IP Library Granted Patent US 12,108,208
Granted Patent B2
US 12,108,208 · App. 17/932,288 · Granted Oct 1, 2024

Acoustic output devices

Inventors: Liwei Wang (Shenzhen, CN); Lei Zhang (Shenzhen, CN); Fengyun Liao (Shenzhen, CN); Xin Qi (Shenzhen, CN)
Assignee: SHENZHEN SHOKZ CO., LTD.
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Patent No.
US 12,108,208
App. No.
17/932,288
Granted
Oct 1, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

This present disclosure discloses an acoustic output device comprising: an acoustic driver that includes a diaphragm and a magnetic circuit structure, wherein a side of the diaphragm facing away from the magnetic circuit structure forms a front side of the acoustic driver, a side of the magnetic circuit structure facing away from the diaphragm forms a back side of the acoustic driver, the diaphragm vibrates so that the acoustic driver radiates sound outward from its front and back, respectively; a housing structure configured to carry the acoustic driver, wherein the back side of the acoustic driver and the housing structure form a back cavity, and different side walls of the back cavity are connected by a curved structure; the housing structure includes at least one sound outlet hole, the at least one sound outlet hole is acoustically coupled with the back cavity.

Claims (37)

1. An acoustic output device, comprising

an acoustic driver, wherein the acoustic driver includes a diaphragm and a magnetic circuit structure, a side of the diaphragm facing away from the magnetic circuit structure forms a front side of the acoustic driver, a side of the magnetic circuit structure facing away from the diaphragm forms a back side of the acoustic driver, the diaphragm vibrates so that the acoustic driver radiates sounds outward from its front side and back side, respectively; and

a housing structure configured to carry the acoustic driver, wherein the back side of the acoustic driver and the housing structure form a back cavity, and side walls of the back cavity are connected to each other by a curved structure;

the housing structure includes at least one sound outlet hole, the at least one sound outlet hole is acoustically coupled with the back cavity and outputs the sound radiated to the back cavity by the acoustic driver to the outside of the acoustic output device, wherein the at least one sound outlet hole is located on at least part of the side walls of the back cavity.

2. The acoustic output device of claim 1 , wherein:

the side walls of the back cavity comprise at least one first side wall and a second side wall,

the at least one first side wall is located on a peripheral side of the housing structure,

the second side wall is disposed opposite to the back side of the acoustic driver, and

one end of the at least one first side wall away from the acoustic driver is connected to an end of the second side wall through the curved structure.

3. The acoustic output device of claim 2 , wherein the at least one sound outlet hole is located on the at least one first side wall.

4. The acoustic output device of claim 2 , wherein:

the at least one sound outlet hole comprises a first sound outlet hole and a second sound outlet hole,

the first sound outlet hole and the second sound outlet hole are located on the at least one first side wall, and

the first sound outlet hole and the second sound outlet hole are disposed opposite to each other.

5. The acoustic output device of claim 4 , wherein a cross-sectional area of the second sound outlet hole is not greater than a cross-sectional area of the first sound outlet hole.

6. The acoustic output device of claim 1 , wherein a cross-sectional area of the at least one sound outlet hole is not less than 0.25 mm 2 .

7. The acoustic output device of claim 1 , wherein an acoustic damping structure is provided at the at least one sound outlet hole.

8. The acoustic output device of claim 1 , wherein:

the magnetic circuit structure comprises a magnetic conductive plate disposed opposite to the diaphragm,

the magnetic conductive plate includes at least one third sound outlet hole, and

the at least one third sound outlet hole guides a sound generated by vibration of the diaphragm from the back side of the acoustic driver.

9. The acoustic output device of claim 8 , wherein a sound guide tube is disposed at the at least one third sound outlet hole along a direction away from the diaphragm, the sound guide tube guides the sound radiated from the at least one third sound outlet hole into the back cavity.

10. The acoustic output device of claim 8 , wherein:

the at least one third sound outlet hole comprises a first hole portion and a second hole portion sequentially disposed from inside to outside,

the first hole portion and the second hole portion are connected to each other, and

a diameter of the second hole portion is larger than a diameter of the first hole portion.

11. The acoustic output device of claim 10 , wherein a shape of the diaphragm is a plane or approximately a plane.

12. The acoustic output device of claim 11 , wherein the diaphragm is fixed on the acoustic driver by a ring, and the ring is sunken in a direction away from the back cavity.

13. The acoustic output device of claim 1 , wherein the front side of the acoustic driver is further disposed with a protective structure, and the protective structure is disposed opposite to the diaphragm.

14. The acoustic output device according to claim 13 , wherein the protective structure is configured to separate the diaphragm from the outside and transmit the sound emitted by the diaphragm to the outside.

15. The acoustic output device of claim 14 , wherein the protective structure comprises a filter structure.

16. The acoustic output device of claim 14 , wherein the protective structure comprises a plate body structure with at least one sound outlet hole.

17. The acoustic output device of claim 1 , wherein:

the front side of the acoustic driver and the housing structure form a front cavity,

the housing structure includes at least one fourth sound guide hole, and

the fourth sound guide hole guides the sound generated by the diaphragm from the front side of the acoustic driver to the outside of the acoustic output device.

18. The acoustic output device of claim 17 , wherein a sound damping structure is provided at the at least one fourth sound outlet hole.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 30, 2023
From: WANG, LIWEI; ZHANG, LEI; LIAO, FENGYUN; QI, XIN
To: SHENZHEN VOXTECH CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 065718/0379 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 30, 2023
From: SHENZHEN VOXTECH CO., LTD.
To: SHENZHEN SHOKZ CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 065718/0388 →
Priority Claims (1)
WO PCT/CN2020/106759 · Aug 4, 2020 · international
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2020140815 · Dec 29, 2020
Related Publication 20230009102A1 · Jan 12, 2023