IP Library Granted Patent US 7,467,686
Granted Patent B2
US 7,467,686 · App. 10/778,343 · Granted Dec 23, 2008

Speaker diaphragms, manufacturing methods of the same, and dynamic speakers

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Patent No.
US 7,467,686
App. No.
10/778,343
Granted
Dec 23, 2008
Kind
B2
Abstract

On one surface of a piece of wooden sheet, a cloth or paper is adhered to make an adhered sheet. An approximately V-shaped notch is provided on the adhered sheet, the adhered sheet is wetted to be softened, and a lubricant which acts to keep water is impregnated thereinto. Edge portions of the notch are overlapped, and the adhered sheet is tentatively molded in an approximately horn shape by a first hot press molding. The adhered sheet is then dried, impregnated with thermosetting resin, and half-dried. The adhered sheet is subject to a second hot press molding. A moisture-proof agent is applied on the adhered sheet, a center hole for a voice coil and periphery are removed to make a speaker diaphragm having a predetermined dimension and shape.

Claims (19)

1. A speaker diaphragm in an approximately horn shape made up of a piece of wooden sheet,

wherein a cloth or paper is adhered on one surface of the wooden sheet;

an adhered sheet including the wooden sheet and the cloth or paper is made into an approximately horn shape by overlapping edge portions of an approximately V-shaped notch formed in advance;

a constituent material of Japanese sake which is impregnated when forming the adhered sheet into the approximately horn shape is remained inside the adhered sheet;

the edge portions of the approximately V-shaped notch of the adhered sheet are adhered with thermosetting resin, and the thermosetting resin is attached over entire front and back surfaces of the adhered sheet; and

a moisture-proof agent is applied to cover the thermosetting resin on the entire front and back surfaces of the adhered sheet.

2. The speaker diaphragm according to claim 1 , wherein the cloth or paper is adhered on the wooden sheet such that a direction of a fiber of the cloth or paper is approximately perpendicular to a grain direction of the wooden sheet.

3. The speaker diaphragm according to claim 1 , wherein a midline of the approximately V-shaped notch is provided to be generally along the grain direction of the wooden sheet.

4. The speaker diaphragm according to claim 1 , wherein the wooden sheet is cut out from solid wood of which a sound wave velocity in the grain direction is in a range from 4.5 to 6.0 km/second and an internal loss coefficient is in a range from 0.02 to 0.03.

5. The speaker diaphragm according to claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the wooden sheet is 0.1 to 0.9 mm.

6. A dynamic speaker including an approximately horn-shaped speaker diaphragm of a piece of wooden sheet, and an approximately dome-shaped cap covering a center hole formed in a center portion of the speaker diaphragm, wherein a cloth or paper is adhered on one surface of the wooden sheet;

an adhered sheet including the wooden sheet and the cloth or paper is made into an approximately horn shape by overlapping edge portions of an approximately V-shaped notch formed in advance;

a constituent material of Japanese sake which is impregnated when forming the adhered sheet into the approximately horn shape is remained inside the adhered sheet;

the edge portions of the approximately V-shaped notch of the adhered sheet are adhered with thermosetting resin, and the thermosetting resin is attached over entire front and back surfaces of the adhered sheet; and

a moisture-proof agent is applied to cover the thermosetting resin on the entire front and back surfaces of the adhered sheet.

7. The dynamic speaker according to claim 6 , wherein the cloth or paper is adhered on the wooden sheet such that a direction of a fiber of the cloth or paper is approximately perpendicular to a grain direction of the wooden sheet.

8. The dynamic speaker according to claim 6 , wherein a midline of the approximately V-shaped notch is provided to be generally along the grain direction of the wooden sheet.

9. The dynamic speaker according to claim 6 , wherein the wooden sheet is cut out from solid wood of which a sound wave velocity in the grain direction is in a range from 4.5 to 76.0 km/second and an internal loss coefficient is in a range from 0.02 to 0.03.

10. The dynamic speaker according to claim 6 , wherein a thickness of the wooden sheet is 0.1 to 0.9 mm.

Assignments (2)
MERGER Recorded Apr 6, 2012
From: VICTOR COMPANY OF JAPAN, LTD.
To: JVC KENWOOD CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 028000/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 18, 2004
From: IMAMURA, SATOSHI; HIRANO, TAKESHI; OGATA, TOMOAKI; KUWAHATA, TOSHIKATSU
To: VICTOR COMPANY OF JAPAN, LIMITED
Reel/Frame 015340/0277 →