IP Library Granted Patent US 7,548,627
Granted Patent B2
US 7,548,627 · App. 10/591,984 · Granted Jun 16, 2009

Speaker, and module, electronic apparatus, and device that use the speaker

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Patent No.
US 7,548,627
App. No.
10/591,984
Granted
Jun 16, 2009
Kind
B2
Abstract

A net made of material containing at least metal is bonded to a protector of a loud speaker, and hence shields electromagnetic waves. Electromagnetic interference can be prevented in an electronic apparatus such as a portable phone employing the loud speaker.

Claims (20)

1. A loud speaker comprising:

a frame bonded to a magnetic circuit;

a diaphragm bonded to an outer periphery of the frame;

a voice coil that is bonded to the diaphragm and is partly disposed in a magnetic gap of the magnetic circuit; and

a protector bonded to the frame so as to cover the diaphragm,

wherein a net made of material containing at least metal is bonded to the protector, and

wherein the net is bonded to the magnetic circuit.

2. The loud speaker of claim 1 ,

wherein the protector is made of resin material.

3. The loud speaker of claim 1 ,

wherein the net contains resin material.

4. The loud speaker of claim 1 ,

wherein the net contains copper material.

5. The loud speaker of claim 1 ,

wherein the net contains nickel material.

6. The loud speaker of claim 1 ,

wherein the net contains both copper material and nickel material.

7. A module formed by bonding the loud speaker of claim 1 to an electronic circuit.

8. An electronic apparatus including the loud speaker of claim 1 .

9. A device including the loud speaker of claim 1 .

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 24, 2008
From: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 021897/0689 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 11, 2007
From: TAKASE, TOMOYASU; NAKANO, MASANORI; SUMIYAMA, MASAHIDE; YANO, HIROSHI; KUBO, KAZUTAKA; SANO, KOJI; FUKUYAMA, TAKANORI; TOMOEDA, SHIGERU; HONDA, KAZUKI; KOIKE, TOSHIYUKI; KAWABE, MASASHI; SHIMOKAWATOKO, TAKESHI
To: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 019279/0385 →