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US 11,838,720 · App. 17/440,521 · Granted Dec 5, 2023

Vibration and sound-making apparatus and electronic device

Inventors: Jie Su (Shenzhen, CN); Tong Zhu (Shanghai, CN); Ligang Yu (Shenzhen, CN); Chunjian Li (Shanghai, CN)
Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
H04R1/24H04R3/14H04R5/02H04R1/023H04R2205/022H04R2499/11
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Patent No.
US 11,838,720
App. No.
17/440,521
Granted
Dec 5, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electronic device includes a main body, a display disposed on the main body, and a sound-making assembly. The sound-making assembly includes a speaker box and a driving diaphragm located in the speaker box, the speaker box is disposed inside the main body or is formed using the main body and the display, where the main body includes a speaker grille corresponding to the speaker box, the driving diaphragm is fastened inside the speaker box and divides the speaker box into two sub-chambers, the speaker grille is coupled to one of the two sub-chambers, the driving diaphragm vibrates after receiving an audio signal, the driving diaphragm drives, through vibration of the driving diaphragm, air in the two sub-chambers to vibrate to make a sound, and the sound is propagated through the speaker grille.

Claims (76)

1. An electronic device comprising:

a main body comprising:

a first speaker grille; and

a middle frame of the main body, wherein the middle frame comprises:

sides of the main body; and

a support plate surrounded by and coupled to the sides;

a display disposed on the main body; and

a sound-making assembly comprising:

a speaker box that is formed using the middle frame of the main body, and wherein the speaker box is further formed using at least one of the support plate, a rear of the main body, and the display, wherein the first speaker grille corresponds to the speaker box; and

a first driving diaphragm located in the speaker box, fastened inside the box, and dividing the speaker box into two sub-chambers,

wherein the first speaker grille is coupled to one of the two sub-chambers, and

wherein the first driving diaphragm is configured to:

receive an audio signal; and

vibrate, based on the audio signal, the first driving diaphragm to drive air in the two sub-chambers to vibrate to make a first sound that propagates through the first speaker grille.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the sound-making assembly further comprises a plurality of second driving diaphragms disposed in parallel at intervals in a same direction, and wherein the second driving diaphragms are configured to:

receive different audio signals; and

vibrate, based on the different audio signals, the second driving diaphragms to drive the air to vibrate to make second sounds in a plurality of different frequency bands.

3. The electronic device of claim 2 , further comprising a partition wall disposed between every two adjacent driving diaphragms, wherein the partition wall divides the speaker box into a plurality of independent speaker sub-boxes, and wherein each of the independent speaker sub-boxes comprises a speaker sub-grille.

4. The electronic device according to claim 1 , further comprising two sound-making assemblies comprising:

two speaker boxes arranged in a length direction of the electronic device, wherein the two speaker boxes are separated by a support body, and wherein the two speaker boxes comprise second speaker grilles; and

second driving diaphragms that are configured to simultaneously vibrate to make second sounds to enable the electronic device to implement stereo sound making.

5. The electronic device of claim 4 , wherein the second speaker grilles are symmetric about the support body.

6. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the speaker box comprises a box surface, wherein the electronic device further comprises a protective film stacked on the box surface, and wherein the first speaker grille penetrates the protective film.

7. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the first driving diaphragm is a piezoelectric ceramic element.

8. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the first driving diaphragm comprises:

a diaphragm; and

a piezoelectric ceramic element configured to drive the diaphragm to vibrate,

wherein the piezoelectric element is disposed on a surface of the diaphragm or the diaphragm is disposed around a first periphery of the piezoelectric ceramic element.

9. The electronic device of claim 8 , wherein the first driving diaphragm further comprises an edge disposed around a second periphery of the diaphragm, and wherein the diaphragm is configured to drive the edge to vibrate.

10. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the first driving diaphragm comprises a plurality of piezoelectric ceramic elements disposed in a stacked manner.

11. The electronic device of claim 1 , further comprising a component cooperating with the display, wherein the main body further comprises a rear housing, wherein the rear housing and the display are fastened on two opposite sides of the middle frame,

wherein the support plate and each of the rear housing and the display are disposed at an interval in a stacked manner,

wherein the component is convexly disposed on the support plate and is isolated from the speaker box, and

wherein the speaker box is:

located between the display and the support plate and is enclosed by the middle frame and the display;

located between the rear housing and the support plate and is enclosed by the middle frame and the rear housing; or

disposed inside the rear housing.

12. The electronic device of claim 11 , wherein the middle frame further comprises:

a first end frame;

a second end frame disposed opposite to the first end frame;

a first side frame coupled to the first end frame and the second end frame; and

a second side frame disposed opposite to the first side frame and coupled to the first end frame and the second end frame,

wherein the first end frame, the second end frame, the first side frame, and the second side frame are coupled around the support plate,

wherein the support plate comprises an isolation frame disposed on the support plate, and

wherein the isolation frame is used as a partial box wall of the speaker box and isolates the component from the first driving diaphragm.

13. The electronic device of claim 11 , wherein the component is a front-facing camera system, wherein the front-facing camera system is located on a first side of the support plate that is away from the display, wherein the middle frame further comprises:

a first end frame;

a second end frame disposed opposite to the first end frame;

a first side frame coupled to the first end frame and the second end frame; and

a second side frame disposed opposite to the first side frame and coupled to the first end frame and the second end frame, wherein the first end frame, the second end frame, the first side frame, and the second side frame are coupled around the support plate,

wherein the support plate comprises a light-through hole disposed opposite to the front-facing camera system, and

wherein the first driving diaphragm comprises a through hole corresponding to the light-through hole.

14. The electronic device of claim 11 , wherein the rear housing comprises a first housing and a second housing that are snap-fitted to form the speaker box.

15. A vibration and sound-making apparatus comprising:

a case comprising:

a first speaker grille;

a middle frame of the main body, wherein the middle frame comprises:

sides of the main body; and

a support plate surrounded by and coupled to the sides;

a speaker box disposed inside the case, wherein the speaker box is formed using the middle frame of the main body, wherein the speaker box is further formed using at least one of the support plate and a rear of the case, and wherein the first speaker grille corresponds to the speaker box;

a first driving diaphragm fastened inside the speaker box and dividing the speaker box into two sub-chambers,

wherein the first speaker grille is coupled to one of the two sub-chambers, and

wherein the first driving diaphragm is configured to:

receive an audio signal; and

vibrate, based on the audio signal, the first driving diaphragm to drive air in the two sub-chambers to vibrate to make a first sound that propagates through the first speaker grille.

16. The vibration and sound-making apparatus of claim 15 , further comprising a plurality of second driving diaphragms disposed in parallel at intervals in a same direction, and wherein the second driving diaphragms are configured to:

receive different audio signals; and

vibrate, based on the different audio signals, the second driving diaphragms to drive the air to vibrate to make second sounds in a plurality of different frequency bands.

17. The vibration and sound-making apparatus of claim 16 , further comprising a partition wall disposed between every two adjacent driving diaphragms, wherein the partition wall divides the speaker box into a plurality of independent speaker sub-boxes, and wherein each of the independent speaker sub-boxes comprises a speaker sub-grille.

18. The vibration and sound-making apparatus of claim 15 , further comprising two speaker boxes disposed inside the case and comprise two second diaphragms, wherein the two speaker boxes are arranged in sequence in a length direction of the case and are separated by a support body, and wherein the two speaker boxes comprise:

second speaker grilles; and

second driving diaphragms that simultaneously vibrate to make second sounds to enable the vibration and sound-making apparatus to implement stereo sound making.

19. The vibration and sound-making apparatus of claim 18 , wherein the two speaker boxes are symmetric about the support body, wherein the second driving diaphragms are symmetric about the support body, and wherein the second speaker grilles are symmetric about the support body.

20. The vibration and sound-making apparatus of claim 16 , further comprising a processor electrically coupled to the second driving diaphragms and is configured to:

send the different audio signals to the second driving diaphragms; and

control the second driving diaphragms to respectively work in the different frequency bands.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 28, 2021
From: SU, JIE; ZHU, TONG; YU, LIGANG; LI, CHUNJIAN
To: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 057621/0904 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 201910210343.3 · Mar 19, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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