IP Library Granted Patent US 11,778,389
Granted Patent B2
US 11,778,389 · App. 17/700,100 · Granted Oct 3, 2023

Loudspeaker device

Inventor: Yuki Kobayashi (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
H04R9/06H04R7/12H04R7/18H04R9/025H04R9/04H04R2400/11
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Patent No.
US 11,778,389
App. No.
17/700,100
Granted
Oct 3, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A loudspeaker device includes: a magnetic circuit that includes a yoke, a magnet, and a top plate; a voice coil body; a diaphragm; and a frame that holds the yoke and the diaphragm. The frame includes a through hole that holds the yoke at a predetermined position with the yoke being inserted into the through hole. The yoke includes a protrusion portion that abuts an outer peripheral surface portion of the frame that defines the through hole, with the magnetic gap being inside the frame.

Claims (15)

1. A loudspeaker device comprising:

a magnetic circuit that includes a yoke having a cylindrical shape with a bottom; a magnet; and a top plate;

a voice coil body including one end portion inserted into a magnetic gap between the yoke and the top plate;

a diaphragm connected to another end portion of the voice coil body; and

a frame that holds the yoke and the diaphragm,

wherein the frame includes a through hole that holds the yoke at a predetermined position with the yoke being inserted into the through hole,

the yoke includes a protrusion portion that abuts an outer peripheral surface portion of the frame that defines the through hole, with the magnetic gap being inside the frame,

the frame includes an engagement portion that is engaged with the protrusion portion of the yoke to fix the yoke,

the yoke is held in the frame with the yoke protruding inside the frame,

the protrusion portion is closer to a center of the yoke than to both end surfaces of the yoke in a tube axis direction of the yoke, and

the protrusion portion of the yoke includes a flange protruding in a circular ring shape from an outer peripheral surface of the yoke, and an engaging protrusion that protrudes in a radial direction from an outer peripheral surface of the flange.

2. The loudspeaker device according to claim 1 , wherein

the engagement portion includes a tapered surface that abuts the protrusion portion when the yoke is inserted into the through hole.

3. The loudspeaker device according to claim 1 , wherein

a surface of the flange and a surface of engaging protrusion that face the frame are flush with each other, and are in a plane perpendicular to the tube axis of the yoke.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 28, 2024
From: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 066703/0216 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 26, 2022
From: KOBAYASHI, YUKI
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 061219/0202 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-053421 · Mar 26, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
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