IP Library Granted Patent US 7,263,196
Granted Patent B2
US 7,263,196 · App. 10/266,723 · Granted Aug 28, 2007

Mobile communications terminal with flat loudspeaker disposed in the terminal housing

Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
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Patent No.
US 7,263,196
App. No.
10/266,723
Granted
Aug 28, 2007
Kind
B2
Abstract

A mobile communications terminal is provided which is designed to transmit speech signals and to receive and reproduce speech signals, and which has a speech-reproduction device, wherein improved speech quality is achieved in that the speech-reproduction device has a sound transducer, which is disposed inside a housing of the mobile communications terminal, and at least one sound transmission opening provided in the housing, which forwards the sound generated by the sound transducer to the outside of the mobile communications terminal.

Claims (12)

1. A mobile communications terminal for transmitting, receiving and reproducing speech signals, comprising:

a housing having at least one sound transmission opening;

a speech-reproduction device having a sound transducer disposed inside the housing, wherein sound produced by the sound transducer is transmitted to an outside of the mobile communications terminal via the at least one sound transmission opening; and

a circuit board, wherein said transducer is physically integrated into the structure of the circuit board.

2. A mobile communications terminal as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the sound transducer is a flat loudspeaker with a diaphragm and actuation parts for the diaphragm.

3. A mobile communications terminal as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the diaphragm is a plastic film.

4. A mobile communications terminal as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the actuation parts include piezo-ceramic actuators with which the diaphragm is provided.

5. A mobile communications terminal as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the actuation parts include dynamic actuators with which the diaphragm is provided.

6. A mobile communications terminal as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a further sound transducer, wherein the sound transducer is combined with the further sound transducer to form a two-way system.

7. A mobile communications terminal as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the further sound transducer is a display loudspeaker.

8. A mobile communications terminal as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the sound transducer radiates sound at a frequency lower than 1 kHz, and the further sound transducer radiates sound at a frequency higher than 1 kHz.

9. A mobile communications terminal as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a keypad circuit board into which the sound transducer is integrated as a flat loudspeaker.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 24, 2009
From: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
To: GIGASET COMMUNICATIONS GMBH
Reel/Frame 023278/0464 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 8, 2002
From: AUBAUER, ROLAND; HULSKEMPER, MICHAEL
To: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
Reel/Frame 013381/0033 →
Priority Claims (1)
EP 01123335 · Oct 8, 2001 · regional
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20030068056A1 · Apr 10, 2003