IP Library Granted Patent US 8,122,996
Granted Patent B2
US 8,122,996 · App. 12/515,622 · Granted Feb 28, 2012

Diaphragm for speaker, frame for speaker, dust cap for speaker, speaker and apparatus using them, and method for manufacturing component for speaker

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Patent No.
US 8,122,996
App. No.
12/515,622
Granted
Feb 28, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

A speaker diaphragm is configured by a compound mixed with resin and bamboo fiber. The diaphragm satisfying the advantage of the bamboo fiber of high sound quality and a large degree of freedom in the setting of the characteristic value of the diaphragm and the advantage of the diaphragm made of a resin with improved humidity resistance reliability and strength, excellent external appearance, and enhanced productivity and dimension stability is obtained.

Claims (42)

1. A speaker diaphragm comprising:

a resin; and

a plurality of cellulose fibers each having an elongated shape,

wherein the cellulose fibers contain a microfibrillated bamboo fiber miniaturized to a microfibrillated state.

2. The speaker diaphragm according to claim 1 ,

wherein the resin is a crystalline or non-crystalline olefin resin.

3. The speaker diaphragm according to claim 1 ,

wherein the resin is a biodegradable plastic.

4. The speaker diaphragm according to claim 3 ,

wherein the biodegradable plastic is a polylactic acid.

5. The speaker diaphragm according to claim 1 ,

wherein the cellulose fibers further contain a bamboo powder.

6. The speaker diaphragm according to claim 5 ,

wherein the bamboo powder is a bamboo charcoal carbonized from the bamboo powder.

7. The speaker diaphragm according to claim 1 ,

wherein a mixing ratio of the bamboo fiber with respect to the resin is greater than or equal to 5% by weight and smaller than or equal to 60% by weight.

8. The speaker diaphragm according to claim 7 ,

wherein the cellulose fibers further contain a bamboo powder.

9. The speaker diaphragm according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a reinforcing material.

10. The speaker diaphragm according to claim 9 ,

wherein the reinforcing material is at least one of a mica, a graphite, a talc, a calcium carbonate, a clay, a carbon fiber, or an aramid fiber.

11. The speaker diaphragm according to claim 1 ,

wherein the cellulose fibers further contain further bamboo fibers which are not microfibrillated, and

the microfibrillated bamboo fiber bonds the further bamboo fibers to each other.

12. The speaker diaphragm according to claim 1 ,

wherein the cellulose fibers further contain further bamboo fibers which are not microfibrillated, and

the microfibrillated bamboo fiber bonds the further bamboo fibers to the resin.

13. A speaker comprising:

a magnetic circuit;

a frame coupled to the magnetic circuit;

a diaphragm, containing a resin and a plurality of cellulose fibers each having an elongated shape, coupled to an outer peripheral portion of the frame; and

a voice coil coupled to the diaphragm and arranged in a magnetic gap formed by the magnetic circuit,

wherein the cellulose fibers contain a microfibrillated bamboo fiber miniaturized to a microfibrillated state.

14. The speaker according to claim 13 ,

wherein the resin is a biodegradable plastic.

15. The speaker according to claim 14 ,

wherein the biodegradable plastic is a polylactic acid.

16. The speaker according to claim 13 ,

wherein the cellulose fibers further contain a bamboo powder.

17. The speaker according to claim 16 ,

wherein the bamboo powder is a bamboo charcoal carbonized from the bamboo powder.

Assignments (2)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE ERRONEOUSLY FILED APPLICATION NUMBERS 13/384239, 13/498734, 14/116681 AND 14/301144 PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 034194 FRAME 0143. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Dec 24, 2020
From: PANASONIC CORPORATION
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 056788/0362 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 10, 2014
From: PANASONIC CORPORATION
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 034194/0143 →