IP Library Granted Patent US 9,027,699
Granted Patent B2
US 9,027,699 · App. 13/147,511 · Granted May 12, 2015

Speaker diaphragm, speaker, and production method of speaker diaphragm

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Patent No.
US 9,027,699
App. No.
13/147,511
Granted
May 12, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A speaker diaphragm contains a material obtained by adding a cycloolefin polymer resin to a carbon fiber-reinforced liquid crystal polymer. The speaker diaphragm having high sound velocity, a speaker, and a production method of the speaker diaphragm can thereby be obtained.

Claims (10)

1. A speaker diaphragm, comprising a material comprising:

more than or equal to 57% and less than or equal to 90% by mass of a carbon fiber-reinforced liquid crystal polymer;

a carbon nanotube; and

more than or equal to 10% and less than or equal to 38% by mass of a cycloolefin polymer resin.

2. The speaker diaphragm of claim 1 , wherein the material comprises 5% by mass of the carbon nanotube.

3. The speaker diaphragm of claim 1 , wherein the carbon fiber-reinforced liquid crystal polymer comprises at least one selected from the group consisting of (1) an aromatic copolyester of 4,4′-dihydroxybiphenylterephthalate and 4-hydroxybenzoic acid, (2) an aromatic copolyester of ethylene terephthalate and 4-hydroxybenzoic acid, and (3) an aromatic copolyester of 6-hydroxy-2-naphthoic acid and 4-hydroxybenzoic acid.

4. The speaker diaphragm of claim 1 , wherein the cycloolefm polymer resin comprises at least one selected from the group consisting of (4) a copolymer of ethylene and norbornene, (5) poly((octahydro-5,5-(methoxycarbonyl-methyl)-4,7-methano-1H-indene-1,3-diyl)-1,2-ethanediyl), and (6) a copolymer of ethylene and tetracyclododecene.

5. The speaker diaphragm of claim 1 , wherein the cycloolefin polymer resin is at least one selected from the group consisting of (4) a copolymer of ethylene and norbornene and (6) a copolymer of ethylene and tetracyclododecene.

6. The speaker diaphragm of claim 1 , wherein the only polymers present in the material are the liquid crystal polymer and the cycloolefin polymer resin.

7. A speaker, comprising the speaker diaphragm of claim 1 .

Assignments (2)
COMPANY SPLIT Recorded Sep 4, 2024
From: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
To: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC MOBILITY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 068834/0585 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 2, 2011
From: MITANI, TETSUO; MURAKAMI, OSAMU; HARA, MASASHI; FUJITA, AKIHIRO
To: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 026688/0588 →