IP Library Patent Application 14406234
Patent Application
App. No. 14/406,234

SPEAKER DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE

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App. No.
14/406,234
Abstract

A speaker device ( 100 ) includes a circuit board ( 10 ), a piezoelectric element ( 20 ), a spacer ( 30 ) which is disposed between the piezoelectric element ( 20 ) and the circuit board ( 10 ), and an air chamber ( 40 ). The spacer ( 30 ) fixes the piezoelectric element ( 20 ) to the circuit board ( 10 ) so that an internal space ( 31 ) is formed between the piezoelectric element ( 20 ) and the circuit board ( 10 ). The internal space ( 31 ) and the air chamber ( 40 ) communicate with each other. For example, the internal space ( 31 ) and the air chamber ( 40 ) communicate with each other through only an air medium.

Claims (34)

1 . A speaker device comprising:

a circuit board;

a piezoelectric element which emits sound waves by vibration;

a spacer which is disposed between the piezoelectric element and the circuit board and fixes the piezoelectric element to the circuit board so that an internal space is formed between the piezoelectric element and the circuit board; and

an air chamber which is provided separately from the internal space,

wherein the internal space and the air chamber communicate with each other.

2 . The speaker device according to claim 1 , wherein the internal space and the air chamber communicate with each other through only an air medium.

3 . The speaker device according to claim 1 , wherein a space obtained by combining the internal space and the air chamber is configured as a closed space.

4 . The speaker device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the air chamber is disposed on an opposite side of the piezoelectric element and the spacer with the circuit board interposed between the air chamber, and the piezoelectric element and the spacer, and

wherein the internal space and the air chamber communicate with each other through a through hole formed in the circuit board.

5 . The speaker device according to claim 1 , wherein the air chamber and the spacer are disposed on the same surface of the circuit board.

6 . The speaker device according to claim 5 , wherein the air chamber and the spacer are disposed adjacent to each other, and the internal space and the air chamber communicate with each other through a through hole formed in the spacer.

7 . The speaker device according to claim 1 , wherein the air chamber is larger than the internal space.

8 . An electronic device comprising:

a speaker device,

wherein the speaker device includes

a circuit board,

a piezoelectric element which emits sound waves by vibration,

a spacer which is disposed between the piezoelectric element and the circuit board and fixes the piezoelectric element to the circuit board so that an internal space is formed between the piezoelectric element and the circuit board, and

an air chamber which is provided separately from the internal space, and

wherein the internal space and the air chamber communicate with each other.

9 . The electronic device according to claim 8 , wherein the internal space and the air chamber communicate with each other through only an air medium.

10 . The electronic device according to claim 8 , wherein a space obtained by combining the internal space and the air chamber is configured as a closed space.

11 . The speaker device according to claim 2 , wherein a space obtained by combining the internal space and the air chamber is configured as a closed space.

12 . The speaker device according to claim 2 , wherein the air chamber is disposed on an opposite side of the piezoelectric element and the spacer with the circuit board interposed between the air chamber, and the piezoelectric element and the spacer, and wherein the internal space and the air chamber communicate with each other through a through hole formed in the circuit board.

13 . The speaker device according to claim 3 , wherein the air chamber is disposed on an opposite side of the piezoelectric element and the spacer with the circuit board interposed between the air chamber, and the piezoelectric element and the spacer, and wherein the internal space and the air chamber communicate with each other through a through hole formed in the circuit board.

14 . The speaker device according to claim 2 , wherein the air chamber and the spacer are disposed on the same surface of the circuit board.

15 . The speaker device according to claim 3 , wherein the air chamber and the spacer are disposed on the same surface of the circuit board.

16 . The speaker device according to claim 2 , wherein the air chamber is larger than the internal space.

17 . The speaker device according to claim 3 , wherein the air chamber is larger than the internal space.

18 . The speaker device according to claim 4 , wherein the air chamber is larger than the internal space.

19 . The speaker device according to claim 5 , wherein the air chamber is larger than the internal space.

20 . The speaker device according to claim 6 , wherein the air chamber is larger than the internal space.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 30, 2015
From: NEC MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS, LTD.
To: NEC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 036037/0476 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jun 9, 2015
From: NEC CASIO MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS, LTD.
To: NEC MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 035866/0495 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 8, 2014
From: ONISHI, YASUHARU; KURODA, JUN; KISHINAMI, YUICHIRO; KOMODA, MOTOYOSHI
To: NEC CASIO MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 034417/0776 →