IP Library Granted Patent US 8,824,708
Granted Patent B2
US 8,824,708 · App. 13/823,503 · Granted Sep 2, 2014

Oscillation device and electronic apparatus

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Patent No.
US 8,824,708
App. No.
13/823,503
Granted
Sep 2, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

An oscillation device ( 100 ) includes a piezoelectric element ( 121 ), a vibrating member ( 122 ) which binds one surface of the piezoelectric element ( 121 ) and is formed of a metal material, a resin member ( 123 ) which holds an outer circumferential portion of the vibrating member ( 122 ), a piezoelectric element ( 111 ), a vibrating member ( 122 ) which binds one surface of the piezoelectric element ( 111 ), is overlapped with the vibrating member ( 121 ) and the resin member ( 123 ) when seen in a plan view, and is formed of a metal material, and a support member ( 140 ) which supports the resin member ( 123 ) and the vibrating member ( 112 ), wherein at least one opening ( 150 ), which connects a space ( 170 ) positioned between the vibrating member ( 121 ) and the resin member ( 123 ), and the vibrating member ( 122 ) to the outside of the space ( 170 ), is provided in at least one of the vibrating member ( 121 ), the resin member ( 123 ), and the vibrating member ( 112 ).

Claims (25)

1. An oscillation device comprising:

a first piezoelectric element;

a first vibrating member which binds one surface of the first piezoelectric element and is formed of a metal material;

a resin member which holds an outer circumferential portion of the first vibrating member;

a second piezoelectric element;

a second vibrating member which binds one surface of the second piezoelectric element, is overlapped with the first vibrating member and the resin member when seen in a plan view, and is formed of a metal material; and

a support member which supports the resin member and the second vibrating member,

wherein at least one opening, which connects a space positioned between the first vibrating member and the resin member, and the second vibrating member to the outside of the space, is provided in at least one of the first vibrating member, the resin member, and the second vibrating member.

2. The oscillation device according to claim 1 ,

wherein a first oscillator which includes the first piezoelectric element and the first vibrating member, and a second oscillator which includes the second piezoelectric element, the second vibrating member, and the resin member output a modulated wave for a parametric speaker.

3. The oscillation device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first vibrating member includes the opening.

4. The oscillation device according to claim 3 ,

wherein the first vibrating member includes a first base portion which binds the first piezoelectric element, and a first beam portion which connects the first base portion to the support member.

5. The oscillation device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the second vibrating member includes the opening.

6. The oscillation device according to claim 5 ,

wherein the second vibrating member includes a second base portion which binds the second piezoelectric element, and a second beam portion which connects the second base portion to the resin member.

7. The oscillation device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the resin member includes the opening.

8. The oscillation device according to claim 7 ,

wherein the resin member includes a third base portion which holds the second vibrating member, and a third beam portion which connects the third base portion to the support member.

9. An electronic apparatus comprising:

the oscillation device according to claim 1 ; and

an oscillating drive unit which makes the oscillation device output sound waves.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 30, 2015
From: NEC MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS, LTD.
To: NEC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 036037/0476 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jun 9, 2015
From: NEC CASIO MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS, LTD.
To: NEC MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 035866/0495 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 26, 2013
From: ONISHI, YASUHARU; KISHINAMI, YUICHIRO; KURODA, JUN; MURATA, YUKIO; SATOU, SHIGEO; KOMODA, MOTOYOSHI; KAWASHIMA, NOBUHIRO; UCHIKAWA, TATSUYA
To: NEC CASIO MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 030299/0701 →