IP Library Granted Patent US 8,638,973
Granted Patent B2
US 8,638,973 · App. 13/639,252 · Granted Jan 28, 2014

Speaker apparatus

Inventors: Shoichiro Hayashi (Chiyoda-ku, JP); Toshinori Hanji (Chiyoda-ku, JP)
Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
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Patent No.
US 8,638,973
App. No.
13/639,252
Granted
Jan 28, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A speaker apparatus comprises a slit structure, wherein the slit structure including a plurality of plate-shaped parts each of which extends so that a plurality of slits are formed, a plurality of fold-back parts each of which is folded back from an end of the plate-shaped part on the side of the speaker toward a side of the front surface of the housing, so that the plurality of slits are formed, and a drain part that is arranged on a side of one of the two side surfaces of the housing, and wherein each of a plurality of grooves formed by the plurality of plate-shaped parts and the plurality of fold-back parts communicates with the drain part and is inclined so that, in a posture of the slit structure when the operation panel is operated, liquid led from the plate-shaped parts flows to the drain part.

Claims (15)

1. A speaker apparatus integrated with an operation panel of a machine tool, the speaker apparatus comprising:

a speaker;

a housing including a front surface where the operation panel is arranged and a plurality of openings are formed at a position corresponding to the speaker, two side surfaces adjacent to both sides of the front surface, and a bottom surface adjacent to the front surface and the two side surfaces; and

a slit structure that is arranged between the speaker and the plurality of openings and is fixed to the housing, wherein

the slit structure including

a plurality of plate-shaped parts each of which extends in a direction along the bottom surface while being inclined from a side of the speaker toward a side of the bottom surface of the housing, so that a plurality of slits are formed,

a plurality of fold-back parts each of which is folded back from an end of the plate-shaped part on the side of the speaker toward a side of the front surface of the housing, so that the plurality of slits are formed, and

a drain part that is arranged on a side of one of the two side surfaces of the housing, and

wherein each of a plurality of grooves formed by the plurality of plate-shaped parts and the plurality of fold-back parts communicates with the drain part and is inclined so that, in a posture of the slit structure when the operation panel is operated, liquid led from the plate-shaped parts flows to the drain part.

2. The speaker apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

each of the grooves is inclined so that a part near the drain part is further away from the front surface of the housing than a part away from the drain part.

3. The speaker apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein

an end of each of the plate-shaped parts on the side of the front surface of the housing is inclined so that a part near the drain part is further away from the front surface of the housing than a part away from the drain part.

4. The speaker apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the slit structure is in an inclined posture from a vertical direction toward the side of the speaker so as to form an acute angle when the operation panel is operated.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 4, 2012
From: HAYASHI, SHOICHIRO; HANJI, TOSHINORI
To: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 029079/0742 →
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20130028464A1 · Jan 31, 2013