IP Library Granted Patent US 9,106,992
Granted Patent B2
US 9,106,992 · App. 13/977,967 · Granted Aug 11, 2015

Loudspeaker and electronic equipment including the loudspeaker

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Patent No.
US 9,106,992
App. No.
13/977,967
Granted
Aug 11, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a loudspeaker having a thin long structure, and the loudspeaker includes: a frame; a diaphragm having a hollow structure and in which a shape of a plane that is perpendicular to a vibration direction is an oblong shape having a long side and a short side; an edge vibratably supporting the diaphragm and being fixed to the frame; at least one cylinder-shaped voice coil bobbin connected to the diaphragm in a penetrating manner; a voice coil disposed inside the hollow structure of the diaphragm and attached to the voice coil bobbin; and a magnetic circuit disposed inside the voice coil bobbin and configured to drive the voice coil.

Claims (40)

1. A loudspeaker having a thin long structure, the loudspeaker comprising:

a frame;

a diaphragm having a hollow structure and in which a shape of a plane that is perpendicular to a vibration direction is an oblong shape having a long side and a short side;

an edge vibratably supporting the diaphragm and being fixed to the frame;

at least one cylinder-shaped voice coil bobbin connected to the diaphragm in a penetrating manner;

a voice coil disposed inside the hollow structure of the diaphragm and attached to the voice coil bobbin;

a magnetic circuit disposed inside the voice coil bobbin and configured to drive the voice coil;

a conductive line connecting a terminal disposed on the frame and an eyelet secured at a terminal part of the diaphragm in a long side direction thereof; and

a lead line connecting the eyelet and the voice coil, wherein

the lead line is attached inside the diaphragm.

2. The loudspeaker according to claim 1 , wherein the voice coil is attached so as to be arranged at a position that equally divides a height of the voice coil bobbin.

3. The loudspeaker according to claim 2 , wherein a barycenter of the voice coil, a point at which the edge is fixed to the frame, a barycenter of the diaphragm, and a barycenter of the magnetic circuit are arranged on an identical plane.

4. The loudspeaker according to claim 1 , wherein the magnetic circuit has a configuration in which two magnets are attached to each other in a repelling direction.

5. The loudspeaker according to claim 1 , wherein a cross-sectional shape in a short side direction of the diaphragm is a circular shape, an elliptical shape, a hollow trapezoidal shape, or a hollow polygonal shape.

6. A loudspeaker having a thin long structure, the loudspeaker comprising:

a frame;

a diaphragm having a hollow structure and in which a shape of a plane that is perpendicular to a vibration direction is an oblong shape having a long side and a short side;

an edge vibratably supporting the diaphragm and being fixed to the frame;

two cylinder-shaped voice coil bobbins connected to the diaphragm in a penetrating manner;

two voice coils disposed inside the hollow structure of the diaphragm and respectively attached to the voice coil bobbins; and

two magnetic circuits respectively disposed inside the voice coil bobbins and configured to respectively drive the voice coils, wherein

the voice coil bobbins are each disposed at a position of a node in a primary resonance mode in a long side direction of the diaphragm.

7. The loudspeaker according to claim 6 , wherein

when one end of the diaphragm in the long side direction is defined as 0 and another end is defined as 1, and

the voice coil bobbins are disposed at positions corresponding to 0.224 and 0.776.

8. A loudspeaker having a thin long structure, the loudspeaker comprising:

a frame;

a diaphragm having a hollow structure and in which a shape of a plane that is perpendicular to a vibration direction is an oblong shape having a long side and a short side;

an edge vibratably supporting the diaphragm and being fixed to the frame;

four cylinder-shaped voice coil bobbins connected to the diaphragm in a penetrating manner;

four voice coils disposed inside the hollow structure of the diaphragm and respectively attached to the voice coil bobbins; and

four magnetic circuits respectively disposed inside the voice coil bobbins and configured to respectively drive the voice coils, wherein

the voice coil bobbins are each disposed at a position of a node in a primary resonance mode and a secondary resonance mode in a long side direction of the diaphragm.

9. The loudspeaker according to claim 8 , wherein

when one end of the diaphragm in the long side direction is defined as 0 and another end is defined as 1,

the voice coil bobbins are disposed at positions of 0.1130, 0.37775, 0.62225, and 0.8870.

10. The loudspeaker according to claim 1 , further comprising an auxiliary plate disposed outside the diaphragm so as to surround both sides of the magnetic circuit in the long side direction of diaphragm.

11. The loudspeaker according to claim 1 , further comprising auxiliary magnets disposed separately from the diaphragm at positions on both sides of the magnetic circuit in the long side direction of the diaphragm.

12. The loudspeaker according to claim 1 , wherein a shape of both ends of the diaphragm in the long side direction is a semi-spherical shape.

13. An electronic equipment comprising the loudspeaker according to claim 1 .

Assignments (3)
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 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 28, 2014
From: TAKEWA, HIROYUKI
To: PANASONIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 032318/0827 →