IP Library › Granted Patent US 9,369,791
Granted Patent B2
US 9,369,791 · App. 14/402,861 · Granted Jun 14, 2016

Earphone device

Inventor: Kenta Tanaka (Fujisawa, JP)
H04R1/10H04R1/1016H04R1/2896H04R1/1058
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Patent No.
US 9,369,791
App. No.
14/402,861
Granted
Jun 14, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A first speaker unit A has a first yoke 31 , a first vibrating film 33 supported by the first yoke 31 , and a first driving part 35 supported in the first yoke 31 , for driving the first vibrating film 33 by an applied voice signal, and a second speaker unit B has a second yoke 49 , a second vibrating film 51 supported by the second yoke 49 , and a second driving part supported in the second yoke 49 , for driving the second driving film 51 by the voice signal, wherein the first speaker unit A and the second speaker unit B are integrally formed with a space between the first and second vibrating films 33 and 53 set in an airtight state, and the first and second vibrating films 33 and 53 are driven so as to be displaced and vibrated in the same direction.

Claims (28)

1. An earphone device, comprising:

a first speaker unit having a first yoke, a first vibrating film supported by the first yoke, and a first driving part supported in the first yoke, for driving the first vibrating film by an applied voice signal; and

a second speaker unit having a second yoke, a second vibrating film supported by the second yoke, and a second driving part supported in the second yoke, for driving the second vibrating film by the applied voice signal,

wherein the first and second speaker units are integrally disposed to face each other, with a space between the first and second vibrating films set in an airtight state, and the first and second vibrating films are driven so as to be displaced and vibrated in the same direction, and sound holes are formed in the first speaker unit or the second speaker unit, for transmitting the sound emitted by the vibration of the first and second vibrating films to the outside,

wherein in the first speaker unit, the first yoke is formed into a magnetic cup-shape, and a first magnet is fixed in the first yoke, the first vibrating film is fixed to the first yoke with a space between the open end of the first yoke and the first magnet to cover an opening part, and a cylindrical first coil fixed to the first vibrating film is inserted into an outer periphery of the first magnet, with a slight space between them, and

in the second speaker unit, the second yoke is formed into a magnetic cup-shape, and a second magnet is fixed in the second yoke, the second vibrating film is fixed to the second yoke with a space between the open end of the second yoke and the second magnet to cover an opening part, and a cylindrical first coil fixed to the second vibrating film is inserted into an outer periphery of the second magnet, with a slight space between them.

2. The earphone device according to claim 1 , wherein the first and second speaker units are formed in the same shape respectively.

3. The earphone device according to claim 1 , wherein the first and second speaker units are mutually disposed in a coaxial state.

4. The earphone device according to claim 1 , wherein open ends of the first and second yokes are connected by a ring-shaped connecting member with a slight space between them, with the space between the first and second vibrating films set in an airtight state.

5. The earphone device according to claim 1 , wherein the first and second driving parts are configured to drive the first and second vibrating films by the same sound signal with phases reverse to each other.

6. The earphone device according to claim 1 , wherein the first magnet of the first speaker unit and the second magnet of the second speaker unit are faced each other in the same polarity.

7. The earphone device according to claim 1 , wherein small holes are formed on at least one of the first and second vibrating films.

8. The earphone device according to claim 2 , wherein the first and second speaker units are mutually disposed in a coaxial state.

9. The earphone device according to claim 2 , wherein open ends of the first and second yokes are connected by a ring-shaped connecting member with a slight space between them, with the space between the first and second vibrating films set in an airtight state.

10. The earphone device according to claim 2 , wherein the first and second driving parts are configured to drive the first and second vibrating films by the same sound signal with phases reverse to each other.

11. The earphone device according to claim 2 , wherein small holes are formed on at least one of the first and second vibrating films.

12. An earphone device, comprising:

a first speaker unit having a first yoke, a first vibrating film supported by the first yoke, and a first driving part supported in the first yoke, for driving the first vibrating film by an applied voice signal; and

a second speaker unit having a second yoke, a second vibrating film supported by the second yoke, and a second driving part supported in the second yoke, for driving the second vibrating film by the applied voice signal,

wherein the first and second speaker units are integrally disposed to face each other, with a space between the first and second vibrating films set in an airtight state, and the first and second vibrating films are driven so as to be displaced and vibrated in the same direction, and sound holes are formed in the first speaker unit or the second speaker unit, for transmitting the sound emitted by the vibration of the first and second vibrating films to the outside,

wherein the first and second speaker units are formed in the same shape respectively,

wherein the first and second speaker units are mutually disposed in a coaxial state,

wherein open ends of the first and second yokes are connected by a ring-shaped connecting member with a slight space between them, with the space between the first and second vibrating films set in an airtight state,

wherein the first and second driving parts are configured to drive the first and second vibrating films by the same sound signal with phases reverse to each other,

wherein in the first speaker unit, the first yoke is formed into a magnetic cup-shape, and a first magnet is fixed in the first yoke, the first vibrating film is fixed to the first yoke with a space between the open end of the first yoke and the first magnet to cover an opening part, and a cylindrical first coil fixed to the first vibrating film is inserted into an outer periphery of the first magnet, with a slight space between them, and

in the second speaker unit, the second yoke is formed into a magnetic cup-shape, and a second magnet is fixed in the second yoke, the second vibrating film is fixed to the second yoke with a space between the open end of the second yoke and the second magnet to cover an opening part, and a cylindrical first coil fixed to the second vibrating film is inserted into an outer periphery of the second magnet, with a slight space between them.

13. The earphone device according to claim 12 , wherein the first magnet of the first speaker unit and the second magnet of the second speaker unit are faced each other in the same polarity.

14. The earphone device according to claim 12 , wherein small holes are formed on at least one of the first and second vibrating films, and wherein the first and second vibrating films have the same or different small holes having an inner diameter of 50 to 500 microns in one or both of them.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 2, 2026
From: TOKYO ONKYO CO., LTD.
To: DONGJING ONKYO(DONGGUAN) COMPANY LIMTED
Reel/Frame 075873/0900 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 30, 2018
From: TANAKA, KENTA
To: TOKYO ONKYO CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 046759/0150 →
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