IP Library Granted Patent US 12,200,443
Granted Patent B2
US 12,200,443 · App. 18/567,424 · Granted Jan 14, 2025

Sot module

Inventors: Kyungsu Kim (Tokyo, JP); Jun Oyakawa (Tokyo, JP); Michihiro Yagi (Tokyo, JP); Shinobu Nakamura (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: MICHIHIRO CO., Ltd
H04R17/00H04R7/045H04R2440/01H04R2499/13
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Patent No.
US 12,200,443
App. No.
18/567,424
Granted
Jan 14, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Sufficient sound pressure is obtained in the mid-low range, to provide a SoT module 100 which can be applied to a variety of applications. A SoT module 100 comprises a plate-shaped piezoelectric composite 105 for generating bending vibration by the impression of an AC voltage, a plurality of elastic bodies, one ends of which are bonded to the main surface of the piezoelectric composite 105 , the elastic bodies 120 a and 120 b transmitting vibration of the piezoelectric composite 105 and a vibration plate 130 has a main surface which is bonded to the other ends of the elastic bodies 120 a and 120 b , wherein the piezoelectric composite 105 comprises piezoelectric elements 110 a, 110 b formed in a rectangular plate, and there is a position of the centroid of the piezoelectric composite 105 between the plurality of elastic bodies 120 a and 120 b.

Claims (18)

1. A SoT module comprising:

a plate-shaped piezoelectric composite for generating bending vibration by the impression of an AC voltage,

a plurality of elastic bodies, one ends of which are bonded to the main surface of the piezoelectric composite, the elastic bodies transmitting vibration of the piezoelectric composite, and

a vibration plate has a main surface which is bonded to the other ends of the elastic bodies,

wherein the piezoelectric composite comprises a piezoelectric element formed in a rectangular plate,

there is a position of the centroid of the piezoelectric composite between the plurality of elastic bodies,

the piezoelectric composite comprises a plurality of piezoelectric elements, each of which is identical to the piezoelectric element, and each of the piezoelectric elements is partially connected to each other, and

a loop structure for amplifying the displacement is formed for each of the plurality of piezoelectric elements by one end of the piezoelectric element being bonded to the other piezoelectric elements.

2. The SoT module according to claim 1 ,

wherein a position where the other end is bonded for each of the plurality of piezoelectric elements is a central portion of the other of the piezoelectric elements.

3. The SoT module according to claim 1 ,

wherein a position where the other end of each of the plurality of piezoelectric elements is bonded is an intermediate portion between a central portion and an end portion of the other of the piezoelectric elements.

4. The SoT module according to claim 1 ,

wherein a position where the other end of each of the plurality of piezoelectric elements is bonded is an end of the other of the piezoelectric elements.

5. The SoT module according to claim 1 ,

wherein a part of an automobile is used for the vibration plate, and the part is installed in the automobile.

6. The SoT module according to claim 1 ,

wherein a part or accessory of an electrical product is used for the vibration plate, and the part or accessory of the electrical product is installed in the accessory or electrical product.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 6, 2023
From: KIM, KYUNGSU; OYAKAWA, JUN; YAGI, MICHIHIRO; NAKAMURA, SHINOBU
To: MICHIHIRO CO., LTD.
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Continuity (1)
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