IP Library Granted Patent US 10,277,976
Granted Patent B2
US 10,277,976 · App. 15/534,288 · Granted Apr 30, 2019

Speaker device having diaphragm with folded portion

Inventors: Kenichi Oshima (Yamagata, JP); Koji Takayama (Yamagata, JP); Hirohito Ohno (Yamagata, JP); Hiroyuki Dohi (Yamagata, JP); Hayami Kondo (Yamagata, JP)
Assignees: PIONEER CORPORATION; TOHOKU PIONEER CORPORATION
H04R1/24H04R7/127H04R7/18H04R9/025H04R9/045H04R9/06H04R7/14H04R7/20
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Patent No.
US 10,277,976
App. No.
15/534,288
Granted
Apr 30, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a speaker device achieving thinning and cost reduction. The speaker device includes a first speaker unit and a second speaker unit. An outer peripheral side of the speaker unit is provided with a folded portion protruding to an opposite side of a sound emission direction P. A flat portion is provided inside the folded portion. An opening is provided inside the flat portion. A voice coil bobbin is secured to the opening. A speaker unit is arranged in the voice coil bobbin. An external-magnet-type magnetic circuit is provided in the speaker unit. As a magnet of the magnetic circuit, a ferrite magnet having a large volume is used.

Claims (30)

1. A speaker device comprising:

a first speaker unit provided with an external-magnet-type magnetic circuit and a diaphragm having an opening; and

a second speaker unit provided inside the opening,

wherein, in the diaphragm, an outer peripheral side of the diaphragm is formed with a folded portion protruding to an opposite side of a sound emission direction, and

the diaphragm comprises a flat portion formed on an inner peripheral side of the folded portion, an outer diameter of the flat portion being smaller than an outer diameter of a magnet of the external-magnet-type magnetic circuit.

2. The speaker device according to claim 1 , wherein the flat portion has a flat surface perpendicular to the sound emission direction of the first speaker unit.

3. The speaker device according to claim 1 , wherein the magnet is provided further inside than an apex of the folded portion.

4. The speaker device according to claim 1 , wherein the first speaker unit supports the diaphragm and comprises a voice coil bobbin wound with a voice coil, and the second speaker unit is positioned further inside than the voice coil bobbin.

5. The speaker device according to claim 1 , wherein the magnetic circuit comprises a yoke magnetically connected with the magnet, and the second speaker unit is positioned further inside than an inner periphery of the yoke.

6. The speaker device according to claim 1 , wherein the magnetic circuit comprises a plate magnetically connected with a pole of the magnet, and an outer diameter of the plate is smaller than the outer diameter of the flat portion.

7. The speaker device according to claim 6 , wherein the outer diameter of the plate is smaller than the outer diameter of the magnet.

8. The speaker device according to claim 1 , wherein the magnet of the first speaker unit has an annular shape, a magnet of the second speaker unit has a circular shape, and the magnets are coaxially arranged.

9. The speaker device according to claim 1 , wherein both the diaphragm of the first speaker unit and a diaphragm of the second speaker unit have a circular shape and are coaxial.

10. The speaker device according to claim 1 , wherein the magnet of the first speaker unit is a ferrite magnet.

11. The speaker device according to claim 1 , wherein a ratio TW/φ is

0.1 ≤TW/φ≤ 0.2

wherein TW/φ is the ratio of an outer diameter φ of the first speaker unit and a length TW from an upper end of the diaphragm of the first speaker unit to a lower end of the magnetic circuit of the first speaker unit.

12. The speaker device according to claim 1 , wherein an inner peripheral end of the external-magnet-type magnetic circuit of the first speaker unit is connected to an outer peripheral end of the second speaker unit.

13. The speaker device according to claim 12 , wherein a cylindrical portion of a yoke of the external-magnet-type magnetic circuit forms the inner peripheral end, a frame of the second speaker unit forms an outer peripheral end of the external-magnet-type magnetic circuit, and the cylindrical portion is connected to the outer peripheral end of the second speaker unit.

14. The speaker device according to claim 1 , wherein the external-magnet-type magnetic circuit of the first speaker unit comprises a plate, a yoke, and an outer magnet arranged between the plate and the yoke, an internal-magnet-type magnetic circuit of the second speaker unit comprises a plate, a yoke, and an inner magnet arranged between the plate and the yoke, a part of the external-magnet-type magnetic circuit and a part of the internal-magnet-type magnetic circuit are at a same height in the sound emission direction, magnetic poles of the outer magnet and the inner magnet on the plate side are same, and magnetic poles of the outer magnet and the inner magnet on the yoke side are same.

15. The speaker device according to claim 1 , wherein the external-magnet-type magnetic circuit of the first speaker unit comprises a plate, a yoke, and an outer magnet arranged between the plate and the yoke, an internal-magnet-type magnetic circuit of the second speaker unit comprises a plate, a yoke, and an inner magnet arranged between the plate and the yoke, a bottom part of the internal-magnet-type magnetic circuit is arranged further on a sound emission side than a bottom part of the external-magnet-type magnetic circuit, and a terminal part is arranged in a space surrounded by the bottom part of the internal-magnet-type magnetic circuit and the external-magnet-type magnetic circuit.

16. A speaker device comprising:

a first speaker unit provided with an external-magnet-type magnetic circuit and a diaphragm having an opening; and

a second speaker unit provided inside the opening,

wherein, in the diaphragm, an outer peripheral side of the diaphragm is formed with a folded portion protruding to an opposite side of a sound emission direction,

wherein a ratio TW/φ is

0.1 ≤TW/φ≤ 0.2

wherein TW/φ is the ratio of an outer diameter φ of the first speaker unit and a length TW from an upper end of the diaphragm of the first speaker unit to a lower end of the magnetic circuit of the first speaker unit.

17. The speaker device according to claim 16 , wherein the flat portion has a flat surface perpendicular to the sound emission direction of the first speaker unit.

18. The speaker device according to claim 16 , wherein the magnet is provided further inside than an apex of the folded portion.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 8, 2017
From: OSHIMA, KENICHI; TAKAYAMA, KOJI; OHNO, HIROHITO; DOHI, HIROYUKI; KONDO, HAYAMI
To: PIONEER CORPORATION; TOHOKU PIONEER CORPORATION
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2014-247600 · Dec 8, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170347184A1 · Nov 30, 2017