IP Library Granted Patent US 8,553,924
Granted Patent B2
US 8,553,924 · App. 11/816,174 · Granted Oct 8, 2013

Speaker, speaker device using the same and electronic apparatus and vehicle using the speaker

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Patent No.
US 8,553,924
App. No.
11/816,174
Granted
Oct 8, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

According to the present invention, there is provided a speaker for use in audio/video apparatuses and a small-sized speaker device capable of realizing preferable reproduction a bass sounds. In order to attain this, in the present invention, a pressure adjusting body is coupled to a portion of a magnetic circuit or a frame, which is a component of a speaker unit, to constitute the speaker unit. The speaker unit is mounted to a small-sized cabinet to constitute a speaker device, which enables realization of preferable reproduction of bass sounds.

Claims (19)

1. A speaker comprising a magnetic circuit, a frame coupled to the magnetic circuit a vibration plate coupled to an outer peripheral portion of the frame, a voice coil which is coupled to the vibration plate and is partially placed in a magnetic gap in the magnetic circuit, and a pressure adjusting body coupled to the magnetic circuit, wherein the pressure adjusting body contains activated carbon and is not disposed between the magnetic circuit and the vibration plate.

2. The speaker according to claim 1 , wherein the pressure adjusting body includes a pressure adjusting member and a housing portion for housing the pressure adjusting member.

3. The speaker according to claim 1 , wherein the pressure adjusting body includes a pressure adjusting member and a housing portion for housing the pressure adjusting member, and the pressure adjusting member is made of activated carbon or a material containing activated carbon.

4. The speaker according to claim 1 , wherein the pressure adjusting body includes a pressure adjusting member and a housing portion for housing the pressure adjusting member, and the housing portion has air permeability.

5. The speaker according to claim 1 , wherein the pressure adjusting body includes a pressure adjusting member and a housing portion for housing the pressure adjusting member and the housing portion is made of an unwoven cloth.

6. The speaker according to claim 1 , wherein the magnetic circuit and the pressure adjusting body are coupled to each other with a gap provided between their coupling surfaces.

7. The speaker according to claim 1 , wherein the pressure adjusting body includes a pressure adjusting member and a housing portion for housing the pressure adjusting member, and the housing portion has no air permeability.

8. The speaker according to claim 1 , wherein the pressure adjusting body is further covered with a sealing case having flexibility.

9. The speaker according to claim 1 , wherein the pressure adjusting body is made of a fiber-type activated carbon.

10. The speaker according to claim 1 , wherein the magnetic circuit includes a lower plate having a center pole, a magnet coupled to the lower plate and an upper plate coupled to the magnet at the side opposite from the lower plate, and the pressure adjusting body is coupled to the back surface of the lower plate.

11. The speaker according to claim 1 , wherein the magnetic circuit includes a lower plate having a center pole, a magnet coupled to the lower plate and an upper plate coupled to the magnet at the side opposite from the lower plate, and the pressure adjusting body is coupled to the center pole of the lower plate.

12. The speaker according to claim 1 , wherein the magnetic circuit includes a lower plate having a center pole, a magnet coupled to the lower plate and an upper plate coupled to the magnet at the side opposite from the lower plate, and the pressure adjusting body is placed in a hole provided in the center pole of the lower plate.

13. The speaker according to claim 1 , wherein the magnetic circuit includes a lower plate having a center pole, a magnet coupled to the lower plate and an upper plate coupled to the magnet at the side opposite from the lower plate, and the pressure adjusting body is coupled to an inner peripheral portion of the magnet.

14. A speaker device comprising the speaker according to claim 1 and a cabinet to which the speaker is mounted.

15. An electronic apparatus incorporating the speaker according to claim 1 .

16. A vehicle incorporating the speaker according to claim 1 .

17. The speaker according to claim 1 , wherein the magnetic circuit is a heat-producing member, and a temperature rise of the magnetic circuit suppresses absorption of humidity into the activated carbon contained by the pressure adjusting body.

18. The speaker according to claim 1 , wherein the pressure adjusting body absorbs or releases air molecules along with pressure change.

19. The speaker according to claim 14 , wherein the pressure adjusting body absorbs or releases air molecules along with pressure change and the cabinet operates equivalently to a cabinet having a large capacity.

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 Jan 8, 2008
From: SUMIYAMA, MASAHIDE; KOURA, SATOSHI; KAJIHARA, YOSHIMICHI; SANO, KOJI; HONDA, KAZUKI; ITOH, SATOSHI; SAIKI, SHUJI; MATSUMURA, TOSHIYUKI; MIZONE, SHINYA
To: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 020331/0143 →