IP Library Granted Patent US 8,098,869
Granted Patent B2
US 8,098,869 · App. 11/813,681 · Granted Jan 17, 2012

Loudspeaker damper, manufacturing method thereof, and loudspeaker and electronic device using the same

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Patent No.
US 8,098,869
App. No.
11/813,681
Granted
Jan 17, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

A loudspeaker damper, a manufacturing method thereof, and a loudspeaker, electronic equipment and device using the loudspeaker damper. The damper has flexibility. Therefore, even if a large input is applied and the damper oscillates with a large amplitude, a resin layer provided on the surface of the damper base material is not cracked due to partial interface peeling. Thus, the damper follows such a large amplitude and realizes high input-resistance. This loudspeaker damper material is obtained by impregnating a material with thermosetting resin including 2 to 20 wt % of flexibility imparting agent and heat-curing thereof.

Claims (25)

1. A loudspeaker damper comprising:

a material subjected to a corona discharge treatment to be subjected to a surface reforming process;

a thermosetting resin impregnating the material and heat-cured; and

2 to 20 wt % of acrylonitrile-butadiene rubber (NBR) as a flexibility imparting agent contained in the thermosetting resin.

2. The loudspeaker damper of claim 1 , wherein the flexibility imparting agent has a glass transition temperature of 10° C. or less.

3. The loudspeaker damper of claim 1 , wherein the flexibility imparting agent includes not less than 0.001 mol/100 g of at least one hydrophilic group selected from a hydroxyl group, a carboxyl group and an amino group.

4. The loudspeaker damper of claim 1 , wherein the material is made of any of fabric, aramid and polyester, and the thermosetting resin is phenolic resin or melamine resin.

5. A manufacturing method of the loudspeaker damper of claim 1 , the method comprising:

subjecting the material to corona discharge treatment before impregnating the material with the thermosetting resin.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein a wire electrode is used as a discharging electrode in the corona discharge treatment.

7. A loudspeaker comprising:

the loudspeaker damper of claim 1 .

8. A loudspeaker comprising:

the loudspeaker damper manufactured by the method of claim 5 .

9. The loudspeaker comprising:

the loudspeaker damper manufactured by the method of claim 6 .

10. Electronic equipment comprising the loudspeaker of claim 7 and an amplifier of an electric signal to be input into the loudspeaker.

11. Electronic equipment comprising the loudspeaker of claim 8 and an amplifier of an electric signal to be input into the loudspeaker.

12. Electronic equipment comprising the loudspeaker of claim 9 and an amplifier of an electric signal to be input into the loudspeaker.

13. A device comprising the loudspeaker of claim 7 mounted on a mobile means.

14. A device comprising the loudspeaker of claim 8 mounted on a mobile means.

15. A device comprising the loudspeaker of claim 9 mounted on a mobile means.

16. The loudspeaker damper of claim 1 , wherein the material is made of woven fabric.

17. The method of claim 5 , wherein the material is made of woven fabric.

18. The method of claim 5 , wherein said subjecting of the material to corona discharge treatment comprises subjecting of the material to corona discharge treatment in atmosphere.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 28, 2024
From: PANASONIC HOLDINGS CORPORATION
To: PANASONIC AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 066957/0984 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 21, 2024
From: PANASONIC CORPORATION
To: PANASONIC HOLDINGS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 066644/0558 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 11, 2008
From: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 021818/0725 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 11, 2007
From: OKAZAKI, MASATOSHI; MIMURA, KAZUYOSHI; MIZONE, SHINYA; SUMIYAMA, MASAHIDE
To: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 019945/0748 →