IP Library Granted Patent US 8,160,286
Granted Patent B2
US 8,160,286 · App. 12/281,553 · Granted Apr 17, 2012

Speaker system

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Patent No.
US 8,160,286
App. No.
12/281,553
Granted
Apr 17, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

A loudspeaker device includes an enclosure, a loudspeaker unit and a passive radiator both mounted to the enclosure. The passive radiator includes an edge sandwiched and bonded between a first diaphragm and a second diaphragm. This structure allows increasing the bonding strength between the edge and the first diaphragm as well as between the edge and the second diaphragm, so that the loudspeaker device can withstand greater maximum inputs and reproduce quality bass sound.

Claims (34)

1. A loudspeaker device comprising:

an enclosure;

a loudspeaker unit mounted to the enclosure; and

a passive radiator mounted to the enclosure,

wherein the passive radiator includes:

a first diaphragm;

a second diaphragm, the first diaphragm and the second diaphragm having respective inner surfaces facing each other; and

an edge having an inner periphery bonded to the first diaphragm and the second diaphragm, and an outer periphery fixed to the enclosure.

2. The loudspeaker device of claim 1 ,

wherein the first diaphragm includes a plurality of through-holes.

3. The loudspeaker device of claim 2 ,

wherein the first diaphragm further includes a ridge disposed inwardly from the through-holes, and

the ridge is formed along an entire outer periphery of the first diaphragm.

4. The loudspeaker device of claim 2 ,

wherein the first diaphragm further includes a ridge disposed inwardly from the through-holes, and

the ridge is formed intermittently along an entire outer periphery of the first diaphragm.

5. The loudspeaker device of claim 1 ,

wherein the first diaphragm is disposed and faces inside of the enclosure.

6. The loudspeaker device of claim 1 ,

wherein the first diaphragm is disposed at an outer surface and faces outside of the enclosure.

7. The loudspeaker device of claim 2 ,

wherein the first diaphragm is disposed and faces inside of the enclosure.

8. The loudspeaker device of claim 3 ,

wherein the first diaphragm is disposed and faces inside of the enclosure.

9. The loudspeaker device of claim 4 ,

wherein the first diaphragm is disposed and faces inside of the enclosure.

10. The loudspeaker device of claim 2 ,

wherein the first diaphragm is disposed at an outer surface and faces outside of the enclosure.

11. The loudspeaker device of claim 3 ,

wherein the first diaphragm is disposed at an outer surface and faces outside of the enclosure.

12. The loudspeaker device of claim 4 ,

wherein the first diaphragm is disposed at an outer surface and faces outside of the enclosure.

13. The loudspeaker device of claim 1 , wherein the inner periphery of the edge is bonded to the inner surface of each of the first diaphragm and the second diaphragm.

14. The loudspeaker device of claim 1 , wherein the first diaphragm includes a ridge disposed on the inner surface along a periphery of the first diaphragm, the ridge contacting the second diaphragm.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 6, 2009
From: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 022363/0306 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 10, 2008
From: KOIKE, TOSHIYUKI; TANAKA, HIDEKAZU; LAI, SOO CHEN; LEOW, THOMAS CHEE WEE
To: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 021667/0186 →