Electronic device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10356502-B2
Application number	US-201715436366-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 17, 2017
Priority date	Feb 25, 2016
Publication date	Jul 16, 2019
Grant date	Jul 16, 2019

Abstract

An electronic device includes a housing, an elastic member positioned by the housing, and an acoustic component held by the elastic member. The elastic member includes a main body portion surrounding the acoustic component and a membrane portion which is continuous to the main body portion and faces the acoustic component. The housing includes a passage which communicates the membrane portion and an external space with each other.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An electronic device comprising:
a housing of the electronic device;
an elastic member contained within the housing; and
an acoustic component held by the elastic member,
the elastic member including a main body portion surrounding the acoustic component and a membrane portion which is continuous to the main body portion and faces the acoustic component,
the housing including a passage which communicates the membrane portion and an external space with each other, wherein the elastic member encases a rigid member such that at least a portion of the elastic member is arranged in at least a portion of a space between the rigid member and the acoustic component and that the rigid member surrounds at least a portion of the acoustic component, and wherein the rigid member is more rigid than the elastic member, the rigid member comprising a flat portion with an opening and a cylindrical portion extending from an outer circumference of the flat portion, wherein the cylindrical portion is perpendicular to the flat portion and surrounds the acoustic component.

2. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the rigid member is a metal member.

3. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the rigid member includes a flat portion including an opening and a cylindrical portion extending like a cylinder from an outer circumference of the flat portion.

4. The electronic device according to claim 3 , wherein the membrane portion and the flat portion are located in an identical plane.

5. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the acoustic component includes a circular surface and a cylindrical outer surface extending perpendicularly to the circular surface from an outer circumference of the circular surface, and
the main body portion includes a first portion located along the circular surface and surrounding the membrane portion and a second portion located along the cylindrical outer surface.

6. The electronic device according to claim 5 , wherein the first portion includes a protrusion portion protruding away from the circular surface.

7. The electronic device according to claim 6 , wherein the protrusion portion is annular.

8. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the elastic member is mainly composed of silicone rubber.

9. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the membrane portion includes a portion having a thickness not smaller than 0.08 mm and not greater than 0.1 mm.

10. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein an outer shape of the flat portion is circular and the opening is circular such that the flat portion has a shape of a flat ring.

11. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein an inner circumference of the flat ring, which defines the opening, is adjacent to and concentric with an outer circumference of the membrane portion.

12. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the membrane portion and the flat portion are coplanar with each other.

Assignees

• Kyocera Corp

Inventors

• Nakamura Kotaro
• Iyoda Kouta

Classifications

• H05K5/0217

  Mechanical details of casings (covers, lids, hoods or members for covering apertures H05K5/03) · CPC title

• H05K7/14

  Mounting supporting structure in casing or on frame or rack · CPC title

• H04R31/006

  Interconnection of transducer parts (of diaphragm and outer suspension by moulding H04R31/003) · CPC title

• H04R2499/11

  Transducers incorporated or for use in hand-held devices, e.g. mobile phones, PDA's, camera's · CPC title

• H04R2499/15

  Transducers incorporated in visual displaying devices, e.g. televisions, computer displays, laptops · CPC title