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US 10,917,709 · App. 16/393,132 · Granted Feb 9, 2021

Bone conduction speaker and bone conduction headphone device

Inventors: Hiroshi Kunimoto (Osaka, JP); Suguru Nakao (Hyogo, JP)
Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
H04R1/10H04R1/00H04R1/24H04R7/12H04R9/025H04R9/063H04R2400/03H04R2460/13
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,917,709
App. No.
16/393,132
Granted
Feb 9, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A bone conduction speaker includes a vibration driver that includes a magnetic circuit and a vibration plate, and that is configured to convert sound into vibration, a vibration body configured to hold a side of the vibration driver, which is adjacent to the magnetic circuit, to come into contact with a subject, and to transmit vibration of the vibration driver to the subject, and a lid body configured to cover a side of the vibration driver, which is adjacent to the vibration plate, without being in contact with the vibration driver, and to substantially seal the vibration driver together with the vibration body.

Claims (28)

1. A bone conduction speaker configured to transmit vibration to a subject without interposition of air to allow the subject to recognize sound, the bone conduction speaker comprising:

a vibration driver including a magnetic circuit and a vibration plate, the vibration driver being configured to convert sound into vibration;

a vibration body configured to hold a side of the vibration driver, the side being adjacent to the magnetic circuit, to come into contact with the subject, and to transmit vibration of the vibration driver to the subject; and

a lid body configured to cover a side of the vibration driver, the side being adjacent to the vibration plate, without being in contact with the vibration driver, and to substantially seal the vibration driver together with the vibration body,

wherein the vibration body includes

a holding part having a plate shape having a surface configured to hold the vibration driver, and another surface configured to come into contact with the subject,

a peripheral part made of an elastic material, the peripheral part lying on an outer periphery of the holding part, the peripheral part being configured to come into contact with the subject together with the holding part, and

a wall part rising from the peripheral part.

2. The bone conduction speaker according to claim 1 , wherein the vibration body is an ear pad configured to come into contact with the subject that is a part of a body of a user.

3. The bone conduction speaker according to claim 1 , wherein the vibration body and the lid body are identical to each other in shape.

4. A bone conduction speaker configured to transmit vibration to a subject without interposition of air to allow the subject to recognize sound, the bone conduction speaker comprising:

a vibration driver including a magnetic circuit and a vibration plate, the vibration driver being configured to convert sound into vibration;

a vibration body configured to hold a side of the vibration driver, the side being adjacent to the magnetic circuit, to come into contact with the subject, and to transmit vibration of the vibration driver to the subject; and

a lid body configured to cover a side of the vibration driver, the side being adjacent to the vibration plate, without being in contact with the vibration driver, and to substantially seal the vibration driver together with the vibration body,

wherein the bone conduction speaker includes a support body configured to support the vibration driver via the vibration body,

the vibration body includes a first flange protruding outward,

the lid body includes a second flange protruding outward, the second flange being configured to overlap with the first flange, and

the support body is configured to pinch the first flange and the second flange overlapped with each other.

5. The bone conduction speaker according to claim 1 , wherein the vibration driver includes a weight attached to the vibration plate, the weight being configured to change a resonant frequency.

6. A bone conduction headphone device comprising:

the bone conduction speaker according to claim 1 ; and

a holding body configured to cause the bone conduction speaker to come into contact with a head of the user.

7. The bone conduction speaker according to claim 4 , wherein the vibration body is an ear pad configured to come into contact with the subject that is a part of a body of a user.

8. The bone conduction speaker according to claim 4 , wherein the vibration body and the lid body are identical to each other in shape.

9. The bone conduction speaker according to claim 4 , wherein the vibration driver includes a weight attached to the vibration plate, the weight being configured to change a resonant frequency.

10. A bone conduction headphone device comprising:

the bone conduction speaker according to claim 4 ; and

a holding body configured to cause the bone conduction speaker to come into contact with a head of the user.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 16, 2019
From: KUNIMOTO, HIROSHI; NAKAO, SUGURU
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2016-211566 · Oct 28, 2016 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2017037307 · Oct 16, 2017
Related Publication 20190253781A1 · Aug 15, 2019