Earphone

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10306349-B2
Application number	US-201615737597-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 19, 2016
Priority date	Jul 22, 2015
Publication date	May 28, 2019
Grant date	May 28, 2019

Abstract

An earphone, comprising a rear housing, a front housing, and a loudspeaker unit which divides a cavity formed by the rear housing and the front housing into a front and rear acoustic cavities; wherein the earphone further comprises a sound adjusting element; the front housing is provided with a sound outlet hole and mode posts, and the sound adjusting element is provided with a sound adjusting hole corresponding to the sound outlet hole and a mode adjustment groove corresponding to the mode posts; when the sound adjusting element rotates, the mode adjustment groove may be limited by different mode posts, thus adjusting the volume of the front acoustic cavity and the area of a sound hole for the front acoustic cavity. Use of the above-described invention enables the middle and high frequency responses of the earphone to be adjusted and enables a single earphone to provide different sound characteristics.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An earphone, comprising a rear housing, a front housing adapted and coupled to the rear housing, and a loudspeaker unit accommodated in the rear housing and the front housing, wherein the loudspeaker unit divides a cavity defined by the rear housing and the front housing into a front acoustic cavity and a rear acoustic cavity of the earphone, wherein the earphone further comprises a sound adjusting element adapted and coupled to the front housing, wherein
a sound outlet hole and mode posts are defined on the front housing, and a sound adjusting hole corresponding to the sound outlet hole and a mode adjustment groove corresponding to the mode posts are defined on the sound adjusting element; and
the mode adjustment groove is rotatable by rotating the sound adjusting element on the front housing and is limited by different mode posts, so as to adjust an area of a sound hole for the front acoustic cavity and a volume of the front acoustic cavity of the earphone.

2. The earphone according to claim 1 , wherein
the sound adjusting element has a cylindrical structure, and the sound adjusting hole positioned on the sound adjusting element comprises a center sound adjusting hole and an edge sound adjusting hole positioned at a periphery of the center sound adjusting hole.

3. The earphone according to claim 2 , wherein
the center sound adjusting hole is a cylindrical through hole arranged at a center position of the sound adjusting element; and
the sound adjusting hole comprises at least two pairs of the edge sound adjusting holes, and two edge sound adjusting holes of each pair are respectively symmetrical with respect to a central axis of the sound adjusting element.

4. The earphone according to claim 3 , wherein
the edge sound adjusting hole has a cross-sectional shape of a fan shape, a circular shape or a racetrack shape.

5. The earphone according to claim 3 , wherein
the front acoustic cavity is defined between the front housing and the loudspeaker unit of the earphone, and the rear acoustic cavity is defined between the rear housing and the loudspeaker unit of the earphone.

6. The earphone according to claim 5 , wherein
the mode posts have at least two groups, and the mode adjustment groove is limited by different mode posts to adjust the area of the sound hole for the front acoustic cavity and the volume of the front acoustic cavity of the earphone.

7. The earphone according to claim 6 , wherein the mode posts are arranged in pairs, and the mode adjustment groove is positioned at a group of two symmetrically arranged mode posts.

8. The earphone according to claim 1 , wherein the loudspeaker unit comprises a unit housing, and a vibration system and a magnetic circuit system which are accommodated in the unit housing;
the magnetic circuit system comprises a magnetic conductive yoke, a magnet positioned at a center position of the magnetic conductive yoke, and a washer positioned at a side of the magnet away from the magnetic conductive yoke; and
the vibration system comprises a diaphragm, a voice coil fixed to one side of the diaphragm, and a reinforcing portion positioned at a center position of the diaphragm.

9. The earphone according to claim 1 , further comprising a sound filter mesh,
wherein the sound filter mesh is attached to an end of sound adjusting element away from the front housing.

10. The earphone according to claim 1 , further comprising an in-ear rubber sleeve,
wherein the in-ear rubber sleeve is covered on an end of the sound adjusting element away from the front housing.

11. The earphone according to claim 1 , further comprising an earphone wire,
wherein one end of the earphone wire is electrically connected to the loudspeaker unit, and another end of the earphone wire is provided with an earphone plug.

12. The earphone according to claim 1 , wherein the sound adjusting hole extends in a sound outlet pipe structure within the sound adjusting element, and when the sound adjusting hole adjacent to the front housing is blocked, the sound outlet pipe corresponding to the sound adjusting hole is also blocked, so that the volume of the front acoustic cavity is reduced.

13. The earphone according to claim 1 , wherein the front housing is a truncated cone structure, and the sound outlet hole comprises a plurality of sound outlet holes with different shapes, and
wherein the sound outlet holes are arranged on one end of the front housing away from the rear housing, an arc-shaped protrusion is arranged below the sound outlet holes, and the mode posts are arranged on the arc-shaped protrusion.

14. The earphone according to claim 1 , wherein the sound adjusting element further comprises a clamping claw extending from the interior of the sound adjusting element, and the mode adjustment groove is positioned at one end of the clamping claw.

15. The earphone according to claim 14 , wherein the clamping claw comprises a pair of clamping claws which are symmetrically distributed with respect to a central axis of the sound adjusting element, the mode adjustment groove is an arc-shaped recess.

16. The earphone according to claim 1 , wherein the front housing and the sound adjusting element are fixed by a snap or a screw thread connection, and a region between the sound adjusting hole and the sound outlet hole is partially communicated or blocked.

Assignees

• Goertek Inc

Inventors

• Zhao Yanpeng
• Chen Qigao
• Guo Tonghui
• Xie Ping

Classifications

• H04R1/023

  Screens for loudspeakers · CPC title

• H04R9/025

  Magnetic circuit · CPC title

• H04R1/1041 Primary

  Mechanical or electronic switches, or control elements (switches in general H01H) · CPC title

• H04R1/1016 Primary

  Earpieces of the intra-aural type · CPC title

• H04R1/1058

  Manufacture or assembly · CPC title