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Granted Patent B2
US 9,838,816 · App. 15/103,227 · Granted Dec 5, 2017

Speaker module and manufacturing method therefor

Inventors: Xin Wang (WeiFang, CN); Yitao Liu (WeiFang, CN)
Assignee: GOERTEK INC.
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Patent No.
US 9,838,816
App. No.
15/103,227
Granted
Dec 5, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided are a speaker module and a manufacturing method therefor. The speaker module comprises a housing and a speaker unit comprising a vibrating diaphragm component and a magnetic circuit component. A front acoustic cavity and a rear acoustic cavity are formed between the speaker unit and the housing. An elastic element is provided on the housing and coupled to the end surface of an open end of the front or rear acoustic cavity. Use of the speaker module can reduce a step of manual fitting of the elastic element, ensure precision and stability, so that the elastic element is not prone to fall off, and tightness between sound outlet hole of the speaker module and sound hole of mobile phone can be ensured. The manufacturing method for the speaker module also can be extended to manufacturing of other structures requiring injection of a soft or rigid material into another material.

Claims (16)

1. A speaker module, comprising a housing and a speaker unit accommodated in the housing,

wherein, the speaker unit comprises a vibrating diaphragm component and a magnetic circuit component, a front acoustic cavity and a rear acoustic cavity are formed between the speaker unit and the housing, respectively,

wherein, an elastic element is provided on the housing, the elastic element is coupled to an end surface of an open end of the front acoustic cavity or the rear acoustic cavity on the housing, and the elastic element and the housing are formed through injection molding to form an integral structure.

2. The speaker module according to claim 1 , wherein, the housing comprises an upper housing, a middle housing and a lower housing, wherein, the upper housing together with the middle housing and the speaker unit forms the front acoustic cavity; the upper housing comprises an injection-molded substrate on which the open end of the front acoustic cavity is provided, and the elastic element is formed on the open end of the front acoustic cavity through injection molding.

3. The speaker module according to claim 2 , wherein, mutually matched undercut structures are provided at joint parts of the injection-molded substrate and the elastic element.

4. The speaker module according to claim 3 , wherein, the undercut structures comprise catching teeth protruding outward which are provided on the elastic element, and catching grooves provided on the injection-molded substrate correspondingly; or the undercut structures comprise catching teeth protruding outward which are provided on the injection-molded substrate, and catching grooves provided on the elastic element correspondingly.

5. The speaker module according to claim 1 , wherein, the elastic element is a TPU elastic element, or a TPE elastic element, or a silica gel elastic element.

6. A manufacturing method for the speaker module according to claim 2 , wherein, the manufacturing method comprises following steps:

step (a): forming the integral structure composed of the injection-molded substrate and the elastic element through two-shot injection molding process, so as to fabricate the upper housing; and

step (b): assembling the upper housing, the middle housing, an electric connecting piece in the middle housing, the vibrating diaphragm component, the magnetic circuit component and the lower housing together to fabricate the speaker module.

7. The manufacturing method according to claim 6 , wherein, the step (a) comprises following steps:

step (a1): forming the injection-molded substrate through a first injection molding process; and

step (a2): forming the elastic element at the open end of the front acoustic cavity of the injection-molded substrate through a second injection molding process, wherein, the elastic element is integral with the injection-molded substrate formed by the first injection molding process to form the integral structure, so as to fabricate the upper housing.

8. The manufacturing method according to claim 6 , wherein, mutually matched undercut structures are provided at joint parts of the injection-molded substrate and the elastic element.

9. The manufacturing method according to claim 8 , wherein, the undercut structures comprise catching teeth protruding outward which are provided on the elastic element, and catching grooves provided on the injection-molded substrate correspondingly; or the undercut structures comprise catching teeth protruding outward which are provided on the injection-molded substrate, and catching grooves provided on the elastic element correspondingly.

10. The manufacturing method according claim 9 , wherein, the elastic element is a TPU elastic element, or a TPE elastic element, or a silica gel elastic element.

Assignments (2)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE ASSIGNEE NAME PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 039137 FRAME 0331. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE DOCUMENT ITSELF IS CORRECT, WE CONFIRMED THE ASSIGNEE NAME IS GOERTEK INC., NOT GOERTEK.. Recorded Jul 14, 2016
From: XIN, WANG; LIU, YITAO
To: GOERTEK INC.
Reel/Frame 039343/0366 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 12, 2016
From: WANG, XIN; LIU, YITAO
To: GOERTEK
Reel/Frame 039137/0331 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 2013 1 0659401 · Dec 9, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
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