IP Library Granted Patent US 8,199,962
Granted Patent B2
US 8,199,962 · App. 12/196,383 · Granted Jun 12, 2012

Loudspeaker diaphragm and loudspeaker using the same

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Patent No.
US 8,199,962
App. No.
12/196,383
Granted
Jun 12, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

A loudspeaker diaphragm having a small overall height dimension, in which a dome portion has a sufficient rigidity and which is capable of realizing a stable loudspeaker operation, wherein the loudspeaker diaphragm can realize a desirable sound reproduction without noise, or the like, with a frequency response that is flat over a wide range. In the loudspeaker diaphragm of the present invention, the dome portion includes a concave dome portion formed at a center thereof, a convex dome portion along an outer periphery of the concave dome portion, a plurality of depressed ribs each extending in a radial direction across a boundary between the concave dome portion and the convex dome portion, a voice coil attachment portion along an outer periphery of the convex dome portion, and a plurality of protruding ribs extending in the radial direction across a boundary between the convex dome portion and the voice coil attachment portion, wherein each protruding rib is spaced apart in a circumferential direction from two adjacent depressed ribs.

Claims (7)

1. A loudspeaker diaphragm being a single-piece film member including a dome portion and an edge portion extending along an outer periphery of the dome portion, wherein:

the dome portion includes a concave dome portion formed at a center thereof, a convex dome portion along an outer periphery of the concave dome portion, a plurality of depressed ribs each extending in a radial direction across a boundary between the concave dome portion and the convex dome portion, a voice coil attachment portion along an outer periphery of the convex dome portion, and a plurality of protruding ribs extending in the radial direction across a boundary between the convex dome portion and the voice coil attachment portion; and

each protruding rib is spaced apart in a circumferential direction from two adjacent depressed ribs.

2. The loudspeaker diaphragm according to claim 1 , wherein in the convex dome portion of the dome portion, the depressed ribs and the protruding ribs alternate with each other in the circumferential direction.

3. The loudspeaker diaphragm according to claim 2 , wherein in the convex dome portion of the dome portion, a first radius value defining a distal end of the depressed ribs is greater than a second radius value defining a proximal end of the protruding ribs.

4. The loudspeaker diaphragm according to claim 3 , further comprising a voice coil attached to the voice coil attachment portion.

5. A loudspeaker, comprising the loudspeaker diaphragm according to claim 4 .

Assignments (2)
MERGER Recorded Jan 19, 2011
From: ONKYO CORPORATION
To: ONKYO CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 025656/0442 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 22, 2008
From: MAEDA, TATSUYA
To: ONKYO CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 021430/0363 →