A speaker diaphragm includes a plurality of highly rigid layers and a porous layer. Each of the plurality of highly rigid layers includes a first resin matrix, and wood fibers and highly rigid fibers dispersed in the first resin matrix. The porous layer includes a second resin matrix comprising independent pores, and fibers comprising wood fibers and highly rigid fibers dispersed in the second resin matrix. Both outermost layers are the highly rigid layers. A percentage content of the wood fibers in the highly rigid layers is 10% by mass or more and 65% by mass or less. A percentage content of the highly rigid fibers in the highly rigid layers is 5% by mass or more and 40% by mass or less. A percentage content of total fibers in the porous layer is 15% by mass or more and 40% by mass or less.

The present invention is configured such that, a ring member is bonded to a cone section formed on the outer circumference of a vibration plate body, and the inner circumferential section of an edge is bonded to the outer circumference section of the ring member or the cone section. Thus, the stiffness is increased without requiring a change in the shape of the vibration plate body, that is, the stiffness is improved without causing an increase in the weight of the vibration plate body, and a degradation in acoustic pressure at high frequencies is prevented.

A non-dispensing manufacturing process includes forming a paper cone; engaging the paper cone with a voice coil to form a vibration assembly; fixing a yoke, a magnet set, and a washer to form a magnetic circuit assembly; engaging a basket with the magnetic circuit assembly; and engaging the basket with the vibration assembly to form a speaker, where no glue is used in the manufacturing process. A speaker includes a paper cone; a voice coil engaged with the paper cone to form a vibration assembly, where a junction between a bobbin of the voice coil and the paper cone has a first welding layer; a magnetic circuit assembly including a yoke, a magnet set, and a washer that are integrally fixed; and a basket engaged with the magnetic circuit assembly and the vibration assembly.

An acoustic diaphragm made at least in part from an expanded material. The expanded material includes one or more of cellulose, synthetic fibers and glass fibers. The expanded material has more than about 55% by volume voids.

A loudspeaker having a cylindrical sound-producing membrane includes an acoustic lens which radially surrounds the membrane. The membrane is composed of wire mesh formed into a cylinder. The cylindrical membrane is positioned on the magnet structure by an inner supporting cylindrical core column. Sound from the membrane is fractionally redirected by the lens which is centered along the axis of the membrane. The lens includes a plurality of radially disposed petals that reflect a portion of the sound. The base of the lens supports and mounts the loudspeaker magnet and driver assembly.

In a diaphragm 1, at a front surface side surface layer of a base material 10 made of pulps 20 which are mainly composed of cellulose, a mixed layer 11 in which the pulps 20, mica 22, and cellulose nanofibers 21 are mixed is formed.

A sound generator includes a frame, a magnetic circuit system and a vibration system accommodated in the frame. The vibration system includes a suspension. The suspension includes a first part and a second part attached to the first part. The first part includes a first middle portion, a first edge portion, and a first positioning portion. The second part includes a second middle portion, a second edge portion, and a second positioning portion. The second positioning portion is stacked on the first positioning portion, and is assembled with the first positioning portion by adhesive. The first edge portion is convex toward the frame, and the second edge portion is convex away from the frame, by which a sealed cavity is formed between the first and second edge portions. By virtue of such a configuration, the strength of the vibration system is improved.

Systems and methods for fabricating loudspeaker diaphragms with embedded visual elements in accordance with embodiments of the invention are illustrated. One embodiment includes a loudspeaker diaphragm including a first transparent layer, a plurality of opaque layers, one or more inserts, where the one or more inserts are embedded in gaps in the plurality of opaque layers such that the one or more inserts are visible through the first transparent layer, and a second transparent layer, where the plurality of opaque layers is bonded between the first and second transparent layers.

A pressure wave generating element is provided that includes a support and a heat generating layer that is provided on the support and generates heat by energization. Moreover, the heat generating layer includes a fiber with at least a partial metal coating on a surface.

A transducer in which electrical connections between electrode sheets and leading wires can be secured via an approach other than soldering or welding is provided. In a sheet body portion, a dielectric layer and a first electrode sheet are joined by a first main fusion layer formed of a fusion material. A first conductive portion of a first leading wire is fixed to the sheet body portion by a first clamp. The first clamp includes a plurality of first leg portions that penetrates the sheet body portion in a thickness direction, a first coupling portion that couples the proximal ends of the plurality of first leg portions and is disposed across the first conductive portion, and a plurality of first bent-back portions that is formed by bending the respective distal ends of the plurality of first leg portions and is locked with a second surface of the sheet body portion.