IP Library Granted Patent US 9,008,349
Granted Patent B2
US 9,008,349 · App. 12/866,928 · Granted Apr 14, 2015

Speaker diaphragm, speaker, and electronic equipment and mobile device using the speaker

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Patent No.
US 9,008,349
App. No.
12/866,928
Granted
Apr 14, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A speaker diaphragm of the present invention is formed by mixing polylactic acid as a plant-derived resin, bamboo fibers and a natural binder. It is thereby possible to realize a speaker diaphragm capable of obtaining sufficient sound velocity, while having low environmental load and high sound quality.

Claims (39)

1. A speaker diaphragm, comprising polylactic acid, bamboo fibers, granular bamboo charcoal which has been carbonized at a temperature of about 800° C., and a natural starch-based binder, wherein

the polylactic acid is a base resin, wherein the bamboo charcoal is blended in the resin,

a length of the bamboo fibers is not smaller than 0.2 mm and not larger than 5 mm,

a content of the bamboo fibers is 10 wt % to 30 wt %, a content of the binder is 1 wt % to 10 wt %, and a content of the polylactic acid and the granular bamboo charcoal is regarded as a remaining wt %.

2. The speaker diaphragm according to claim 1 , wherein the speaker diaphragm is formed by compounding the polylactic acid, the bamboo fibers, and the natural binder, and injection-molding the compound.

3. The speaker diaphragm according to claim 1 , wherein the natural binder is a starch-based binder.

4. The speaker diaphragm according to claim 1 , wherein the bamboo fibers are made finer into a microfibrillated state.

5. The speaker diaphragm according to claim 1 , wherein the polylactic acid, the bamboo fibers, and the natural binder are uniformly dispersed.

6. The speaker diaphragm according to claim 1 , wherein a specific gravity is not lower than 1.10 and not higher than 1.18.

7. A speaker, comprising:

a magnetic circuit;

a frame, coupled to the magnetic circuit;

a diaphragm, coupled to a periphery of the frame; and

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

wherein the diaphragm comprises polylactic acid, bamboo fibers, granular bamboo charcoal which has been carbonized at a temperature of about 800° C. and a natural starch-based binder, wherein

the polylactic acid is a base resin, wherein the bamboo charcoal is blended in the resin,

a length of the bamboo fibers is not smaller than 0.2 mm and not larger than 5 mm,

a content of the bamboo fibers is 10 wt % to 30 wt %, a content of the starch-based binder is 1 wt % to 10 wt %, and

a content of the polylactic acid and the granular bamboo charcoal is regarded as a remaining wt %.

8. The speaker according to claim 7 , comprising a diaphragm formed by compounding the polylactic acid, the bamboo fibers, and the natural binder, and injection-molding the compound.

9. The speaker according to claim 7 , wherein the natural binder is a starch-based binder.

10. The speaker according to claim 7 , wherein the bamboo fibers are made finer into a microfibrillated state.

11. The speaker according to claim 7 , wherein the polylactic acid, the bamboo fibers, and the natural binder are uniformly dispersed.

12. The speaker according to claim 7 , wherein a specific gravity of the diaphragm is not lower than 1.10 and not higher than 1.18.

13. An electronic equipment, comprising a speaker and an amplifier circuit for driving the speaker, wherein

the speaker has a magnetic circuit; a frame, coupled to the magnetic circuit; a diaphragm, coupled to a periphery of the frame; and a voice coil, coupled to the diaphragm and arranged in a magnetic gap formed by the magnetic circuit,

the diaphragm comprises polylactic acid, bamboo fibers, granular bamboo charcoal which has been carbonized at a temperature of about 800° C. and a natural starch-based binder, wherein the polylactic acid is a base resin, and the bamboo charcoal is blended in the resin, and

a length of the bamboo fibers is not smaller than 0.2 mm and not larger than 5 mm,

a content of the bamboo fibers is 10 wt % to 30 wt %, a content of the starch-based binder is 1 wt % to 10 wt %, and a content of the polylactic acid and the granular bamboo charcoal is regarded as a remaining wt %.

14. A mobile device, comprising a speaker, an amplifier circuit for driving the speaker, and mobile means, wherein

the speaker has a magnetic circuit; a frame, coupled to the magnetic circuit; a diaphragm, coupled to a periphery of the frame; and a voice coil, coupled to the diaphragm and arranged in a magnetic gap formed by the magnetic circuit,

the diaphragm comprises polylactic acid, bamboo fibers, granular bamboo charcoal which has been carbonized at a temperature of about 800° C., and a natural starch-based binder, wherein the polylactic acid is a base resin, and the bamboo charcoal is blended in the resin, and

a length of the bamboo fibers is not smaller than 0.2 mm and not larger than 5 mm,

a content of the bamboo fibers is 10 wt % to 30 wt %, a content of the starch-based binder is 1 wt % to 10 wt %, and a content of the polylactic acid and the granular bamboo charcoal is regarded as a remaining wt %.

15. The speaker diaphragm according to claim 1 , wherein a content of the bamboo fibers is greater than a content of the natural binder.

16. The speaker diaphragm according to claim 1 , wherein a glass transition temperature of the starch-based binder is 85° C. to 130° C.

17. The speaker according to claim 7 , wherein a glass transition temperature of the starch-based binder is 85° C. to 130° C.

18. The electronic equipment according to claim 13 , wherein a glass transition temperature of the starch-based binder is 85° C. to 130° C.

19. The mobile device according to claim 14 , wherein a glass transition temperature of the starch-based binder is 85° C. to 130° C.

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 →