IP Library Granted Patent US 12684294
Granted Patent B2
US 12684294 · App. 18/389,035 · Granted Jul 14, 2026

Apparatus

Inventors: YeongRak Choi (Paju-si, KR); Kwangho Kim (Paju-si, KR); Seonwook Lee (Paju-si, KR); Daewon Kim (Paju-si, KR); Seungwoo Baek (Paju-si, KR)
Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
H04R7/06H04R17/00
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Patent No.
US 12684294
App. No.
18/389,035
Granted
Jul 14, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

An apparatus includes a vibration member and a vibration apparatus configured to vibrate the vibration member. The vibration member includes a plurality of plates overlapping one another and including different materials. The apparatus can enhance a sound characteristic and/or a sound pressure level characteristic of a low-pitched sound band of a sound generated by the apparatus.

Claims (58)

1 . An apparatus, comprising:

a vibration member; and

a vibration apparatus configured to vibrate the vibration member,

wherein the vibration member comprises a plurality of plates overlapping one another and including different materials,

wherein the plurality of plates in the vibration member comprise a first plate and a second plate, the first plate and the second plate being vertically stacked,

wherein the first plate includes one or more of a metal material, fiber reinforced plastic, carbon, and glass,

wherein the second plate includes one or more of a plastic material, a styrene material, and a micro cellular plastic material, and

wherein the first plate and the second plate are directly coupled to each other without a separate adhesive, and are integrated as one plate by fusion bonding.

2 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of plates have different stiffnesses and/or different Young's moduli and/or different thicknesses.

3 . The apparatus of claim 1 ,

wherein the first plate and the second plate have different thicknesses, or

wherein a thickness of the first plate is smaller than a thickness of the second plate.

4 . The apparatus of claim 1 ,

wherein at least one of the first plate and the second plate is connected to the vibration apparatus.

5 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first plate is connected to the vibration apparatus and has a stiffness or a modulus which is higher than a stiffness or a modulus of the second plate, or

wherein the second plate is connected to the vibration apparatus and has stiffness or a modulus which is lower than stiffness or a modulus of the first plate.

6 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the vibration member further comprises at least one or more holes disposed in the first plate, and

wherein the at least one or more holes are disposed between the vibration apparatus and the second plate and/or located in a region of the first plate facing the vibration apparatus.

7 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of plates in the vibration member comprise:

a plurality of first plates spaced apart from one another,

wherein the second plate is connected to each of the plurality of first plates, and

wherein the vibration apparatus comprises a plurality of vibration generating apparatuses connected to the plurality of first plates, respectively.

8 . The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the vibration member further comprises one or more holes disposed in each of the plurality of first plates, and

wherein the one or more holes are disposed between each of the plurality of vibration generating apparatuses and the second plate.

9 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of plates in the vibration member comprise:

a plurality of second plates spaced apart from one another,

wherein the first plate is connected to each of the plurality of second plates, and

wherein the vibration apparatus comprises a plurality of vibration generating apparatuses connected respectively to the plurality of second plates.

10 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first plate has a modulus equal to or greater than 50 Gpa (gigapascal), and/or

wherein the second plate has a modulus equal to or less than 10 Gpa.

11 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the vibration apparatus comprises:

a first cover member;

a second cover member; and

a vibration part between the first cover member and the second cover member, the vibration part including a piezoelectric material configured to generate vibrations to the vibration member.

12 . The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the vibration apparatus further comprises a signal supply member electrically connected to the vibration part, and

wherein a portion of the signal supply member is accommodated between the first cover member and the second cover member.

13 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the vibration apparatus comprises:

a first vibration generating part;

a second vibration generating part stacked on the first vibration generating part; and

an intermediate adhesive member between the first vibration generating part and the second vibration generating part, and

wherein one of the first vibration generating part and the second vibration generating part is connected to the vibration member.

14 . The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein each of the first vibration generating part and the second vibration generating part comprises:

a first cover member;

a second cover member; and

a vibration part between the first cover member and the second cover member, the vibration part including a piezoelectric material configured to generate vibrations to the vibration member.

15 . An apparatus, comprising:

at least one vibration apparatus configured to generate vibrations;

a vibration member connected to the at least one vibration apparatus, and including a plurality of stacked plates configured to receive the vibrations from the at least one vibration apparatus;

a connection member disposed between the at least one vibration apparatus and the vibration member; and

a supporting member configured to accommodate the connection member and the at least one vibration apparatus,

wherein the plurality of stacked plates in the vibration member comprise a first plate and a second plate, the first plate and the second plate being vertically stacked,

wherein the first plate includes one or more of a metal material, fiber reinforced plastic, carbon, and glass,

wherein the second plate includes one or more of a plastic material, a styrene material, and a micro cellular plastic material, and

wherein the first plate and the second plate are directly coupled to each other without a separate adhesive, and are integrated as one plate by fusion bonding.

16 . The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein one of the plurality of stacked plates includes one or more holes disposed on the connection member which is disposed on the at least one vibration apparatus.

17 . The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the at least one vibration apparatus includes a vibration part composed of a first electrode layer, a second electrode layer, and a vibration layer disposed between the first and second electrode layers, and

wherein the vibration layer of the vibration part has first and second portions that are in strips, or in a lattice configuration.

18 . The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein one stacked plate of the plurality of stacked plates includes protrusion parts disposed at an outer edge portion thereof.