H04R31/006

Receiver

A receiver is provided in the present invention. The receiver includes: a housing having a hollow inner cavity; a diaphragm mechanism disposed in the hollow inner cavity and configured for partitioning the hollow inner cavity into a first cavity and a second cavity, the diaphragm mechanism including a vibration plate, a fixed end of the vibration plate being fixed to an inner wall of the housing, and a free end of the vibration plate being suspended in the hollow inner cavity; an electromagnetic driving mechanism disposed in the hollow inner cavity and including at least one coil assembly and at least one magnetic field assembly, each magnetic field assembly being disposed in the first cavity or the second cavity and being close to the free end of the vibration plate, and each coil assembly being disposed in the first cavity or the second cavity and being close to the fixed end of the vibration plate. Compared with the prior art, the receiver in the present invention reduces connection between movable parts, thereby simplifying the assembly process and reducing the manufacturing cost.

Articulated vehicle speaker system
11617031 · 2023-03-28 · ·

An articulated vehicle speaker system includes a vehicle mount adapted to be mounted on a vehicle and a speaker assembly including front and back injection molded panels which, when joined together, define a speaker compartment at first and second ends of the panels to house a speaker unit and a central compartment which separates the speaker compartments. A pair of spaced, powered hinge assemblies are disposed within the central compartment and hingedly connect the speaker assembly to the vehicle mount to allow limited swinging movement of the speaker assembly between different positions on the vehicle. Each hinge assembly includes a bidirectional, electrically-powered actuator and transmission subassembly. Each subassembly including a rotary output shaft and a set of interconnected transmission elements coupled to the output shaft and to the speaker assembly to automatically swing the speaker assembly based on a command signal.

ETCH STOP AND PROTECTION LAYER FOR CAPACITOR PROCESSING IN ELECTROACOUSTIC DEVICES

Electroacoustic devices with a capacitive element and methods for fabricating such electroacoustic devices. An example method includes forming an acoustic device above a first region of a substrate, and forming a capacitive element above a second region of the substrate and adjacent to the acoustic device. The forming of the capacitive element may include forming a protective layer above the substrate where a first portion of the protective layer is above the second region of the substrate and a second portion of the protective layer is above the first region of the substrate, forming a dielectric region above the protective layer, and forming an electrode above the dielectric region. The dielectric region may include a different material than the protective layer.

LOUDSPEAKER AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS
20230128831 · 2023-04-27 ·

A loudspeaker includes: a magnetic circuit assembly with a magnetic flux space; a vibrating diaphragm covering a first end of the magnetic flux space; and a voice coil assembly in the magnetic flux space and coupled to a side of the vibrating diaphragm facing the magnetic flux space. The voice coil assembly includes at least one group of conductive coils and a heat accumulator in thermally conductive contact with the at least one group of conductive coils, and the heat accumulator absorbs and accumulates heat when a temperature of the voice coil assembly reaches a target temperature.

Injection molding method for product with elastic connection sheet, and loudspeaker and electronic apparatus
11477576 · 2022-10-18 · ·

An injection molding method for a product with a connection elastic sheet, a loudspeaker and an electronic device are provided. The method comprises: providing a blank material comprising at least one connection piece and a material connection strip, and each connection piece comprising an elastic arm portion and a wire portion; positioning the blank material as an insert in a first injection mold by means of the material connection strip; injecting a first injection plastic part into the first injection cavity to obtain a first injection product; processing the first injection product for bending up the elastic arm portion toward an outer surface of the first injection plastic part; placing the processed first injection product into a second injection cavity of a second injection mold, and sealing the elastic arm portion; and injecting a second injection plastic part into the second injection cavity.

METHOD OF MAKING A PIEZOELECTRIC SENSOR WITH INCREASED SENSITIVITY AND DEVICES HAVING THE SAME

A method of making a piezoelectric sensor includes forming piezoelectric layer(s) to define a beam extending between a proximal portion and a distal end. The method also includes modeling a strain distribution on the beam based on a force applied to the beam, and defining an outer boundary with a shape substantially corresponding to a contour line of the strain distribution on the beam. The method also includes forming an electrode having said outer boundary shape, and attaching the electrode to the beam. The method also includes attaching the beam to a substrate in cantilever form so that the proximal portion of the beam is anchored to the substrate and the distal end of the beam is unsupported.

Ceiling tile microphone system

This disclosure describes a ceiling tile microphone system that includes a plurality of microphones coupled together as a microphone array and used for beamforming processing, one or more separate processing devices that couple to the microphone array, where one or more separate processing devices further include beamforming, acoustic echo cancellation, and adaptive acoustic processing; a single ceiling tile with an outer surface on the front side of the ceiling tile where the outer surface is acoustically transparent, the microphone array combines with the ceiling tile as a single unit, the ceiling tile being mountable in a drop ceiling in place of a ceiling tile included in the drop ceiling; where the system is used in a drop ceiling mounting configuration; where the microphone array couples to the back side of the ceiling tile and all or part of the system is in the drop space of the drop ceiling.

Speaker device

A speaker device includes a frame, a vibration unit and a magnetic circuit unit. The vibration unit includes a diaphragm fixed to the frame and a voice coil. The magnetic circuit unit includes a yoke and a magnet assembly that is accommodated and fixed in the yoke and is spaced apart from the yoke to form a magnetic gap. The voice coil is inserted in the magnetic gap. The yoke includes a yoke bottom wall, a yoke side wall and flanges. The flange includes a first section and a second section extending from the first section. A side of the first section close to the second section and the second section enclose a fixing step. The second section is fixed to the frame. The speaker device of the present disclosure has better reliability.

IMPROVEMENTS IN AND RELATING TO LOUDSPEAKER MAGNET ASSEMBLIES
20230117602 · 2023-04-20 ·

An ironless magnet assembly (128) for a loudspeaker (101) comprising two pairs of magnets (136) is disclosed. Each magnet (136) of each pair having a north pole and a south pole, a first pair of magnets (136c, 136d) are arranged with the north poles of the magnets of that pair facing each other and a second pair of magnets (136a, 136b) are arranged with the south poles of the magnets of that pair facing each other. The first pair of magnets (136c, 136d) are located opposite the second pair of magnets (136a, 136b) to define a voice coil gap (112) therebetween with each north pole of the first pair being located opposite a south pole of the second pair across the voice coil gap (112).

APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATED SPEAKER ASSEMBLY
20230060565 · 2023-03-02 · ·

A speaker and like manufactured item manufacturing system, apparatus and method for aligning speaker components regardless of feature size to a common centering datum for placement. A speaker motor assembly may be aligned based on datum of a basket/washer subassembly, wherein remaining components are coupled, aligned and adhered according to the same datum, thus increasing concentricity, alignment, and orthogonality among components and installations. Speaker suspension components may likewise be coupled using the same datum. Specialized alignment mechanisms, such as a centering collet and a mechanical gripper, may be also be provided to align speaker components for placement and adhesion, and adhesives may be robotically controlled based on the aforementioned datum.