IP Library Granted Patent US 7,443,998
Granted Patent B2
US 7,443,998 · App. 10/446,814 · Granted Oct 28, 2008

Speaker diaphragm and manufacturing method thereof

Assignees: Pioneer Corporation; Tohoku Pioneer Corporation
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Patent No.
US 7,443,998
App. No.
10/446,814
Granted
Oct 28, 2008
Kind
B2
Abstract

A speaker diaphragm which has a high rigidity and can improve sound transmission speed for better sound quality is provided. The speaker diaphragm contains fibers of 3 to 50 mm length mixed in matrix resin. The fibers are oriented radially from center to periphery in surface layers of the diaphragm, while they are oriented in different directions in a middle layer. After setting the resin, these fibers are fixed in the matrix resin with certain tension applied thereto.

Claims (8)

1. A speaker diaphragm comprising:

first and second surface layers; and

a middle layer sandwiched between the first and second surface layers,

wherein the surface layers and the middle layer are made of a resin and fibers in the resin forming a fiber reinforced resin, the fibers having a length in a range of 3 to 50 mm,

wherein the fibers in both the first and second surface layers are oriented in a direction radially oriented from a center to a periphery of the diaphragm and the fibers in the middle layer of the diaphragm are oriented in a multidimensional direction from the fibers in both of the first and second layers, and

wherein a thickness of the middle layer is larger than a sum of thicknesses of both the first and second surface layers.

2. The speaker diaphragm according to claim 1 , wherein said fibers are intertwined with each other in said resin.

3. The speaker diaphragm according to claim 1 , wherein said resin contains fillers.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 29, 2003
From: HACHIYA, SATOSHI
To: PIONEER CORPORATION; TOHOKU PIONEER CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 014122/0933 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2002-162972 · Jun 4, 2002 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20030223613A1 · Dec 4, 2003