IP Library Granted Patent US 7,686,128
Granted Patent B2
US 7,686,128 · App. 11/716,119 · Granted Mar 30, 2010

Speaker diaphragm and speaker

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Patent No.
US 7,686,128
App. No.
11/716,119
Granted
Mar 30, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

A speaker diaphragm includes a substrate and a surface material. The surface material is arranged on one side of the substrate, and includes a woven fabric of a polyethylene naphthalate fiber.

Claims (11)

1. A speaker diaphragm comprising a substrate and a surface material, which is arranged on only one side of the substrate, and includes a woven fabric of a polyethylene naphthalate fiber, wherein the woven fabric of a polyethylene naphthalate fiber has an exposure degree of substantially 100% on an emission side, and wherein the substrate and the surface material are laminated through an adhesive layer.

2. A speaker diaphragm according to claim 1 , wherein the polyethylene naphthalate fiber is substantially free from a resin.

3. A speaker diaphragm according to claim 1 , wherein the woven fabric of a polyethylene naphthalate fiber is a twill weave fabric.

4. A speaker diaphragm according to claim 3 , wherein the polyethylene naphthalate fiber has a weave density of 150 to 400 g/m 2 .

5. A speaker diaphragm according to claim 1 , wherein the polyethylene naphthalate fiber is an untwisted fiber.

6. A speaker diaphragm according to claim 1 , wherein the substrate comprises a base material, and a thermosetting resin impregnated and cured on the base material.

7. A speaker diaphragm according to claim 6 , wherein the base material comprises a laminate of at least one of a woven fabric and a non-woven fabric.

8. A speaker diaphragm according to claim 6 , wherein the thermosetting resin comprises an unsaturated polyester resin.

9. A speaker diaphragm according to claim 1 , wherein the substrate and the surface material are laminated through a thermoplastic resin-based adhesive layer.

10. A speaker diaphragm according to claim 9 , wherein the thermoplastic resin-based adhesive layer is one of a film and a non-woven fabric.

11. A speaker, comprising a speaker diaphragm including a substrate and a surface material, which is arranged on only one side of the substrate, and includes a woven fabric of a polyethylene naphthalate fiber, wherein the woven fabric of a polyethylene naphthalate fiber has an exposure degree of substantially 100% on an emission side, and wherein the substrate and the surface material are laminated through an adhesive layer.

Assignments (2)
MERGER Recorded Jan 19, 2011
From: ONKYO CORPORATION
To: ONKYO CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 025656/0442 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 9, 2007
From: ONO, YUSHI
To: ONKYO CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 019088/0126 →