Audio device and electronic instrument

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10490175-B2
Application number	US-201816231526-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 23, 2018
Priority date	Dec 27, 2017
Publication date	Nov 26, 2019
Grant date	Nov 26, 2019

Abstract

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.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An audio device comprising:
a main body case having an inner wall defining a through hole connected to an acoustic space formed around at least one speaker provided inside the main body case;
a cover member having a projection section inserted into the through hole such that a distal end of the projection section projects into the acoustic space via the through hole; and
an elastic member which covers the distal end of the projection section, at least one portion of the elastic member being arranged between the inner wall and the projection section in the through hole,
wherein at least one portion of the elastic member covering the distal end and at least one portion of the distal end are arranged in a space located outside a space surrounded by an extended line of the inner wall, whereby the cover member is fixed to the main body case.

2. The audio device according to claim 1 , wherein the main body case has a thick portion which is provided around the through hole and projects to the acoustic space.

3. The audio device according to claim 1 , wherein the projection section is provided on an outer periphery of the cover member,
wherein the main body case further has a groove having a shape corresponding to a shape of the outer periphery, the groove being provided in an inner peripheral portion of the main body case, and
wherein the through hole is provided in a bottom surface of the groove and penetrates from an area outside the main body case to the acoustic space.

4. The audio device according to claim 1 , wherein the main body case has a sound emission section provided therein, and
wherein the acoustic space is a space where a sound wave emitted from the sound emission section is echoed.

5. The audio device according to claim 1 , wherein the main body case includes a first housing an inner corner of which has a first shape, and a second housing including a corner rib member provided at an inner corner thereof and having a shape corresponding to the first shape, and
wherein the acoustic space is defined inside the main body case with respect to the corner rib member by the inner corner of the first housing contacting with an outer side of the corner rib member of the second housing.

6. The audio device according to claim 5 , wherein the main body case has a second elastic member provided extending along a boundary of the acoustic space so as to contact with the first housing and the second housing.

7. An electronic instrument comprising:
operators for specifying pitches;
a main body case having an inner wall defining a through hole connected to an acoustic space which is formed around at least one speaker provided inside the main body case and in which a sound emitted from a sound emission section in response to operation of at least one of the operators is echoed;
a cover member having a projection section inserted into the through hole such that a distal end of the projection section projects into the acoustic space via the through hole; and
an elastic member which covers the distal end of the projection section, at least one portion of the elastic member being arranged between the inner wall and the projection section in the through hole,
wherein at least one portion of the elastic member covering the distal end and at least one portion of the distal end are arranged in a space located outside a space surrounded by an extended line of the inner wall, whereby the cover member is fixed to the main body case.

8. The electronic instrument according to claim 7 , wherein the main body case has a thick portion which is provided around the through hole and projects to the acoustic space.

9. The electronic instrument according to claim 7 , wherein the projection section is provided on an outer periphery of the cover member,
wherein the main body case further has a groove having a shape corresponding to a shape of the outer periphery, the groove being provided in an inner peripheral portion of the main body case, and
wherein the through hole is provided in a bottom surface of the groove and penetrates from an area outside the main body case to the acoustic space.

10. The electronic instrument according to claim 7 , wherein the main body case has the sound emission section provided therein, and
wherein the acoustic space is a space where a sound wave emitted from the sound emission section is echoed.

11. The electronic instrument according to claim 7 , wherein the main body case includes a first housing an inner corner of which has a first shape, and a second housing including a corner rib member provided at an inner corner thereof and having a shape corresponding to the first shape, and
wherein the acoustic space is defined inside the main body case with respect to the corner rib member by the inner corner of the first housing contacting with an outer side of the corner rib member of the second housing.

12. The electronic instrument according to claim 11 , wherein the main body case has a second elastic member provided extending along a boundary of the acoustic space so as to contact with the first housing and the second housing.

Assignees

• Casio Computer Co Ltd

Inventors

• Oshiro Atsushi

Classifications

• H04R1/025

  Arrangements for fixing loudspeaker transducers, e.g. in a box, furniture · CPC title

• H04R1/02

  Casings; Cabinets {; Supports therefor;} Mountings therein (H04R1/28 takes precedence {; attachments for microphones H04R1/08; mounting of transducers in earpieces H04R1/1075}) · CPC title

• G10H1/34

  Switch arrangements, e.g. keyboards or mechanical switches specially adapted for electrophonic musical instruments · CPC title

• G10H1/32 Primary

  Constructional details · CPC title

• G10H1/344 Primary

  Structural association with individual keys (electrically operated wind-actuated organs G10B3/22) · CPC title