IP Library Granted Patent US 9,008,350
Granted Patent B2
US 9,008,350 · App. 14/240,027 · Granted Apr 14, 2015

Loudspeaker, electronic device and mobile device both including the same, and method of producing the same

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Patent No.
US 9,008,350
App. No.
14/240,027
Granted
Apr 14, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A magnetic circuit includes an upper plate, a magnet, a lower plate, and a center pole. The outer circumference of a frame is coupled with a diaphragm. One end of a voice coil is coupled with the diaphragm, and the other end is inserted into a magnetic gap formed between the upper plate and the center pole. The frame is provided with a through hole. An insertion part provided on the outer circumference of the upper plate is inserted into the through hole. The frame is coupled with the upper plate by bending the insertion part.

Claims (62)

1. A loudspeaker comprising:

a frame provided with a through hole;

an upper plate having a main part coupled with a lower face of the frame;

a magnet under the upper plate;

a lower plate under the magnet;

a center pole disposed at a central part of the lower plate, the center pole forming a magnetic gap between the center pole and the upper plate;

a diaphragm coupled with an outer circumference of the frame; and

a voice coil having a first end coupled with the diaphragm and a second end inserted in the magnetic gap,

wherein the upper plate has:

an insertion part provided at a part of an outer circumference of the main part, inserted into the through hole, and having a penetrating part penetrating the frame and being bent, and

a burring formed at a center of the main part, and

the magnetic gap is formed between the center pole and an inner circumferential surface of the burring.

2. The loudspeaker according to claim 1 , wherein the insertion part is bent toward an inside of the frame.

3. The loudspeaker according to claim 1 , wherein the insertion part is bent toward an outside of the frame.

4. The loudspeaker according to claim 1 ,

wherein the frame further includes a projection provided on a surface opposite to a side, joining with the main part of the upper plate, and touching the penetrating part.

5. The loudspeaker according to claim 4 ,

wherein the frame is made of resin, and

a tip of the projection has a buckling part formed thereon.

6. The loudspeaker according to claim 5 , further including an adhesive agent bonding the projection to the penetrating part, or bonding a part of a circumference of the projection to the insertion part.

7. The loudspeaker according to claim 4 ,

wherein the frame is made of resin, and is provided with a space at a side opposite to a direction, in which the penetrating part is bent, with respect to the through hole.

8. The loudspeaker according to claim 7 ,

wherein the space is a recess,

the loudspeaker further includes an adhesive agent fed into the recess, and the adhesive agent bonds a periphery of the recess to the penetrating part.

9. An electronic device including:

an enclosure;

an amplifier accommodated in the enclosure; and

the loudspeaker according to claim 1 electrically connected with the amplifier.

10. A mobile device including:

a main part;

a driving part generating power for moving the main part;

an amplifier accommodated in the main part; and

the loudspeaker according to claim 1 electrically connected with the amplifier.

11. A loudspeaker comprising:

a frame provided with a through hole;

an upper plate having a main part coupled with a lower face of the frame;

a magnet under the upper plate;

a lower plate under the magnet;

a center pole disposed at a central part of the lower plate, the center pole forming a magnetic gap between the center pole and the upper plate;

a diaphragm coupled with an outer circumference of the frame; and

a voice coil having a first end coupled with the diaphragm and a second end inserted in the magnetic gap,

wherein the upper plate has an insertion part provided at a part of an outer circumference of the main part, inserted into the through hole, and having a penetrating part penetrating the frame and being bent, and

the frame further includes a projection provided on a surface opposite to a side, joining with the main part of the upper plate, and touching the penetrating part.

12. The loudspeaker according to claim 11 ,

wherein the frame is made of resin, and

a tip of the projection has a buckling part formed thereon.

13. The loudspeaker according to claim 12 , further including an adhesive agent bonding the projection to the penetrating part, or bonding a part of a circumference of the projection to the insertion part.

14. The loudspeaker according to claim 11 ,

wherein the frame is made of resin, and is provided with a space at a side opposite to a direction in which the penetrating part is bent, with respect to the through hole.

15. The loudspeaker according to claim 14 ,

wherein the space is a recess,

the loudspeaker further includes an adhesive agent fed into the recess, and the adhesive agent bonds a periphery of the recess to the penetrating part.

16. An electronic device including:

an enclosure;

an amplifier accommodated in the enclosure; and

the loudspeaker according to claim 11 electrically connected with the amplifier.

17. A mobile device including:

a main part;

a driving part generating power for moving the main part;

an amplifier accommodated in the main part; and

the loudspeaker according to claim 11 electrically connected with the amplifier.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 28, 2024
From: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 066703/0132 →
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 May 22, 2014
From: AJIKI, KENICHI; YAMAJI, TOSHINORI; ISHIKAWA, KEIJI; ARA, MASAMICHI
To: PANASONIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 032944/0975 →