IP Library Granted Patent US 8,792,667
Granted Patent B2
US 8,792,667 · App. 12/525,880 · Granted Jul 29, 2014

Thin audio component mounting structure, portable audio device, cellular phone and method for mounting thin audio component

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Patent No.
US 8,792,667
App. No.
12/525,880
Granted
Jul 29, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

Even when an audio component is mounted on a non-flat portion such as a level difference portion or a bumpy portion, the audio component is stably fixed so as to improve sound quality without requiring a space for improving the sound quality, such as an exhaust chamber, and without increasing the cost. For this purpose, when a mounting rear face area of the audio component covers the non-flat portion on a substrate on which the audio component is mounted, the audio component is fixed on the substrate with a strength retaining member in the shape of a thin sheet provided therebetween for cancelling a level difference against a rear face of the audio component in the non-flat portion.

Claims (22)

1. A thin audio component mounting structure in a cellular phone, which a mounting rear face area of an audio component covers a non-flat portion on a substrate on which the audio component is mounted, and in which the audio component is fixed on the substrate with a strength retaining member in the shape of a thin sheet provided therebetween for cancelling a level difference against a rear face of the audio component in the non-flat portion,

wherein a part of the mounting rear face area of the audio component is disposed on a flat portion on the substrate and another part thereof is disposed in a position outside an edge of the substrate.

2. The thin audio component mounting structure according to claim 1 , wherein

the strength retaining member is provided in such a manner as to cover positions of the mounting rear face area away from the edge of the substrate by a distance of at least 0.5 mm in a direction toward the substrate and an outward direction from the substrate.

3. The thin audio component mounting structure according to claim 1 ,

wherein the mounting rear face area of the audio component is disposed in a position covering a bumpy portion of the substrate, and

the strength retaining member is provided in such a manner as to cover at least a part of the bumpy portion in contact with the mounting rear face area.

4. The thin audio component mounting structure according to claim 2 ,

wherein the strength retaining member is provided in such a manner as to cover the whole mounting rear face area.

5. The thin audio component mounting structure according to claim 1 ,

wherein the audio component is a thin speaker having a structure in which an internal vibration portion is bare.

6. A portable audio device comprising the thin audio component mounting structure according to claim 1 .

7. A cellular phone comprising the thin audio component mounting structure according to claim 1 .

8. A method for mounting a thin audio component in a celluar phone, in which, when an audio component is mounted on a substrate such that a mounting rear face area of the audio component covers a non-flat portion, the audio component is fixed on the substrate with a strength retaining member in the shape of a thin sheet provided therebetween for cancelling a level difference against a rear face of the audio component in the non-flat portion,

wherein a part of the mounting rear face area of the audio component is disposed on a flat portion on the substrate and another part thereof is disposed in a position outside an edge of the substrate.

9. The method for mounting the thin audio component according to claim 8 , wherein

the strength retaining member is provided in such a manner as to cover positions of the mounting rear face area away from the edge of the substrate by a distance of at least 0.5 mm in a direction toward the substrate and an outward direction from the substrate.

10. The method for mounting the thin audio component according to claim 8 ,

wherein the mounting rear face area of the audio component is disposed in a position covering a bumpy portion of the substrate, and

the strength retaining member is provided in such a manner as to cover at least a part of the bumpy portion in contact with the mounting rear face area.

11. The method for mounting the thin audio component according to claim 9 ,

wherein the strength retaining member is provided in such a manner as to cover the whole mounting rear face area.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 11, 2014
From: NEC CORPORATION
To: LENOVO INNOVATIONS LIMITED (HONG KONG)
Reel/Frame 033720/0767 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 5, 2009
From: ASAMI, KOUSUKE
To: NEC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 023054/0718 →