IP Library Granted Patent US 8,265,330
Granted Patent B2
US 8,265,330 · App. 12/442,134 · Granted Sep 11, 2012

Material for speaker device and speaker device using it

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Patent No.
US 8,265,330
App. No.
12/442,134
Granted
Sep 11, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

A material for improving the sound pressure level at the bass reproduction limit of the present invention is composed of an activated carbon having a cumulative pore volume of 0.4 ml/g or more for the pores each having a radius of 50 angstroms or less. Preferably, this activated carbon has a cumulative pore volume of 0.1 ml/g or less for the pores each having a radius of 7 angstroms or less. In particular, when a sound pressure level improving material in which the activated carbon has a cumulative pore volume of 0.5 ml/g or more for the pores each having a radius of 18 angstroms or less is installed in a cabinet of a loudspeaker device, the material alleviates pressure fluctuations of a gas within the cabinet caused by vibration of a loudspeaker, and thus a very good bass reproduction effect is attained. Moreover, in the case where a sound pressure level improving material in which the activated carbon has a cumulative pore volume of 0.4 ml/g or more for the pores each having a radius of 18 to 50 angstroms is installed in the cabinet, a loudspeaker device having a good bass reproduction effect even in an atmosphere of high humidity is obtained.

Claims (21)

1. A material for improving the sound pressure level at the bass reproduction limit, comprising:

an activated carbon,

wherein

a cumulative pore volume for pores each having a radius of 50 angstroms or less of the activated carbon is 0.4 ml/g or more, and

a cumulative pore volume for pores each having a radius of 7 angstroms or less of the activated carbon is 0.1 ml/g or less.

2. The material for improving the sound pressure level of claim 1 , wherein

a cumulative pore volume for pores having a radius of 18 angstroms or less of the activated carbon is 0.5 ml/g or more.

3. The material for improving the sound pressure level of claim 1 , wherein

a cumulative pore volume for pores having a radius from 18 to 50 angstroms of the activated carbon is 0.4 ml/g or more.

4. The material for improving the sound pressure level of claim 3 , wherein the cumulative pore volume for pores having a radius from 18 to 50 angstroms is 0.5 ml/g or more.

5. A loudspeaker device comprising a cabinet, a loudspeaker unit attached to the cabinet, and a material for improving the sound pressure level at the bass reproduction limit disposed in an empty chamber in the interior of the cabinet,

wherein

the material for improving the sound pressure level comprises an activated carbon,

a cumulative pore volume for pores each having a radius of 50 angstroms or less of the activated carbon is 0.4 ml/g or more, and

a cumulative pore volume for pores each having a radius of 7 angstroms or less of the activated carbon is 0.1 ml/g or less.

6. The loudspeaker device of claim 5 , wherein

a cumulative pore volume for pores having a radius of 18 angstroms or less of the activated carbon is 0.5 ml/g or more.

7. The loudspeaker device of claim 5 , wherein

a cumulative pore volume for pores having a radius from 18 to 50 angstroms of the activated carbon is 0.4 ml/g or more.

8. The loudspeaker device of claim 7 , wherein

the cumulative pore volume for pores having a radius from 18 to 50 angstroms is 0.5 ml/g or more.

Assignments (4)
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Nov 12, 2024
From: PANASONIC HOLDINGS CORPORATION
To: PANASONIC AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 069223/0121 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 5, 2024
From: PANASONIC CORPORATION
To: PANASONIC HOLDINGS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 069302/0894 →
MERGER Recorded Mar 13, 2017
From: KURARAY CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
To: KURARAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 041988/0856 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 25, 2009
From: FUKUNISHI, YOSHIHARU; KITAMURA, TAKANORI; TABATA, KENGO; MATSUMURA, TOSHIYUKI; SAIKI, SHUJI; KAJIHARA, YOSHIMICHI; KOURA, SATOSHI
To: KURARAY CHEMICAL CO., LTD.; PANASONIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 022448/0275 →