Abstract: A flat panel sound radiator system for installation in a suspended ceiling is disclosed. The system is capable of concealing a modular sound radiator so that it appears substantially the same as surrounding ceiling panels. In this way the monolithic appearance of the ceiling is not interrupted. The assembly comprises a frame and a radiating panel resting within the frame and an acoustic facing covering the panel that is substantially indistinguishable from surrounding ceiling panels. Additionally disclosed is a ceiling system including a grid, a plurality of ceiling panels and an acoustical radiator having an acoustical visually matched exposed layer.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a loudspeaker diaphragm comprising moulding it from a flowable polyolefin or other plastics material such that part of the material flows during moulding a distance equal to at least 300 times the thickness of that part of material after moulding, the moulded material having a Youngs Modulus of at least 2000 MPa.

Abstract: A passive radiator comprising a frame (1) and a radiator body (3) which is connected to the frame and which is movable relative to the frame along a translation axis (T). The radiator is suitable for the displacement of comparatively large air volumes. The radiator body comprises a central mass element (3a) and at least one mass element (3b, 3c, 3d) which is concentrically arranged with respect to the central mass element. The radiator further comprises connection units (5a, 5b, 5c, 5d) for the movable interconnection of each pair of adjoining mass elements and for the movable fastening of one of the mass elements to the frame.

Abstract: Synchronous dustproof cover structure for sound membrane. The dustproof cover structure being made of a light and rigid material. Multiple reinforcing ribs are perpendicularly disposed on one face of the dustproof cover at equal intervals. Bottom ends of the multiple reinforcing ribs are connected with adjoining sections of the sound basin and the sound ring. The circumference of the dustproof body is connected on the sound basin, whereby the dustproof cover, the sound basin and the sound ring are connected into an integral body and the sound basin and the dustproof cover are synchronously vibrated with the sound ring to emit sound. The multiple reinforcing ribs are connected with the sound basin and the sound ring at multiple points so as to enhance the rigidity and strength of the sound basin. Therefore, the distortion of the sound basin at high volume can be reduced and a good quality of sound can be achieved.

Abstract: The speaker diaphragm of the present invention includes a nonwoven fabric impregnated with at least a thermosetting resin composition, molded, and cured. The nonwoven fabric is formed of a fiber material containing protein fibers. The thermosetting resin composition contains an unsaturated polyester resin as a main component. The speaker diaphragm of the present invention has excellent acoustic characteristics and is produced with high production efficiency.

Abstract: A speaker cone assembly comprises a felted paper-type cone fabricated of a composite material and a molded surround. The composite cone material contains natural fibers and synthetic fibers, where the synthetic fibers are able to chemically bond to material of the surround, thereby forming an improved bond during the molding procedure by which the surround is formed and attached to the cone. The method of preparing the composite cone material includes formulating and refining the natural fibers, preferably before adding the synthetic fibers.

Abstract: The speaker member of the present invention comprises (a) a vibrating plate part comprising a base material, a part of the base material being impregnated with a thermosetting resin; and (b) an edge part containing the same base material as that of the vibrating plate. Such a speaker member is obtained by a method comprising the steps of: forming a base material; impregnating a portion of the base material with a thermosetting resin wherein the portion is to be a vibrating plate part; and curing said impregnated thermosetting resin so as to form the vibrating plate part, and simultaneously forming an edge part.

Abstract: A speaker diaphragm that has a high heat-radiation efficiency. The speaker diaphragm includes a diaphragm main body made from a resin, and a metallic plate adhered to a major acoustic surface of the diaphragm main body adjacent a voice coil bobbin. The voice coil bobbin is attached to the diaphragm man body.

Abstract: A molded foam resin, surface of which can be designed easily at low cost, a process for forming a molded foam resin, and a speaker diaphragm made of molded foam resin are provided, in which a molded foam resin is formed by injection molding of foaming agent-containing resin and has a foamed zone having a three layer-structure consisting of a foamed layer inside and a non-foamed layer outside and a non-foamed zone having a single layer-structure consisting of a non-foamed layer.

Abstract: The loudspeaker comprises a cone (2) and a beading (4) attached to the cone (2). The beading (4) is composed of a sprayable plastic layer which is soft in its solid state. The manufacture of the loudspeaker is facilitated by a process in which an open negative mold (16) is used in which the cone (2) is arranged and immobilized. Following this, the plastic is sprayed into the open negative mold (16) and the beading (4) is formed as a soft plastic layer which attaches itself to the cone (2).

Abstract: A molded foam resin, surface of which can be designed easily at low cost, a process for forming a molded foam resin, and a speaker diaphragm made of molded foam resin are provided, in which a molded foam resin is formed by injection molding of foaming agent-containing resin and has a foamed zone having a three layer-structure consisting of a foamed layer inside and a non-foamed layer outside and a non-foamed zone having a single layer-structure consisting of a non-foamed layer.

Abstract: The loudspeaker comprises a cone (2) and a beading (4) attached to the cone (2). The beading (4) is composed of a sprayable plastic layer which is soft in its solid state. The manufacture of the loudspeaker is facilitated by a process in which an open negative mold (16) is used in which the cone (2) is arranged and immobilized. Following this, the plastic is sprayed into the open negative mold (16) and the beading (4) is formed as a soft plastic layer which attaches itself to the cone (2).

Abstract: The present invention provides a speaker unit comprising a diaphragm of 0.5 to 10 mm thick aromatic polycarbonate with a density of 0.03 to 0.6 g/cm3, and a mechanism for driving the diaphragm. The aromatic polycarbonate used for the diaphragm is preferably derived from bisphenol with a viscosity average molecular weight of 25,000 to 70,000. The invention further provides a speaker system comprising such a speaker unit attached to a cabinet and a method for manufacturing the speaker diaphragm.

Abstract: A speaker diaphragm for a loudspeaker that has a composite material formed of two layers of ceramic material separated by a light metal substrate with the percentage ratio of the thickness of the ceramic layers to the light metal substrate being in the range of from about 10% to 45% for each ceramic layer and a corresponding 80% to 10% for the lightweight metal substrate.

Abstract: The loudspeaker comprises a cone (2) and a beading (4) attached to the cone (2). The beading (4) is composed of a sprayable plastic layer which is soft in its solid state. The manufacture of the loudspeaker is facilitated by a process in which an open negative mold (16) is used in which the cone (2) is arranged and immobilized. Following this, the plastic is sprayed into the open negative mold (16) and the beading (4) is formed as a soft plastic layer which attaches itself to the cone (2). (FIG.

Abstract: The invention presents a sound reproduction device which operates in accordance with the flexural wave principle. Such devices have in common that a panel 10 is provided in which flexural waves are produced by a drive arrangement 16. The drive arrangements 16 in the state of the art are connected to one of the surfaces of the panel 10 and are held by a support structure which functions as a countersupport. Such support structures either hinder the propagation of the flexural waves along the surface of the panel 10 and/or lead to an increase in the constructed depth of such a sound reproduction device. To avoid these disadvantages of the state of the art, the drive system 16 is located in a cutout 15 of the panel 10.

Abstract: A damped structural panel includes a panel having bending modes including demanding bending modes. The demanding bending modes have subsonic bending waves along at least one axis, and require damping treatment based on sound radiation properties of the panel. A viscoelastic material is applied within a limited area adjacent to the panel edges based on the demanding bending modes. The viscoelastic material damps sound radiation caused by bending waves during use of the structural panel, such as use as a body panel on an aircraft.

Abstract: A composite panel (22) comprising a core (24) sandwiched between two faceskins (26), and a method of making the panel. Each faceskin (26) is reinforced with a low weight fibrous veil. The faceskins (26) are bonded to the core (24) using layers of adhesive (28). The composite panel is especially well-adapted for use in a panel-form bending wave loudspeaker.

Abstract: A lap-top computer (128) comprising a combined keyboard (137) and display screen (129), characterised by an opposed pair of loudspeakers (39, 40) attached to the computer, and in that each loudspeaker comprises a distributed mode acoustic radiator having a transducer (9) wholly and exclusively mounted thereon to vibrate the radiator to cause it to resonate.

Abstract: A ceiling tile adapted to be supported in an overhead opening and function as a loudspeaker. The tile is in the form of a distributed mode acoustic radiator with a transducer mounted wholly and exclusively on the radiator at a location for coupling to resonant bending wave modes so as to vibrate the radiator and cause it to resonate.

Abstract: To overcome acoustic distortion caused by local resonance in panel core cells, a resonant multi-mode radiator element is provided for a panel form loudspeaker with a functional upper frequency limit ƒmax. The element has skins and a cellular based core, the skins have a thickness h, a Young's modulus &Egr; a Poisson's ratio of &ngr; and a material density &rgr; and the core has a cell size lcell characterized in that the cell size lcell is less than equation (2).

Abstract: A panel-form loudspeaker has a resonant multi-mode radiator panel which is excited at frequencies above the fundamental frequency and the coincidence frequency of the panel to provide high radiation efficiency through multi-modal motions within the panel, in contrast to the pistonic motions required of conventional loudspeakers. The radiator panel is a skinned composite with a honeycomb or similar core and must be such that it has a ratio of bending stiffness to the third power of panel mass per unit area (in mks units) of at least 10 and preferably at least 100. An aluminum skinned, aluminum honeycomb cored composite can meet this more severe criterion easily.

Abstract: A diaphragm for speakers comprises a self-support, shaped body including a tightly woven synthetic polymer fiber cloth substrate which has, at least a diaphragm portion and edge portion shaped integrally with and extending from the diaphragm portion. The diaphragm portion of the cloth substrate had a polymer resin at least partially impregnated therein and the edge portion has a relatively flexible polymer material at least partially impregnated therein so that the edge portion is lower in stiffness than the diaphragm portion. The diaphragm-edge integral molding is fabricated by applying the respective types of polymers to the diaphragm and edge portions of the cloth substrate and subjecting the applied substrate to hot pressing in a mold capable of forming the integral molding. When applied as dynamic speakers, the integral molding exhibits a broad frequency band, low distortion rates and high sound quality.

Abstract: A diaphragm for a speaker which is adapted, to vibrate, the improvement wherein the preformed diaphragm is treated with a solution containing a polymer which readily dries at about room temperature to leave the polymer adhered to the diaphragm.

Abstract: A device for electroacoustic diffusion includes a basket; a balance supported by the basket, made of balsa wood or formed with a balsa wood stripe fixed at its ends with a coil glued at its middle; a balsa wood membrane supported by the basket; a suspension adjacent to the membrane and supported by the basket; and an electroacoustic structure adjacent the basket and opposite the balance. The electroacoustic structure includes a first plate adjacent the basket, a second plate, a magnet between the first plate and the second plate, and a coil between the first plate and the second plate. The membrane can take on various shapes, including: (a) a truncated-cone shape, including triangular pieces of balsa wood, steam folded, glued, and placed with fibers of the balsa wood in a radial orientation, (b) a dome-shape, and (c) a planar shape.

Abstract: Water-proofed natural pulp or organic synthetic fibers are with polyester-type fibers having a low melting point, and subjected to a paper fabrication process. The fabricated product is dried with hot air at a temperature higher than the melting point of the polyester-type fibers, thereby melt-bonding only intersections of the fibers without completely fusing the polyester-type fibers. The pressure of the hot air contributes to the formation of a predetermined shape. Thus, a water-proof diaphragm for a loudspeaker, having a large thickness, a low density, a high internal loss and a high stiffness, is obtained. By incorporating the thus formed diaphragm, a high-performance loudspeaker having a low distortion and a broad reproducing range is obtained.

Abstract: Acoustic speaker cones have a plurality of thin, pie-shaped segments radiating outwardly from their center with each of the segments having an arcuated cross-section. The cones are made of polycarbonate plastic and take the form of being convex towards the center for high frequency cones or of being concave towards its center for larger broad range cones. The present invention is also directed to a system containing both the aforesaid high frequency cone, and an outer broad range cone with similar radial characteristics The segments of the outer cone preferably terminate at a flexible, high sound absorption ring. The center cone fits within a central orifice at the center of the outer cone. The polycarbonate cones have a specific gravity of about 1.10 and about 1.40, having an electrical dissipation factor of about 0.05 to about 0.30 at 60 Hertz, having an electrical dissipation factor of about 1.00 to about 1.25 at 10.sup.6 Hertz, and having a thermal condutivity of at least 1.2 BTU/hr/ft.sup.2 /.degree.F.

Abstract: A loudspeaker diaphragm is provided as an injection molded material including 50 to 80 weight % of a matrix resin of polyolefins and 20 to 50 weight % of flaky mica having an average aspect ratio of more than 10 and including at least 3 weight % or more of pearl mica. The matrix resin of polyolefins includes respective flakes of the flaky mica orientated in parallel to thereby improve the acoustic characteristics and concurrently the design appearance of the diaphragm. The design appearance of the diaphragm can have bright colors and a pearly luster.

Abstract: A diaphragm for speakers comprises a self-support, shaped body including a tightly woven synthetic polymer fiber cloth substrate which has at least a diaphragm portion and edge portion shaped integrally with and extending from the diaphragm portion. The diaphragm portion of the cloth substrate had a polymer resin at least partially impregnated therein and the edge portion has a relatively flexible polymer material at least partially impregnated therein so that the edge portion is lower in stiffness than the diaphragm portion. The diaphragm-edge integral molding is fabricated by applying the respective types of polymers to the diaphragm and edge portions of the cloth substrate and subjecting the applied substrate to hot pressing in a mold capable of forming the integral molding. When applied as dynamic speakers, the integral molding exhibits a broad frequency band, low distortion rates and high sound quality.

Abstract: This invention provides an acoustic vibrational material containing various fibers as the reinforcement material and having the epoxy resin as the matrix resin, wherein the epoxy resin is modified by a polybutadiene base elastomer containing not less than 90 mole percent of 1,2-linked units. The epoxy resin modified with the above polybutadiene elastomer exhibits a maximum value of loss coefficient at the temperature region near the room temperature. This region is much higher than that of the conventional epoxy resin modified with polybutadiene elastomer mainly including 1,4-linked unit. Decrease in elastic modulus of the epoxy resin with increase of temperature is lesser in the epoxy resin of the present invention, whereas larger in the conventional one. Thus compatibility between large internal loss and high elastic modulus is achieved.

Abstract: A damped percussion instrument has a vibratable surface. A damping gel patch is attached to the surface.

Abstract: A speaker system with an anion generator and a television set using the speaker system. The speaker system includes an anion generator provided within a speaker box. Sound pressure is used to help spread the generated anions outside the speaker box. An antistatic agent may optionally be provided on one or more surfaces of the speaker box to prevent static charge build-up within the speaker box.

Abstract: A diaphragm used for a loudspeaker comprises polybutylene-terephthalate-polyester-elastomer. It has a flat audio spectrum property and excellent in internal loss, heat-resistance, light-resistance and water-resistance.

Abstract: A diaphragm of an electroacoustic transducer is made of a material including fibers taken out of young stems of bamboo grasses and preferably, used as the material is paper made by mixing the fibers taken out of young stems of bamboo grasses and wood pulp in a predetermined ratio. Containing fibers taken out of young stems of bamboo grasses allows rigidity and internal loss characteristics of the diaphragm to be enhanced without increasing its density, thereby expanding a frequency band of the diaphragm. In addition, young stems of bamboo grasses can be gathered without affecting parent bamboo grasses, which prevents destruction of the environment.

Abstract: Briefly, according to the invention, there is provided a shielded speaker. The speaker (10) has a diaphragm (18) coated with a metal layer (28). The coated diaphragm prevents the transmission of unwanted electromagnetic or radio frequency radiation from the front side (22) of the speaker to the rear side (24) of the speaker. In an alternate embodiment of the invention, a shielded electronic device is provided. The device consists of a housing (40) that has an opening (42) for a speaker (10) and a shielding means (44) contained within the housing. The speaker has a diaphragm coated with a metal layer. Disposed within the housing is an electronic device that is susceptible to or emits electromagnetic radiation. The electronic device (46) is coupled to the speaker and the speaker is mounted in the housing such that the metal layer is electrically coupled (48) to the shielding means.

Abstract: Process for the preparation of films or diaphragms for acoustic applications, exhibiting improved vibration properties, and films or diaphragms obtained by this process, particularly diaphragms for electro-mechanical transducers, particularly for loudspeakers. The invention has for an object a process for preparing films or diaphragms for acoustic applications exhibiting improved vibration properties, consisting in preparing a dispersion, in a liquid, of at least one macropolymer, especially at least one synthetic macropolymer having at least 30,000 atoms in a molecule, adding, to the dispersion, a product capable of swelling said macropolymer and of transforming said dispersion in a gel of similar material, and drying sale gel or similar material by evaporating substantially all the liquid from the gel or similar material, thereby obtaining the film or diaphragm in the porous solid slate. NO DRAWING.

Abstract: The invention is intended to improve the durability and durability of a diaphragm of centrally convex form. A diaphragm comprises a substantially circular woven base fabric (1) formed of warp yarns (1a and 1a') radially extending in centrally convex form from the central region and weft yarns (1b) helically interwoven with the warp yarns (1a), and a rubber member (2) of centrally convex membrane form molded integrally with the base fabric (1).

Abstract: An acoustic diaphragm comprising two or more laminated composite sheets, being formed into a shape with a curved surface. The composite sheet is made up of sliced wood and nonwoven fabric cloth consisting of adhesive resin, being stuck on backside of the sliced wood. Thus, it is capable of forming a three-dimensional shape, making use of natural wood characteristics, and improving unevenness of natural material properties. In one preferred embodiment, the diaphragm is woven of slit wood or other article forming the weft and synthetic or inorganic fibers forming the warp.

Abstract: A pattern of blocks or other features is formed on the diaphragm of an electro-acoustic transducer. The features in the pattern extend along and adjacent to an edge of the diaphragm. The features in a pattern are preferably arranged along two parallel lines, with a pair of features along one line positioned adjacent to a gap in the other line. Similar patterns may also be formed along a second, opposite edge of the diaphragm, and/or on enclosing surfaces adjacent to a transducer. The diaphragm may further be covered by a conformal coating which allows vibratory energy propagating through the surface to exceed the speed of sound through air.

Abstract: A loudspeaker component is bonded to a diaphragm formed of an olefinic resin, by applying an adhesion primer to bonding positions of the component and/or the diaphragm, applying an adhesive to the bonding positions after the primer has cured, and superposing the component and diaphragm. An air curing unsaturated polyester resin is used as the adhesion primer.

Abstract: A speaker vibration member is made by melting materials containing no less than 10% of a thermoplastic liquid crystal polymer and 3 to 40% of fiber or flake filler by weight, allowing the mixture to flow, cooling the mixture, and solidifying it.

Abstract: A process for preparing a wholly carbonaceous integrated diaphragm for acoustic equipment use comprises blending under application of high shearing force a mixture of one or more kinds of organic high polymeric substances carbonizable on baking and powder of graphite with crystals high elastic modulus developed therein; extrusion-molding the uniformly blended and dispersed mixture through a profile extrusion die to give a core material with orientation along the direction of the extrusion and to be cut to a desired form; independently blending and sheeting under application of high shearing force the mixture with the organic powder oriented to high degree parallel to the direction of the surface of the sheet and further passing the sheet through a calendering roll to give a skin material in the form of a film or sheet; bonding said skin material on both sides of the core material by the use of such organic liquid composition that provides high yield of carbon residue on baking and then baking the resulting un

Abstract: A microphone has a diaphragm having a dome central portion being formed of laminate of a thin layer of synthetic resinous material and a thin wire mesh contacting the central portion. As surrounding attachment portion is provided so that the diaphragm is free to vibrate in a plane perpendicular to itself. An annular voice coil is attached to and circumscribes the central portion on the concave side of the diaphragm and a fixed permanent magnet is disposed within the voice coil. The magnet is formed of neodymium iron-boron and the voice coil has an internal diameter greater than its thickness and the thickness of the magnet is greater than the thickness of the voice coil. A method of forming the described microphone is also set forth.

Abstract: A speaker cone plate is provided with an inorganic surfacial hard layer formed at least on a face of a metal substrate and is subjected to a reinforcing treatment by hot isostatic pressing, wherein the surfacial hard layer may be composed of a carbide, an oxide, a borie or a phosphide or may be formed by plasma thermal spraying of an inorganic substance containing silicon nitride whiskers or silicon carbide whiskers.

Abstract: An electroacoustic transducer comprises a terminal (1-1'), a voice coil (2) coupled to the terminal, and a diaphragm (4). The transducer further comprises an element (other than the voice coil) made of a superconducting material which cooperates with the voice coil (2) to provide electromechanical conversion of an electric signal appearing at the terminal (1-1') into vibrations of the diaphragm, or vice versa.

Abstract: In production of a diaphragm for acoustic appliances, a thin metal layer is formed on a substrate by means of vapor phase development so that the density of the product should be high enough for generating high sound pressure even in the high frequency range.

Abstract: A miniature diaphragm pressure transducer. A thin diaphragm of silicon nitride has an upper face covered by a zinc-oxide piezoelectric film encapsulated in chemical vapor deposited silicon dioxide. A series of annular, basically concentric, polysilicon electrodes are provided in the silicon dioxide between the piezoelectric film and the diaphragm and in contact with the piezoelectric film. A series of annular, basically concentric, aluminum electrodes are on the opposite side of the piezoelectric film from the polysilicon electrodes and are aligned with the polysilicon electrodes; they lie over the silicon dioxide, and are in contact with the piezoelectric film.

Abstract: A method of forming diamond-like carbon layer which is advantageously adaptable as a coating layer on acoustic diaphragms. In the method, carbon vaporized out of solid carbon source is deposited onto the surface of the diaphragm as the coating layer in the atomosphere of catalystic gas, for instance, H.sub.2 +Ar or H.sub.2 of about 10.sup.-4 Torr. The deposited carbon layer on the surface of the diaphragm is an amorphous carbon of inclusion of hybridized orbital SP.sup.2 bond and hybridized orbital SP.sup.3 bond and crystalline carbon particles of hybridized orbital SP.sup.3 bond dispersed in the amorphous carbon, or an amorphous carbon of inclusion of hybridized orbital SP.sup.2 bond and hybridized orbital SP.sup.3 bond.

Abstract: A diaphragm for an acoustical transducer comprises a support and a separate cover for the support. The support is constructed from a relatively more rigid material having the desired physical characteristics of mass and stiffness for the transducer. The cover comprises a light weight, relatively less rigid, and pliable sheet of material. The cover is attached to the support, illustratively by an adhesive, to form the diaphragm.

Abstract: A diaphragm using a metal material applied with anodic oxide films, in which said metal material contains one of lead compounds, inorganic metal compounds and phosphor compounds at least to a portion in the micropores of the anodic oxide film.