IP Library Granted Patent US 10,820,109
Granted Patent B2
US 10,820,109 · App. 16/483,802 · Granted Oct 27, 2020

Diaphragm arrangement for a planar dynamic sound transducer, and methods to produce therefor

Inventor: Roland Jacques (Wedemark, DE)
Assignee: Sennheiser electronic GmbH & Co. KG
H04R9/047H04R7/04H04R7/18H04R9/025H04R9/06H04R1/06H04R2400/11
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Patent No.
US 10,820,109
App. No.
16/483,802
Granted
Oct 27, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A planar dynamic sound transducer includes a magnet arrangement which for example comprises bar magnets and a fixing frame, and a diaphragm arrangement. The diaphragm arrangement has a tensioned diaphragm film (diaphragm for short), a tensioning device for the diaphragm, and a conductor structure applied to the diaphragm. When the conductor structure is conventionally provided with electrical connections mechanically sensitive connections and/or high transfer resistances often occur. An improved diaphragm arrangement for a planar dynamic sound transducer includes a support frame having at least one contacting surface, and a diaphragm tensioned on the support frame, and which at least one electrically conductive conductor track is applied by coating. At least one end of the conductor track applied by coating extends on to the contacting surface of the support frame. The connecting line can be connected to the contacting surface of the support frame by way of a solder join.

Claims (30)

1. A diaphragm arrangement for a planar dynamic sound transducer comprising

a support frame that has a first contacting surface; and

a diaphragm that is tensioned on the support frame and to which at least one electrically conductive conductor track is applied by coating, wherein at least a part of the conductor track applied by coating extends beyond the diaphragm on to the first contacting surface of the support frame so that electrically conductive material is electrically conductingly connected to the first contacting surface.

2. The diaphragm arrangement as set forth in claim 1 ;

wherein two parts near the two ends of the at least one electrically conductive conductor track extend on to the first contacting surface and a separate second contacting surface of the diaphragm arrangement.

3. The diaphragm arrangement as set forth in claim 2 ;

wherein a plurality of conductor tracks, including the at least one conductor track and extending portion-wise in parallel, are applied by coating to the diaphragm, each conductor track having two ends; and

wherein at least two conductor tracks of the plurality of conductor tracks are each electrically conductingly connected to the first and second contacting surfaces on the support frame by the coating respectively at or near the two ends; and

wherein an electrically conducting connection of the at least two conductor tracks to form a single flat coil is effected by connecting the first and second contacting surfaces of the support frame.

4. The diaphragm arrangement as set forth in claim 3 ;

wherein the first and second contacting surfaces are disposed on an uppermost layer of a multi-layer circuit board; and

wherein the first and second contacting surfaces are connected together by through-contacting means on a lower layer of the circuit board.

5. The diaphragm arrangement as set forth in claim 1 ;

wherein the first contacting surface is disposed without overlapping beside the diaphragm.

6. The diaphragm arrangement as set forth in claim 5 ;

wherein the support frame includes an inner support frame and an outer support frame; and

wherein the diaphragm covers the inner support frame and wherein the contacting surface is disposed on the outer support frame.

7. The diaphragm arrangement as set forth in claim 1 ;

wherein the diaphragm and the first contacting surface are disposed on different sides of the support frame.

8. The diaphragm arrangement as set forth in claim 1 ;

wherein the contacting surface of the support frame is connected to a through-contacting means that interrupts the support frame; and

wherein the first contacting surface and an electrical connection that connects to the conductor track are disposed on different sides of the support frame.

9. A planar dynamic sound transducer comprising the diaphragm arrangement as set forth in claim 1 .

10. A diaphragm arrangement for a planar dynamic sound transducer comprising:

a support frame that has a first contacting surface; and

a diaphragm that is tensioned on the support frame and to which at least one electrically conductive conductor track is applied by coating;

wherein the diaphragm is fixed on the first contacting surface at a fixing region, the diaphragm is interrupted in the fixing region, and the conductor track applied by coating extends through the interruption on to the first contacting surface; and

wherein the electrically conductive material is electrically conducingly connected to the first contacting surface.

11. The diaphragm arrangement as set forth in claim 10 ;

wherein the first contacting surface is electrically conductingly connected by a connecting wire.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 2, 2022
From: SENNHEISER ELECTRONIC GMBH & CO. KG
To: SENNHEISER CONSUMER AUDIO GMBH
Reel/Frame 058861/0708 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 9, 2019
From: JACQUES, ROLAND
To: SENNHEISER ELECTRONIC GMBH & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 050008/0578 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2017 102 219 · Feb 6, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20200053473A1 · Feb 13, 2020