IP Library Granted Patent US 9,854,351
Granted Patent B2
US 9,854,351 · App. 15/187,256 · Granted Dec 26, 2017

Speaker device comprising structure inside housing

Inventors: Byung Gon Han (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Soo Jin Park (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Gun Lim (Gyeonggi-do, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
H04R1/2834
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Patent No.
US 9,854,351
App. No.
15/187,256
Granted
Dec 26, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A speaker device includes a housing, first speaker unit disposed at a front surface of the housing, a second speaker unit disposed at the front surface, a first passive radiator disposed at the front surface, a second passive radiator disposed at a rear surface of the housing, and at least one structure disposed inside the housing, where the one of the at least one structure is disposed between the first passive radiator and the second passive radiator and disposed to form a gap, through which air flows, between the structure and at least one of the housing, the first speaker unit, the second speaker unit, and another of the at least one structure.

Claims (24)

1. A speaker device comprising:

a housing;

a first speaker unit disposed at a front surface of the housing;

a second speaker unit disposed at the front surface;

a first passive radiator disposed at the front surface;

a second passive radiator disposed at a rear surface of the housing; and

at least one structure disposed inside the housing,

wherein one of the at least one structure is disposed between the first passive radiator and the second passive radiator and disposed to form a gap, through which air flows, between the one of the at least one structure and at least one of the housing, the first speaker unit, the second speaker unit, and another of the at least one structure, and

wherein the first speaker unit, the second speaker unit, the first passive radiator, and the second passive radiator allow the air and heat to flow through them.

2. The speaker device of claim 1 , wherein

a first surface of the at least one structure faces the first passive radiator;

a second surface of the at least one structure faces the second passive radiator; and

at least one of other surfaces of the at least one structure is spaced apart from the housing, the first speaker unit, or the second speaker unit.

3. The speaker device of claim 1 , wherein

the at least one structure comprises a first structure and a second structure; and

the first structure and the second structure are arranged in parallel and spaced at a predetermined interval apart from each other.

4. The speaker of claim 1 , wherein the at least one structure comprises a battery configured to supply power to the speaker device.

5. The speaker device of claim 4 , wherein the at least one structure is removable and insertable through one surface of the housing.

6. The speaker device of claim 1 , wherein while a sound source is played by the speaker device, flowing directions of air in the first speaker unit and the second speaker unit are opposite from flowing directions of air in the first passive radiator and the second passive radiator.

7. The speaker device of claim 1 , wherein when air flows through the gap, a phase of the air is changed by at least 90°.

8. The speaker device of claim 7 , wherein the gap allows the phase of the air to be changed by preventing a flow of the air.

9. The speaker device of claim 7 , wherein at least one of an area of the gap and a length of the gap is determined to change the phase of the air by at least 90°.

10. The speaker device of claim 7 , wherein a volume from the at least one structure to the front surface is determined to allow the phase of the air to be changed by at least 90°.

11. The speaker device of claim 1 , wherein the first passive radiator and the second passive radiator are resonated at a predetermined frequency.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 14, 2016
From: HAN, BYUNG GON; PARK, SOO JIN; LIM, GUN
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2015-0087789 · Jun 19, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20160373854A1 · Dec 22, 2016