H04R1/2823

Non-axisymmetric and non-horn phase plugs
10448149 · 2019-10-15 · ·

Phase plugs (70) and related audio devices (100, 105) and methods comprise various compression members (2), and guides (120) extending from the compression members (2) to tips (84), are configured such that central axes (93, 99) defined perpendicular to compression members (2) and/or diaphragms (94) are asymmetric and/or non-axisymmetric to the central axes (93, 99).

Sound Producing Device
20190313189 · 2019-10-10 ·

The present invention provides a sound producing device comprising: an air pulse generating element and a control unit. The air pulse generating element comprises an air chamber and an actuator. The control unit, configured to generate a driving voltage applied to the actuator of the air pulse generating element, such that the air pulse generating element generates a plurality of air pulses in response to the driving voltage. The plurality of air pulses are at a pulse rate, and the pulse rate of the plurality of air pulses is higher than a maximum audible frequency.

Sound Producing Device
20190313190 · 2019-10-10 ·

The present invention provides a sound producing device comprising: an air pulse generating element and a control unit. The air pulse generating element comprises an air chamber and an actuator. The control unit, configured to generate a driving voltage applied to the actuator of the air pulse generating element, such that the air pulse generating element generates a plurality of air pulses in response to the driving voltage. The plurality of air pulses are at a pulse rate, and the pulse rate of the plurality of air pulses is higher than a maximum audible frequency.

MICROPHONE, MOBILE TERMINAL AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE

The present disclosure provides a microphone adapted to be installed inside a case of an electronic device, an electronic device and a mobile terminal. The microphone includes a housing; a vibrating membrane set inside the housing, wherein the housing defines a sound collecting hole facing the vibrating membrane; and a connector adapted to connect the housing with the case of the electronic device and defining a first sound guiding tube and a second sound guiding tube; wherein, one end of the first sound guiding tube is communicated with the first sound entering hole while the other end of the first sound guiding tube is communicated with the second sound entering hole, a first end of the second sound guiding tube is communicated with the first sound guiding tube, and a second end of the second sound guiding tube is communicated with the sound collecting hole.

Sound producing device
10425732 · 2019-09-24 · ·

The present invention provides a sound producing device comprising: an air pulse generating element and a control unit. The air pulse generating element comprises an air chamber and an actuator. The control unit, configured to generate a driving voltage applied to the actuator of the air pulse generating element, such that the air pulse generating element generates a plurality of air pulses in response to the driving voltage. The plurality of air pulses are at a pulse rate, and the pulse rate of the plurality of air pulses is higher than a maximum audible frequency.

Headphones and speaker unit

There are provided headphones and a speaker unit having proper acoustic properties and exhibiting excellent reproduced sound quality even in the case of providing air holes at a damping member. The headphones include a speaker unit having a diaphragm and a frame supporting an outer peripheral portion of the diaphragm, a housing configured to house the speaker unit, and a damping member made of a material exhibiting air permeability and attached to cover an opening of the frame through which a sound wave emitted from the diaphragm passes and/or an opening of the housing. The damping member has one or more air holes formed by removal of the material forming the damping member. A secondary damping member is attached to an annular edge portion defining each air hole, thereby reducing vibration of the edge portion.

Ported headphones and related methods
10397719 · 2019-08-27 · ·

Headphones may include an ear-cup housing and an audio driver disposed at least partially within the ear-cup housing. The audio driver may include a driver housing, a diaphragm suspended from the driver housing, one of a magnet and a coil carried on a back side of the diaphragm, and another of the magnet and the coil carried by the driver housing behind the diaphragm, the magnet and coil magnetically coupled with one another such that electrical current flowing through the coil generates a magnetic force acting on the diaphragm through the magnet or coil carried on the back side of the diaphragm. A port may extend through a surface of the driver housing directly between an acoustical cavity within the driver housing and an exterior of the ear-cup housing without communicating acoustically with a volume of space outside the driver housing and within the ear-cup housing.

Acoustic resistor, acoustic resistor member including same, and audio device including same

An acoustic resistor for use in an audio device includes a resin film having air permeability in a thickness direction of the resin film, and the resin film is a non-porous film having through holes formed to extend straight through the resin film in the thickness direction. This acoustic resistor is used in an audio device including: a transducing part that performs conversion between sound and an electrical signal and that includes an acoustic element; a housing enclosing the transducing part and having at least one opening; and a passage for gas that is present inside the housing and communicates with the opening and in which the acoustic element is placed. The acoustic resistor is placed between the opening and the acoustic element in the passage. The variation in properties of the acoustic resistor of the present disclosure can be made smaller than that of conventional acoustic resistors.

MEMS microphone
10349186 · 2019-07-09 · ·

An MEMS microphone is disclosed, which comprises a substrate and a vibrating diaphragm and a back electrode which are located above the substrate, a plurality of comb tooth parts are formed in edge positions of the vibrating diaphragm, and the plurality of comb tooth parts are distributed in a peripheral direction of the vibrating diaphragm at intervals, wherein a position between every two adjacent comb tooth parts on the vibrating diaphragm is connected to the substrate via an insulating layer; and the comb tooth parts on the vibrating diaphragm are at least partially overlapped with the substrate, and a clearance exists between the comb tooth parts and the substrate and is configured as an airflow circulation channel. The microphone of the present invention has better impact resistance and can avoid intrusion of dust.

AUDIO DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC INSTRUMENT
20190198000 · 2019-06-27 · ·

An audio device and an electronic instrument are provided by which a device case can be downsized. An elastic member is interposed between an attachment hole provided in a panel-side sealed frame section of a speaker panel and a projection section of a speaker grill and, in this state, the speaker grill is fixed to the speaker panel by the projection section being subjected to torsion deformation. By the elastic member being deformed inside the attachment hole and coming in close contact with the surface of the projection section and the inner surface of the attachment hole, the attachment hole that is a through hole is filled. As a result of this structure, an attachment hole that is used when a speaker grill is attached to a speaker panel can be arranged at a position where it penetrates to an acoustic space.