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US 12,207,062 · App. 18/196,918 · Granted Jan 21, 2025

Sound-output device

Inventors: Lei Zhang (Shenzhen, CN); Junjiang Fu (Shenzhen, CN); Fengyun Liao (Shenzhen, CN); Xin Qi (Shenzhen, CN)
Assignee: Shenzhen Shokz Co., Ltd.
H04R3/00H04R1/02H04R1/2803H04R3/12H04R9/025H04R25/50H04R2460/13
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Patent No.
US 12,207,062
App. No.
18/196,918
Granted
Jan 21, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present application discloses a sound-output device, a vibration speaker configured to generate a bone-conducted sound wave; and an air-conducted speaker configured to generate an air-conducted sound wave. The vibration speaker is coupled to the air-conducted speaker through a mechanical structure; and the bone-conducted sound wave is input to the air-conducted speaker at least in part as an input signal.

Claims (38)

1. A sound-output device, comprising:

a vibration speaker configured to generate a bone-conducted sound wave; and

an air-conducted speaker configured to generate an air-conducted sound wave, wherein

the vibration speaker is coupled to the air-conducted speaker through a mechanical structure, wherein

a first mechanical vibration is generated by the vibration speaker to cause the bone-conducted sound wave, a second mechanical vibration is generated under an actuation of the first mechanical vibration, and the second mechanical vibration causes the air-conducted sound wave, such that a vibration derived from the vibration speaker is input to the air-conducted speaker at least in part as an input signal.

2. The sound-output device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a signal processing module configured to generate a control signal,

wherein the vibration speaker includes a vibration assembly electrically connected to the signal processing module to receive the control signal, and generate the bone-conducted sound wave based on the control signal, and

the air-conducted speaker includes a housing coupled to the vibration assembly to generate the air-conducted sound wave under an actuation of the vibration assembly.

3. The sound-output device according to claim 2 , wherein the vibration assembly includes:

a magnetic circuit system configured to generate a first magnetic field;

a vibration plate connected to the housing; and

a coil connected to the vibration plate and electrically connected to the signal processing module to receive the control signal and generate a second magnetic field based on the control signal, and the first magnetic field interacting with the second magnetic field to cause the vibration plate to generate the bone-conducted sound wave.

4. The sound-output device according to claim 3 , wherein the air-conducted speaker further includes a membrane connected to the magnetic circuit system and the housing, and the first magnetic field interacts with the second magnetic field to cause the membrane to generate the air-conducted sound wave.

5. The sound-output device according to claim 4 , wherein the vibration plate and the housing define a cavity, and the magnetic circuit system and the membrane are disposed within the cavity.

6. The sound-output device according to claim 3 , wherein the housing includes a tuning hole, the air-conducted speaker includes a tuning mesh, and the tuning mesh covers the tuning hole.

7. The sound-output device according to claim 6 , wherein the vibration plate includes a sound hole through which the air-conducted sound wave is output from inside the housing to outside the housing.

8. The sound-output device according to claim 7 , wherein the air-conducted speaker includes a tuning mesh that covers the sound hole.

9. The sound-output device according to claim 6 , wherein the housing includes a sound hole through which the air-conducted sound wave is output from inside the housing to outside the housing.

10. The sound-output device according to claim 9 , wherein the air-conducted speaker includes a tuning mesh that covers the sound hole.

11. The sound-output device according to claim 9 , wherein the magnetic circuit system is connected to the housing via a first elastic member.

12. The sound-output device according to claim 9 , wherein the magnetic circuit system is connected to the vibration plate via a first elastic member; and the vibration plate is connected to the housing via a second elastic member.

13. The sound-output device according to claim 9 , wherein the air-conducted speaker includes a sound tube, and the sound tube communicates with the sound hole.

14. The sound-output device according to claim 10 , wherein the housing includes a tuning hole,

the air-conducted speaker includes a passive membrane cover the tuning hole, and

the bone-conducted sound waves cause air pressure changes in the housing, thereby actuating the passive membrane to vibrate to generate a secondary air-conducted sound wave.

15. A sound-output device, comprising:

a bone-conducted signal processing module configured to generate a bone-conducted control signal;

an air-conducted signal processing module configured to generate an air-conducted control signal;

a housing;

a magnetic circuit system configured to generate a first magnetic field;

a vibration plate connected to the housing;

a first coil connected to the vibration plate and electrically connected to the bone-conducted signal processing module to receive the bone-conducted control signal and generate a second magnetic field based on the bone-conducted control signal, the first magnetic field interacting with the second magnetic field to cause the vibration plate to generate a first mechanical vibration so as to cause a bone-conducted sound wave;

a membrane connected to the housing; and

a second coil connected to the membrane and electrically connected to the air-conducted signal processing module to receive the air-conducted control signal and generate a third magnetic field based on the air-conducted control signal, the first magnetic field interacting with the third magnetic field to cause the membrane to generate a second mechanical vibration under an actuation of the first mechanical vibration, so as to cause an air-conducted sound wave.

16. The sound-output device according to claim 15 , wherein the vibration plate and the housing define a cavity, and the magnetic circuit system, the membrane and the second coil are located within the cavity.

17. The sound-output device according to claim 15 , wherein the housing includes a sound hole and a tuning hole, the sound-output device includes a first tuning mesh and a second tuning mesh, the first tuning mesh covers the sound hole, and the second tuning mesh covers the tuning hole.

18. The sound-output device according to claim 15 , further comprising: an elastic member to connect the magnetic circuit system to the housing.

Continuity (4)
Continuation 17727789 · Apr 24, 2022
Continuation 17362959 · Jun 29, 2021
Continuation PCTCN2019125286 · Dec 13, 2019
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