Patents Assigned to American Audio Components Inc.
  • Publication number: 20120248935
    Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus used in an electronic device for providing haptic feedback. The apparatus includes a main board defining a mounting surface, a vibration unit mounted on the mounting surface of the main board, the vibration unit being capable of vibrating along a direction parallel to the mounting surface. At least two screws are provided to fix the vibration unit on the main board, and a pair of stop block is provided to restricting the position of the vibration unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2012
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Applicants: AMERICAN AUDIO COMPONENTS INC., AAC ACOUSTIC TECHNOLOGIES (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lin LIU, Jie HE
  • Patent number: 8269379
    Abstract: A linear vibrator is disclosed. The linear vibrator includes a housing having a base and a cover, a number of elastic members connected to the housing, a moving unit suspended inside the housing by the elastic members, a PCB covered by the housing and a coil mounted on the PCB. The base has a bottom wall, a plurality of sidewalls extending vertically from the bottom wall and a blocking ring extending form a central portion of the bottom wall. The moving unit has a magnet assembly and at least a pair of patches and vibrates along a direction parallel to the bottom wall, the coil is located right below the magnet assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignees: AAC Acoustic Technologies (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., American Audio Components Inc.
    Inventors: Le-Ping Dong, Hong-Fu Xu
  • Patent number: 8265309
    Abstract: A condenser microphone is disclosed. The condenser microphone includes a substrate having a cavity, a supporting member connected to the substrate, and a diaphragm isolated to the supporting member. The supporting member has a periphery portion and a plurality of stationary electrodes extending from the periphery portion to a center of the supporting member. The diaphragm has a vibrating member and a sustaining member connected to the vibrating member and the vibrating member defines a plurality of movable electrodes protruding from a periphery of the vibrating member. Each of the movable electrodes is located between two adjacent stationary electrodes and each of the stationary electrodes is located between two adjacent two movable electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignees: AAC Acoustic Technologies (Shenzhen) Co. Ltd., American Audio Components Inc.
    Inventor: Rui Zhang
  • Patent number: 8249281
    Abstract: A condenser microphone is disclosed. The condenser microphone includes a substrate having a cavity, a backplate connected to the substrate, a diaphragm facing to the backplate, and an anchor supporting the diaphragm. A first gap is formed between the diaphragm and the backplate. A groove is arranged on the anchor and the diaphragm partially covers the groove. The diaphragm and the groove forms a second gap communicating with the first gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignees: AAC Acoustic Technologies (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., American Audio Components Inc.
    Inventor: Rui Zhang
  • Publication number: 20120177244
    Abstract: A speaker includes a holder forming a hollow space, a magnetic system received in the hollow space, a suspension assembled with the holder and defining a supporting portion, a pair of fixing portions far away from the supporting portion and fixed on the holder, and a plurality of arm portions connecting the supporting portion and the fixing portions, respectively. The arm portions defines a pair of outer arm portions protruded outwardly from the circumference of two ends of the supporting portion and a pair of inner arm portions extending from the circumference of said two ends of the supporting portion and set in space with respect to the inner arm portions, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2011
    Publication date: July 12, 2012
    Applicants: AMERICAN AUDIO COMPONENTS INC., AAC ACOUSTIC TECHNOLOGIES (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sha-sha Liu, Wei Song
  • Publication number: 20120176758
    Abstract: Disclosed is a haptic feedback device used in an electronic device for providing haptic feedback. The haptic feedback device includes an electronic board defining at least two supporting elements and a receiving cavity, a piezoelectric vibrator coupling to the supporting elements and at least partially received in the receiving cavity. The piezoelectric vibrator is capable of vibrating along a direction parallel to the electronic board. At least two bolts are provided to fix the piezoelectric vibrator on the electronic board through the supporting element along a direction parallel to the electronic board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2011
    Publication date: July 12, 2012
    Applicants: American Audio Components Inc., AAC Acoustic Technologies (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Lin LIU
  • Publication number: 20120177245
    Abstract: A multi-magnet speaker is disclosed. The multi-magnet speaker includes a frame defining a hollow space, a magnetic system defining a yoke and a plurality of magnetic gaps positioned in the hollow space, a diaphragm mounted on the frame and a plurality of coils attached to the bottom of the diaphragm. The diaphragm includes a plurality of vibrating membranes each defining a dome part and an arcuate portion radially extending from the periphery of the dome part. Each of the coils is received in the corresponding magnetic gap to drive the corresponding vibrating membrane to vibrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2011
    Publication date: July 12, 2012
    Applicants: AMERICAN AUDIO COMPONENTS INC., AAC ACOUSTIC TECHNOLOGIES (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lei SHI, Wen-Tao JIANG, Xiong ZHANG, San-You WU, Lin-Zhen LI
  • Publication number: 20120177247
    Abstract: A multifunctional electromagnetic transducer includes a bracket, a vibrating unit including a magnetic circuit part receiving in the bracket, and a plurality of helical wound springs assembled to the bracket for sustaining the magnetic circuit part. The magnetic circuit part defines a pole plate, a first magnet disposed at a center portion of the pole plate, and a plurality of second magnets surrounding the first magnet and forming a magnetic gap corporately with the first magnet. Each of the second magnets forms a receiving gap corporately with an adjacent second magnet. A voice coil is partially inserted into the magnetic gap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2011
    Publication date: July 12, 2012
    Applicants: AMERICAN AUDIO COMPONENTS INC., AAC ACOUSTIC TECHNOLOGIES (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lin-Zhen LI, Suo-He WEI
  • Publication number: 20120177246
    Abstract: Disclosed is a multi-magnet system for speaker. The multi-magnet system includes a yoke having a bottom, a pair of main magnets separated from each other and mounted on the bottom of the yoke, respectively, a mid-magnet mounted on the bottom of the yoke and located between the pair of main magnets, and a pair of auxiliary magnets attached to two ends of the yoke. Wherein, the first main magnet together with the first auxiliary magnet and the mid-magnet defines a first magnetic gap and the second main magnet together with the second auxiliary magnet and the mid-magnet defines a second magnetic gap. By virtue of place the magnets at appropriate locations, the sensitivity of the speaker is effectively enhanced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2011
    Publication date: July 12, 2012
    Applicants: AMERICAN AUDIO COMPONENTS INC., AAC ACOUSTIC TECHNOLOGIES (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lei Shi, Wen-tao Jiang, Xiong Zhang, San-you Wu, Lin-zhen Li
  • Publication number: 20120170778
    Abstract: An acoustic transducer includes a diaphragm defining a center portion and a supporting portion surrounding the center portion and a coil attached to the diaphragm and defining a pair of leading wires. The center portion defines a lower surface connected to the coil, an upper surface opposite to the lower surface, and at least a pair of protrusion portions extending from the lower surface toward the upper surface for receiving the leading wires of the coil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2011
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Applicants: AMERICAN AUDIO COMPONENTS INC., AAC ACOUSTIC TECHNOLOGIES (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Suo-he Wei
  • Publication number: 20120170783
    Abstract: A speaker box includes a case includes an upper side and a lower side opposite to the upper side, an electroacoustic transducer received in the case and including a first pole plate with a plurality of first gaps for communicating with the magnetic gap, a second pole plate attached on a lower surface of the first pole plate. The second pole plate defines a second main member, a plurality of second auxiliary members extending from a periphery of the first main member, and a plurality of second gaps corresponding to the first gaps. Each of the second auxiliary members defines a longer auxiliary member and a shorter auxiliary member respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2011
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Applicants: AMERICAN AUDIO COMPONENTS INC., AAC ACOUSTIC TECHNOLOGIES (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yu-Bin ZHA, Xiong ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20120169144
    Abstract: A magnet used in a transducer includes a first part made of a first type of material, and a second part made of a second type of material. The density of the second type of material is greater than the density of the first type of material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2011
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Applicants: AMERICAN AUDIO COMPONENTS INC., AAC ACOUSTIC TECHNOLOGIES (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Suo-he Wei
  • Publication number: 20120155697
    Abstract: An electromagnetic transducer includes a frame, a diaphragm including a top plate and a periphery portion surrounding the top portion and attached to the frame, a magnetic circuit part receiving in the frame with a magnetic gap, a voice coil partially inserted into the magnetic gap for driving the diaphragm, and an elastic member including a first arm attached to the diaphragm and disposed in a plane and a pair of second arms extending outwards from the first arm and attached to the frame. The second arm further defines a stress-releasing portion protruding outwards from the plane where the first arm is disposed in.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2011
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Applicants: AMERICAN AUDIO COMPONENTS INC., AAC ACOUSTIC TECHNOLOGIES (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lin Liu, Xu-Dong Yan
  • Publication number: 20120155678
    Abstract: A piezoelectric speaker includes a cover with a receiving space and a vibrating speaker unit accommodated in the receiving space. The vibrating speaker unit includes a piezoelectric oscillator including an upper surface and an lower surface, a diaphragm disposed on the upper surface of the piezoelectric oscillator, and a vibrating member kept a distance from the lower surface of the piezoelectric oscillator. The piezoelectric oscillator defines a first amplitude capable of driving the diaphragm only and a second amplitude driving both the vibrating member to vibrating with a largest amplitude and the diaphragm to generate sound. The distance is larger than the first amplitude and smaller than the second amplitude.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2011
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Applicants: American Audio Components Inc., AAC Acoustic Technologies (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Lin Liu, Jie He, Sheng-Ping Yu
  • Publication number: 20120155696
    Abstract: A micro-speaker includes a frame, a yoke, a magnet, a diaphragm, and a voice coil. The yoke includes a base wall and a plurality of sidewalls defining a number of flat walls and a number of curved walls disposed at corners of the yoke. The flat walls define a number of first steps disposed at an upper level for engaging with the position blocks, the curved walls define a number of second steps disposed at a lower level for air leaking.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2011
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Applicants: AMERICAN AUDIO COMPONENTS INC., AAC ACOUSTIC TECHNOLOGIES (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiong Zhang, San-you Wu
  • Publication number: 20120155685
    Abstract: A speaker box includes an upper case defining at least a first hole, a lower case connected with the upper case for forming an inner cavity and defining at least a second hole, at least an electroacoustic transducer received in the inner cavity, and at least a screw passing through the first hole and the second hole for fixing the speaker box to the external electronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2011
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Applicants: AMERICAN AUDIO COMPONENTS INC., AAC ACOUSTIC TECHNOLOGIES (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Wen-Tao JIANG
  • Patent number: 8183720
    Abstract: A magnetic circuit system includes a T-shaped yoke, a magnet, and a top plate. The top plate has a center hole, an internal end around the center hole thereof, and two projecting elements provided separately on upper surface and lower surface of the internal end, which improves non-linear distortion of a transducer using the magnetic circuit system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignees: AAC Acoustic Technologies (ShenZhen) Co. Ltd., American Audio Components Inc.
    Inventor: Xu-Dong Yan
  • Patent number: 8141675
    Abstract: A micro-speaker includes a frame, a case supported by the frame, a sound generator located between the frame and the case. The case has a sound hole and a peripheral plate surrounding the sound hole. The peripheral plate includes an outer surface, an inner surface and an inclining surface extending from the inner surface toward the outer surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignees: AAC Acoustic Technologies (Shenzhen) Co. Ltd., American Audio Components Inc.
    Inventors: Qian Xu, Jing He
  • Publication number: 20110089772
    Abstract: A flat linear vibrating motor includes a cover, a base forming a receiving cavity together with the cover, a coil fixed on the base, an elastic member coupled to the base, a vibrator suspended in the cavity by the elastic member. The elastic member includes a mounting section couple to the base, an arm extending from the mounting section, a free end extending from the arm, and a binder. The binder includes two plates for clamping the vibrator and a coupling section coupling the two plates for positioning the free end between the vibrator and the coupling section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2010
    Publication date: April 21, 2011
    Applicants: AAC ACOUSTIC TECHNOLOGIES (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD, AMERICAN AUDIO COMPONENTS INC.
    Inventors: Le-Ping Dong, Hong-Fu Xu
  • Publication number: 20110075875
    Abstract: A MEMS microphone package is disclosed. The MEMS microphone package comprises a housing, a MEMS die and an ASIC chip. The housing includes a base, a sidewall extending from the base, and a cover supported by the sidewall for forming a receiving space. The housing defines an acoustic hole for receiving external sound waves. The MEMS die is accommodated in the housing and the MEMS die defines a plurality of first conductive pads. The ASIC chip is accommodated in the housing and the ASIC chip defines a plurality of second conductive pads.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2010
    Publication date: March 31, 2011
    Applicants: AAC ACOUSTIC TECHNOLOGIES (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD, AMERICAN AUDIO COMPONENTS INC.
    Inventors: Zhi-Jiang WU, Yong-Ze SU