Slider mobile telephone comprising a bending wave loudspeaker
View Patent ↗A mobile telephone equipped with a first and second housing parts, which can be displaced in relation to one another in such a way that sections of the housing part are exposed as a result of the displacement. One of the exposed sections is configured at least partially as a bending wave loudspeaker including a plate shaped element for emitting sound signals and an actuating element for exciting bending waves in the plate shaped element.
1. A mobile telephone comprising:
a first and a second housing part, wherein each housing part can be displaced by sliding with respect to one another in such a way that respective sections of each housing part are exposed as a result of the displacement, and wherein an exposed section of the second housing part comprises an internal acoustic area defined by a wall located within the second housing part that separates the acoustic area from the remainder of the second housing part;
a keypad located in the first housing part; and
a bending wave loudspeaker comprising a plate-like element in the exposed section on a rear of the second housing part for emitting audible signals and an operating element for exciting bending waves in the plate-like element, wherein the bending wave loudspeaker and operating element are located on an outside surface of the acoustic area that faces away from a user and the bending wave loudspeaker travels on a path that is parallel to the keypad when each housing part is displaced by sliding.
2. The mobile telephone as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a material for the plate-like element is optimized for the purpose of excitation with bending vibrations.
3. The mobile telephone as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a keypad arranged in the section of the first housing part that is exposed by the displacement, and the plate-like element of the bending wave loudspeaker is arranged in the exposed section of the second housing part.
4. The mobile telephone as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the wall mechanically protects the interior of the second housing part against buckling of the plate-like element.
5. The mobile telephone as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the bending wave loudspeaker is in a fixed position relative to the keypad.