IP Library Granted Patent US 12666199
Granted Patent B2
US 12666199 · App. 18/710,013 · Granted Jun 23, 2026

Speaker device

Inventor: Kentaro Machida (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: FOSTER ELECTRIC COMPANY, LIMITED
H04R1/288H04R9/025H04R9/043H04R9/063H04R2400/11
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Patent No.
US 12666199
App. No.
18/710,013
Granted
Jun 23, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A speaker device includes: a first voice coil; a second voice coil disposed radially outside the first voice coil; a first damper supporting the first voice coil to a frame; and a second damper supporting the second voice coil to the frame, and the first damper includes a recessed portion, which is separated from the second voice coil more than other portion of the first damper, on an extension line of a vibration direction of the second voice coil.

Claims (58)

1 . A speaker device comprising:

a first voice coil;

a second voice coil disposed radially outside the first voice coil;

a first damper supporting the first voice coil to a frame; and

a second damper supporting the second voice coil to the frame, wherein

the first damper comprises a recessed portion, which is separated from the second voice coil more than other portion of the first damper, on an extension line of a vibration direction of the second voice coil.

2 . The speaker device according to claim 1 , wherein

the second voice coil is capable of vibrating in a direction opposite to the first voice coil.

3 . The speaker device according to claim 1 , wherein

when the first damper and the second voice coil are closest to each other, a part of the second voice coil is located in the recessed portion.

4 . The speaker device according to claim 1 , wherein

the second damper includes a plurality of support members arranged side by side in the vibration direction.

5 . The speaker device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a magnetic circuit comprising a first magnet and a second magnet, wherein

the first magnet and the second magnet are arranged side by side in the vibration direction.

6 . The speaker device according to claim 1 , wherein

the recessed portion has higher rigidity than the other portion of the first damper.

7 . The speaker device according to claim 1 , comprising:

a first drive unit comprising the first voice coil, a diaphragm connected to the first voice coil, and the first damper; and

a second drive unit comprising the second voice coil and the second damper, wherein

a second vibration force generated in the speaker device in response to vibration of the second drive unit is in an opposite direction to a first vibration force generated in the speaker device in response to vibration of the first drive unit at a same period.

8 . The speaker device according to claim 7 , comprising:

a housing which accommodates the first drive unit and the second drive unit therein, wherein

a lowest resonance frequency of the second drive unit is same as a lowest resonance frequency of the first drive unit.

9 . The speaker device according to claim 1 , wherein

a second electric signal for vibrating the second voice coil is different from a first electric signal for vibrating the first voice coil.

10 . A speaker device comprising:

a first voice coil;

a second voice coil disposed radially outside the first voice coil;

a first damper supporting the first voice coil to a frame;

a second damper supporting the second voice coil to the frame; and

a magnetic circuit comprising a first magnet and a second magnet, wherein

the first magnet and the second magnet are arranged side by side in a vibration direction of the first voice coil,

the magnetic circuit comprises an intermediate magnetic member connected to the first magnet and connected, at a surface different from a surface to which the first magnet is connected, to the second magnet, and

the intermediate magnetic member forms a first magnetic gap in which the first voice coil is disposed and a second magnetic gap in which the second voice coil is disposed.

11 . The speaker device according to claim 10 , wherein

the magnetic circuit comprises a first magnetic member connected to the first magnet at a surface different from a surface to which the intermediate magnetic member is connected, and

the first magnetic gap is formed between the intermediate magnetic member and the first magnetic member.

12 . The speaker device according to claim 11 , wherein

the magnetic circuit comprises a second magnetic member connected to the second magnet at a surface different from a surface to which the intermediate magnetic member is connected, and

the second magnetic gap is formed between the intermediate magnetic member and the second magnetic member.

13 . The speaker device according to claim 10 , wherein

the first magnet and the second magnet are disposed radially inside the second voice coil.

14 . The speaker device according to claim 10 , wherein

the intermediate magnetic member protrudes radially outside and has a protruding portion that forms the second magnetic gap.

15 . A speaker device comprising:

a first voice coil;

a second voice coil disposed radially outside the first voice coil;

a first damper supporting the first voice coil to a frame;

a second damper supporting the second voice coil to the frame; and

a magnetic circuit comprising a first magnet and a second magnet, wherein

the first magnet and the second magnet are arranged side by side in a vibration direction of the first voice coil,

the magnetic circuit comprises an intermediate magnetic member connected to the first magnet and connected, at a surface different from a surface to which the first magnet is connected, to the second magnet,

the first magnet is disposed radially inside the first voice coil,

the second magnet is disposed radially outside the second voice coil,

the intermediate magnetic member comprises a central portion connected to the first magnet and an outer peripheral portion connected to the second magnet,

the first magnet is connected to the central portion of the intermediate magnetic member, and

the second magnet is connected to the outer peripheral portion of the intermediate magnetic member.