice coil leading wires; a magnetic circuit system accommodated in the frame, the magnetic circuit system comprising a yoke, a main magnet, an auxiliary magnet surrounding the main magnet and spaced from the main magnet for forming a magnetic gap, an upper plate attached to the auxiliary magnet; the upper plate includes a base portion, an extending portion extending from an edge of the base portion in a direction away from the base portion, and a bending portion connected with the extending portion and bent and extends toward the yoke; the frame wraps on the extending portion and the bending portion by means of injection molding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: AAC Technologies Pte. Ltd.
    Inventor: Xiaojiang Gu
  • Patent number: 10779065
    Abstract: The present invention provides speaker module housing, a speaker module, and a sounding device. The speaker module housing comprises a housing body and at least two metal sheets fixedly connected to the housing body. The housing body comprises a connection portion which separates the adjacent metal sheets. An edge of the metal sheet laps over the connection portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: GOERTEK, INC.
    Inventors: Guofu Wang, Xinfeng Yang
  • Patent number: 10694295
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an acoustic device with improved acoustic performance. The acoustic device includes: a housing that forms the appearance of the acoustic device; a magnet that generates magnetic force; a yoke that includes paramagnetic material that concentrates the magnetic force; a voice coil that vibrates due to the magnetic force when an electric signal having sound information is applied; a diaphragm that comes into close contact with the voice coil and that vibrates and generates sound in response to the vibration of the voice coil; a plate that is located between the diaphragm and the magnet; and a locking ring that is located on the plate and that fastens part of the diaphragm, wherein the sectional surface of the locking ring has a rectangular shape the height of which is greater than the width thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: BUJEON CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Donghyun Seo, Minkoo Park, Halim Kim
  • Patent number: 10250971
    Abstract: The present application discloses a speaker box. The speaker box includes a lower cover; an upper cover engaging with the lower cover for forming an accommodating space; a speaker accommodated in the accommodating space, and including a diaphragm with a dome attached to the diaphragm; a front sound cavity formed by the diaphragm and the upper cover; an air adsorbent plate attached to the dome; and an auxiliary film attached to the dome. The dome forms a through-hole communicating with the front sound cavity, and the air adsorbent plate strides over the through-hole, while the auxiliary film covers the through-hole on another surface of the dome.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: AAC TECHNOLOGIES PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Peng Qin, Wei Wei
  • Patent number: 10057687
    Abstract: The present invention provides a speaker structure, comprising a vibrating component, an electromagnetic component, an casing and an integral washer conductive sheet. The electromagnetic component comprises a central magnet and peripheral magnets which are disposed around the central magnet. The integral washer conductive sheet replaces a washer structure and an conductive sheet structure in a traditional speaker structure and is integrally formed by the washer and an conductive sheet which are combined into one part. The integral washer conductive sheet comprises a washer part and an conductive sheet part, wherein the washer part is disposed on the peripheral magnets and the conductive sheet part extends out of the casing. By adopting the integral washer conductive sheet according to the present invention, those skilled in the art can simplify an internal structure of the speaker, save production materials, simplify molding and assembling procedures, and improve production efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: Goertek, Inc.
    Inventors: Xiang Guo, Chengfei Zhang
  • Patent number: 9942680
    Abstract: A diaphragm for a loudspeaker may include a conductive coupler, a voice coil having a voice coil lead, where the voice coil lead is positioned in conductive contact with the conductive coupler, and a terminal lead, where the terminal lead is positioned in conductive contact with the conductive coupler, and where the voice coil lead and the terminal lead are attached to the conductive coupler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: Sonos, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Warren Little, Daniel Liu, Derrick Pierce, Ernie Latham-Brown
  • Patent number: 9906865
    Abstract: A piezoelectric loudspeaker includes an oscillator, two damping members and a plurality of terminals which are disposed in a loudspeaker box. The oscillator includes a plate and two piezoelectric members coupled to two sides of the plate. The oscillator is disposed in an accommodation trough of the loudspeaker box, and has a fixed end and a free end. The damping members are made of silicone and disposed in the accommodation trough. The damping members are pressed against an edge of the free end of the plate of the oscillator. The terminals are connected with the plate and the piezoelectric members of the oscillator, respectively. Through the damping members, the present invention provides a better shock absorption effect to effectively reduce the noises caused by the free end of the oscillator and to effectively enhance the tone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Inventors: Su-Pei Yang, Ing-Ming Lai
  • Patent number: 9749726
    Abstract: A support frame for a thin mini speaker structure thinner than 10 mm includes a main body having a fixing hole, into which a magnet assembly is mounted to locate below a voice coil; two electrically conductive members disposed on the main body; two lead wire holders disposed on the main body between the fixing hole and the electrically conductive members and each defining a lead wire receiving groove thereon; a first damping colloid applied into the lead wire receiving grooves. Two lead wires of the voice coil are set in the first damping colloid in the lead wire receiving grooves and the electrically conductive members to respectively present an outward curved shape. A thin mini speaker lead wire assembling method is also introduced. With the above support frame and method, two ends of the voice coil windings can be directly used as lead wires to save additional tinsel leads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Inventor: Ping-Yu Lee
  • Patent number: 9674595
    Abstract: A loudspeaker includes a frame, a magnetic circuit, a magnetic gap, a diaphragm, a voice coil, a connector portion, and a lead wire. The connector portion is provided at the frame, and includes a terminal. The lead wire connects between the terminal and the voice coil, and has a connection portion connected to the terminal. Then, a first holder that holds the lead wire is formed at the connector portion. The lead wire is held between the terminal and the first holder as being clamped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masamichi Ara, Kenichi Ajiki, Toshinori Yamaji, Keiji Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 9648406
    Abstract: A speaker is provided in the present disclosure. The speaker includes a membrane, a solder pad formed on the membrane, a voice coil connected to the membrane, and a connecting wire connected to the solder pad. The connecting wire is configured for receiving an electric signal for driving the voice coil. The voice coil includes a coil portion for driving the membrane to vibrate, and a line lead portion led out from an end of the coil portion; the line led portion is connected to the solder pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: AAC TECHNOLOGIES PTE. LTD.
    Inventor: Yang Zhang
  • Patent number: 9497547
    Abstract: A speaker structure includes a main body, a circuit board and a magnetic component. The main body has a receiving section and a recess formed on an outer circumference of the receiving section. A center of the main body is formed with a hole in communication with the receiving section. The circuit board has a board body and an outer frame body inlaid in the recess of the main body. The magnetic component is received in the hole. A voice coil collar is disposed around the magnetic component. Multiple windings are wound around a surface of the voice coil collar. Two ends of the windings are attached to the circuit board. According to the above arrangement, the volume of the speaker structure is greatly reduced and the manufacturing cost of the speaker structure is lowered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: Asia Vital Components Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mao-Lin Chen, Chih-Chiang Chao
  • Patent number: 9344804
    Abstract: Disclosed is a miniature moving-coil speaker comprising a magnetic circuit system, a vibration system, and an auxiliary system for fixing the magnetic circuit system and the vibration system. The vibration system comprises a diaphragm and a voice coil integrated with the diaphragm. The auxiliary system comprises a plastic enclosure. The diaphragm is installed correspondingly at one end face of the enclosure, while the magnetic circuit system is installed at the other end face of the enclosure opposite the diaphragm; also: a flexible circuit board is arranged on the end face of the enclosure where the magnetic circuit system is installed, and the voice coil is electrically connected to the flexible circuit board. The design reduces product installation height, while at the same time facilitates wire-leading and wire-combing for the miniature moving-coil speaker, and simplifies product design.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: GOERTEK INC.
    Inventors: Gang Chen, Minghui Shao, Qing Miao, Chao Xu, Zongjun Mou
  • Patent number: 9238252
    Abstract: A vibration sounder includes an enclosure having a receiving space, a stator received in the receiving space and a conductive terminal. The stator includes a magnetic yoke formed with a through hole. The mover locates above the stator. The conductive terminal includes an insulative portion received in the through hole and a conductive portion connecting with the insulative portion. The vibration sounder of the present disclosure has a small volume and a simple structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignee: AAC Technologies Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Wanghua Xu, Xudong Yan, Hongfu Xu
  • Patent number: 9118993
    Abstract: A loudspeaker includes a frame, a diaphragm, a magnetic circuit, a voice coil bobbin and a voice coil. The frame is mounted on a side of the magnetic circuit. The frame has an opening end. The diaphragm has an inner rim and an outer rim. The outer rim of the diaphragm is fixed to the opening end of the frame. The inner rim of the diaphragm is fixed to an end of the voice coil bobbin. The magnetic circuit defines a magnetic gap. The voice coil bobbin is disposed in the magnetic gap. The voice coil is wound around the voice coil bobbin. The voice coil includes a lead wire. The lead wire includes a conductive core and an insulated layer. The insulated layer is coated on the conductive core. The conductive core includes a linear carbon nanotube structure and a wire structure contacting each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignees: Tsinghua University, HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Liang Liu, Jia-Ping Wang
  • Patent number: 9084052
    Abstract: A miniature loudspeaker may include a driver module with a flexible carrier having a proximal portion arranged within the perimeter of the frame and a distal portion arranged outside the perimeter of the frame, the flexible carrier carrying an output amplifier. The flexible carrier may be provided with electrically conductive traces connecting an amplifier input with input contact pads placed on the distal portion. The flexible carrier may be provided with electrically conductive traces connecting an amplifier output with output contact pads placed at the proximal portion. The output amplifier may be arranged on the proximal portion of the flexible carrier within the perimeter of the frame. The proximal portion of the flexible carrier may be rigidly attached to the static part. The output contact pads may be connected with the voice coil through flexible lead wires.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: ANALOG DEVICES GLOBAL
    Inventors: Henrik Lerche Biessy, Lars Lindemose, Jan Naaby
  • Patent number: 8989428
    Abstract: A mobile electronic device including a processor, a first electrical component including at least one contact area, and a second electrical component including at least one contact arm extending over a top surface of the second electrical component and secured in at least two locations, the at least one contact arm configured to be in electrical communication with the at least one contact area. In another embodiment, the electronic device further includes a microphone operably connected to an enclosure. A first resilient member coupled to the enclosure and a first side of the microphone and a second resilient member coupled to a second side of the microphone and a support structure within the enclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew D. Hill, Andrew Bright, Christopher Wilk, Teemu Pekka Silipä
  • Patent number: 8989397
    Abstract: A system and method are provided for creating a loudspeaker system with low failure rate of sound production. The system uses a loudspeaker with more than one voice coil, a circuit to detect breakage of a voice coil and a switching circuit to steer the system input signal to a remaining good voice coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Inventor: Kyounghee Lee
  • Patent number: 8938086
    Abstract: A micro-speaker includes a case having a cavity and a receiving hole, a magnetic circuit unit and a vibrating unit with a voice coil received in the cavity, a pair of needle seats embedded in the case for electrically connecting with the voice coil, a pair of pogo-pins arranged in the receiving hole for electrically connecting with the pair of needle seats. Each of the pogo-pins has a barrel unit, a first protrusion and a second protrusion extending from an outer surface of the barrel unit, at least one plunger extending from the barrel unit and projecting out of the receiving hole, a receiving space formed between the first protrusion and the second protrusion. A third protrusion extends from an inner surface of the receiving hole and accommodated in the receiving space for fixing the pogo-pin in the corresponding receiving hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2015
    Assignees: AAC Acoustic Technologies (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., AAC Microtech (Changzhou) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xiong Zhang, San-You Wu
  • Patent number: 8934659
    Abstract: The invention relates to a moving part for an electro-dynamic transducer, including at least one mandrel supporting a winding of at least one coiled wire. The mandrel includes at least one first element rigidly connected inside at least one second element for guiding the moving part inside the transducer. The first element has a winding support for the coiled wire so that the coil is located inside the mandrel, as well as vibration transmitter, such as a diaphragm, the vibration being generated by the movement of the coil induced by the flow of current in the coil wire. The invention also relates to an electro-dynamic transducer including such a moving part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: Orkidia Audio
    Inventors: Guy Lemarquand, Benoit Merit, Bernard Nemoff
  • Patent number: 8934658
    Abstract: A coil includes a first section, a second section spaced from the first section, a third section and a forth section connecting ends of the first and second sections for forming a closed loop. The third section includes a first portion directly contacting to the first section, and a second portion extending from the first portion and directly connecting to the second section, the first portion forms a protrusion away from the fourth section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignees: AAC Acoustic Technologies (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., AAC Microtech (Changzhou) Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jing He
  • Patent number: 8917898
    Abstract: The invention relates to an acoustic loudspeaker which includes a magnetic field source. A mobile apparatus includes a diaphragm and a first winding capable of allowing passage of an electrical current representing the sound signal to be generated and of interacting with the magnetic field. The acoustic loudspeaker includes a second winding, both terminals of which are connected by a resistive component. Both terminals of the second winding are electrically isolated from the terminals of the first winding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignee: Focal Jmlab
    Inventors: Daniel Emonts, Arnaud Cazes Bouchet
  • Patent number: 8879774
    Abstract: A loudspeaker magnet assembly for a loudspeaker transducer having a voice coil is provided that has a low profile construction. The loudspeaker magnet assembly may include: a first magnet assembly; top plate position below the first magnet assembly; second magnet assembly positioned below the top plate; and bottom plate positioned below the second magnet assembly. The first magnet assembly may include an annular outer magnet and a circular inner magnet. The top plate may include an annular outer top plate and a circular inner top plate and the second magnet assembly may include an annular outer magnet and a circular inner magnet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Harman International Industries, Incorporated
    Inventor: Brendon Stead
  • Patent number: 8861777
    Abstract: A vibrating element includes a diaphragm and a voice coil. The diaphragm has a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other, in which the first surface includes a first conductive region and a second conductive region separated from the first conductive region. The voice coil is disposed at the first surface of the diaphragm, in which two ends of the voice coil are respectively electrically connected to the first conductive region and the second conductive region, and the two ends of the voice coil are located within a region circled by the voice coil on the first surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Cotron Corporation
    Inventor: Bill Yang
  • Patent number: 8813906
    Abstract: A damper speaker includes a fiber cloth woven by fibers, each of the fibers is formed by a single fiber strand or several fiber strands. The fiber strand includes a first fiber, which is one or a combination of cotton, polyester and aramid fiber. When the first fiber is the combination of cotton, polyester and aramid fiber, the weight ratio of any one to the fiber cloth is 0˜100%, and the weight ratio of the other two is adjusted. When the weight ratio of the first fiber to the fiber cloth is less than 100%, the fiber cloth includes a second fiber, which is one or a combination of rayon, silk, flax, acrylic, rubber and synthetic fiber. The speaker damper includes a layer of resin, which is absorbed by and combined with the fiber cloth. The fiber cloth is then cut into a predetermined shape through a molding means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Inventor: Hiroshi Ohara
  • Patent number: 8818006
    Abstract: A loudspeaker system includes an enclosure surrounding a plurality of loudspeakers. The plurality of loudspeakers are disposed in series along a straight line in the enclosure. The enclosure includes a front panel, a back panel and side panels. The front panel, the side panels, and the back panel are disposed parallel to the straight line on which the loudspeakers are arranged. The side panels are provided with a front slit and a back slit. The back slit is disposed at an opposite side of the front slit in the enclosure. Sounds emitted to the upper and lower sides of diaphragms of the loudspeakers are separated from each other such that the sounds are prevented from mixing with each other. This provides a loudspeaker system capable of achieving desired sound pressure-frequency characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji Yamauchi, Masatoshi Okuyama, Shoji Nakajima, Satoshi Takayama, Satoshi Koura, Yachiyo Shimokawatoko, Kazuhiro Oshika, Hideaki Inoue
  • Patent number: 8811652
    Abstract: An electrodynamic speaker in which the number of steps of forming a tinsel wire to be connected to a voice coil and connecting the tinsel wire to a terminal can be reduced is provided. A frame of the electrodynamic speaker includes an edge mounting section, a magnetic circuit mounting section, a coupling section for coupling the edge mounting section and the magnetic circuit mounting section so as to define a plurality of window sections, a terminal fixing section for fixing a terminal, and at least one void for dividing the edge mounting section having an approximately annular shape, the void being communicatively connected to the window sections of the coupling section. A middle portion of the tinsel wire passes through the void or the window sections communicatively connected to the void, and the other end of the tinsel wire is connected and fixed to the terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Onkyo Corporation
    Inventor: Takeshi Fujitani
  • Patent number: 8737675
    Abstract: A speaker unit that can prevent a lead from being broken is provided. The speaker unit includes: a diaphragm; a voice coil which is secured to the diaphragm; and a lead which is connected to the voice coil to energize the voice coil. The diaphragm includes an annular securing portion which has the voice coil secured thereto, and an outer projection which projects with respect to the securing portion at a side corresponding to a surface of the diaphragm having the voice coil secured thereto and extends along the securing portion. The outer projection has a top. The outer projection has the top partially recessed to have a recess. The lead extends across the recess to traverse the outer projection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideki Hiwatashi, Yuki Kobayashi, Hidemi Kamada
  • Patent number: 8705788
    Abstract: A method for fabricating a speaker is disclosed. The speaker is equipped with a case having a through cavity, an inner surface forming the cavity and an outer surface, a magnetic bowl coupled to the case, a magnet positioned in the magnetic bowl, a pole plate covering the magnet, a magnetic gap formed by the magnet and the magnetic bowl, a diaphragm supported by the case and vibrating along a vibrating direction, a voice coil connected to the diaphragm, and a hearing aid coil formed on the case. The method includes the steps of: providing a case made of thermoplastic doped with organometallic additive; activating the organometallic additive in the case by a laser beam for forming initial pattern of the hearing aid coil in the inner surface of the case; and bathing the case in copper solution for providing the initial pattern with copper plating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignees: AAC Acoustic Technologies (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., American Audio Components Inc.
    Inventors: Chao Xu, Xing-Zhi Huang, Rong-Lin Ling-Hu, Xiong Zhang
  • Patent number: 8687837
    Abstract: A frame has a notch having an opening at a side plane of the frame. A diaphragm is vibratably attached to one plane of the frame. A voice coil is attached to the diaphragm. A terminal is attached to the other plane of the frame. A lead is connected to the voice coil, drawn from one plane to the other plane through the notch, and connected to the terminal. One of intersection points at which a normal to the side plane that passes through the position of the lead in the notch and the side plane intersect that is closest to the opening and the lead in the notch are intervened therebetween by the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yuji Matsuo
  • Patent number: 8638974
    Abstract: A frame has a notch having an opening at a side plane of the frame. A diaphragm is vibratably attached to one plane of the frame. A voice coil is attached to the diaphragm. A terminal is attached to the other plane of the frame. A lead is connected to the voice coil, drawn from one plane to the other plane through the notch, and connected to the terminal. One of intersection points at which a normal to the side plane that passes through the position of the lead in the notch and the side plane intersect that is closest to the opening and the lead in the notch are intervened therebetween by the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yuji Matsuo
  • Publication number: 20130315434
    Abstract: The invention provides a multi-coil unit including first, second, . . . , (n?1)-th, and n-th coil elements corresponding to a number n of quantization bits of a digital signal, the coil elements including coil wires of a same length. The multi-coil unit has a winding structure in which the coil wires are wound a plurality of turns to be stacked in a magnetic flux direction to form a plurality of tires.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2013
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: HOSIDEN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoru FUJIWARA, Masaaki MIYAMOTO, Yoshiyuki SHINODA
  • Patent number: 8588457
    Abstract: A loudspeaker magnetic motor utilizes a voice coil with two or more wire coils that are connected in parallel and that are layered on top of one another. The motor utilizes, as a magnetic field source, a permanent magnet and, more particularly, a permanent magnet that includes a rare earth metal such as a neodymium boron iron magnet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Dr. G Licensing, LLC
    Inventor: Godehard A. Guenther
  • Patent number: 8577075
    Abstract: A speaker includes a yoke defining a receiving cavity therein, a first magnet received in the receiving cavity of the yoke, a second magnet received in the receiving cavity of the yoke and opposite to the first magnet, a first coil surrounding the first magnet, a second coil surrounding the second magnet, and a diaphragm drove to vibrate by both of the first coil and the second coil. A shape of the first coil is approximately a horse's hoof and defines a first linear side, a flexuous side and a pair of first arc sides coupled with two ends of the first linear side and two ends of the flexuous side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignees: AAC Acoustic Technologies (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., AAC Technologies PTE.Ltd.
    Inventor: Xu-Dong Yan
  • Publication number: 20130279736
    Abstract: A wire routing for an earpiece speaker 100 voice coil 110 has a terminal wire 130 having a takeoff angle 134 that is less than forty-five degrees with respect to a tangent 195 of the voice coil at a takeoff point 132. The terminal wire 130 also has a U-bend 136 and crosses a basket rim 160 of the earpiece speaker 100 at a crossing point 163. A length of the terminal wire 130 between the crossing point 163 and a terminal pad 183 is at an angle 156 less than forty-five degrees relative to a tangent 199 of the basket rim 160 at the crossing point 163. This configuration promotes a terminal wire length and geometry that is able to convert stresses to avoid wire breakage due to fatigue failure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2013
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Inventor: Walter Yang
  • Patent number: 8542865
    Abstract: An electromechanical transducer 180, motor structure 200 and voice coil winding support structure or bobbin 210 are configured to protect and transport heat away from a voice coil 220 which is would solely within the interior of bobbin 210 and configured for reciprocating movement in close proximity to an extended cooling pole piece 204. A compact, economical and efficient adaptation of a pancake style motor includes generous volume for a powerful magnet 208, while providing an extended, linear range of excursion and continuous cooling for the generously overhung voice coil 220.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Inventor: Robert M. O'neill
  • Patent number: 8542863
    Abstract: A loudspeaker magnetic motor utilizes a voice coil with two or more wire coils that are connected in parallel and that are layered on top of one another. The motor utilizes, as a magnetic field source, a permanent magnet and, more particularly, a permanent magnet that includes a rare earth metal such as a neodymium boron iron magnet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: Dr. G Licensing, LLC
    Inventor: Godehard A. Guenther
  • Patent number: 8538060
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a voice coil lead wire and a loudspeaker using the same. The voice coil lead wire includes a lead wire structure and a core wire structure. The lead wire structure includes at least one lead wire. The core wire structure includes at least one carbon nanotube wire structure. The carbon nanotube wire structure includes a plurality of carbon nanotubes. The at least one lead wire winds around the at least one carbon nanotube wire structure in a helix manner or a twisted manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignees: Tsinghua University, Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Liang Liu, Jia-Ping Wang
  • Patent number: 8538061
    Abstract: A balanced armature motor assembly has a circuit board mounted to a bobbin. A first end of a wire coil is secured to a first terminal on the circuit board and passes through a first cutout of the bobbin. A second end of the wire coil is secured to a second terminal on the circuit board and passes through a second cutout of the bobbin. The first end of the wire coil is oriented along a first line tangent to a center post of the bobbin, and the second end of the wire coil is oriented along a second line tangent to the center post of the bobbin. In another embodiment, a compressed polymer material is interposed between a first magnet and a post located on the bobbin and between a second magnet and the post on the bobbin. The polymer material forces the first and second magnets into contact with the pole piece such that the magnets can be welded to the pole piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Shure Acquisition Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott Charles Grinker, Donald David Noettl, Matthew Louis Stoch
  • Patent number: 8467564
    Abstract: A loudspeaker includes a magnetic system defining a magnetic gap, a vibrating system, and a supporting system. The vibrating system includes a diaphragm, a voice coil bobbin disposed in the magnetic gap, a coil lead wire having a first end and a second end, and a voice coil wound around the voice coil bobbin and electrically connected to the first end. The supporting system includes a frame fixed to the magnetic system and receiving the vibrating system. The frame has a terminal electrically connected to the second end of the coil lead wire. The diaphragm is received in the frame. The voice lead wire includes at least one carbon nanotube wire structure. The carbon nanotube wire structure includes a plurality of carbon nanotubes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignees: Tsinghua University, Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Liang Liu, Jia-Ping Wang
  • Patent number: 8428296
    Abstract: A bobbin includes a paper matrix and a plurality of carbon nanotubes dispersed in the paper matrix. A loudspeaker includes a magnetic circuit, a bobbin, a voice coil, a damper, and a diaphragm. The magnetic circuit defines a magnetic gap. The bobbin is located in the magnetic gap and includes a paper matrix and a plurality of carbon nanotubes dispersed in the paper matrix. The voice coil is wounded on the bobbin. The damper is fixed to the bobbin. The diaphragm includes an inner rim fixed to the bobbin and held mechanically by the damper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignees: Tsinghua University, Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Liang Liu, Jia-Ping Wang
  • Patent number: 8422725
    Abstract: A bobbin for a loudspeaker includes at least one base and at least one carbon nanotube structure. The at least one carbon nanotube structure is positioned on at least one surface of the base. A loudspeaker includes a magnetic circuit, a bobbin; a voice coil, and a diaphragm. The magnetic circuit defines a magnetic gap. The bobbin is located in the magnetic gap and includes at least one carbon nanotube structure. The voice coil is wounded on the bobbin. The diaphragm includes an inner rim fixed to the bobbin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignees: Tsinghua University, Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Liang Liu, Jia-Ping Wang
  • Patent number: 8411895
    Abstract: A bobbin is a hollow tubular structure formed of a carbon nanotube composite structure. A loudspeaker includes a magnetic circuit; a bobbin; a voice coil; and a diaphragm. The magnetic circuit defines a magnetic gap. The bobbin is located in the magnetic gap. The voice coil is wounded on the bobbin. The diaphragm includes an inner rim fixed to the bobbin. The bobbin is a hollow tubular structure formed of a carbon nanotube composite structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignees: Tsinghua University, Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Liang Liu, Jia-Ping Wang
  • Patent number: 8391538
    Abstract: An earphone includes a basket defining a through hole. A leading wire board fixed underneath the basket has a pair of solder foils on a bottom surface thereof. A magnet unit is located in the basket with the through hole adjacent to a side edge of the magnet unit. A diaphragm is arranged on the basket and over the magnet unit. A voice coil is fixed to a bottom of the diaphragm and surrounding the magnet unit. The voice coil has two leading wires. Each leading wire passes through the through hole of the basket and further bends to solder with the corresponding solder foils of the leading wire board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: Cheng Uei Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chun-Ching Chiu, Mu-Tsun Tseng