Flat speaker and display device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10674271-B2
Application number	US-201716339398-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 11, 2017
Priority date	Oct 13, 2016
Publication date	Jun 2, 2020
Grant date	Jun 2, 2020

Abstract

A flat speaker includes a diaphragm having a flat plate shape, a drive unit that is attached to a back surface of the diaphragm and vibrates the diaphragm, a fixing member that fixes an outer circumference of the diaphragm in a circumferential direction, a first support member that is disposed on an inner side in a radial direction of the fixing member, supports the back surface of the diaphragm in the circumferential direction, and has a value of hardness smaller than a value of hardness of the fixing member and/or a value of internal loss larger than a value of internal loss of the fixing member, and a second support member that is disposed on an inner side in the radial direction of the first support member, supports the back surface of the diaphragm in the circumferential direction, and has a value of hardness smaller than the value of hardness of the first support member and/or a value of internal loss larger than the value of internal loss of the first support member.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A flat speaker comprising:
a diaphragm having a flat plate shape;
a drive unit that is attached to a back surface of the diaphragm and vibrates the diaphragm;
a fixing member that fixes an outer circumference of the diaphragm in a circumferential direction;
a first support member that is disposed on an inner side in a radial direction of the fixing member, is fixed to the back surface of the diaphragm and an upper surface of a bottom plate of the fixing member, and has a value of hardness smaller than a value of hardness of the fixing member and/or a value of internal loss larger than a value of internal loss of the fixing member; and
a second support member that is disposed on an inner side in the radial direction of the first support member, is fixed to the back surface of the diaphragm and the upper surface of the bottom plate of the fixing member, and has a value of hardness smaller than the value of hardness of the first support member and/or a value of internal loss larger than the value of internal loss of the first support member.

2. A flat speaker comprising:
a diaphragm having a flat plate shape;
a drive unit that is attached to a back surface of the diaphragm and vibrates the diaphragm;
a fixing member that fixes an outer circumference of the diaphragm in a circumferential direction;
a first support member that is disposed on an inner side in a radial direction of the fixing member, is disposed in the circumferential direction on the back surface of the diaphragm and the fixing member, is in contact with the back surface of the diaphragm and an upper surface of a bottom plate of the fixing member, and supports the diaphragm; and
a second support member that is disposed on an inner side in the radial direction of the first support member, is disposed in the circumferential direction on the back surface of the diaphragm, is in contact with the back surface of the diaphragm and the upper surface of the bottom plate of the fixing member, supports the diaphragm, and has a contact area with the back surface that is smaller than a contact surface of the first support member and the back surface.

3. The flat speaker according to claim 1 , further comprising a third support member that is disposed in a position that corresponds to a belly wherein a vibration of the diaphragm increases, the third support member supporting the back surface of the diaphragm.

4. The flat speaker according to claim 1 , wherein each of the first support member and the second support member continuously extends over an entire circumference of the back surface of the diaphragm.

5. The flat speaker according to claim 2 , wherein
the first support member includes a plurality of first supports that are disposed side by side in the circumferential direction of the back surface of the diaphragm and that each extend from an inner circumference of the fixing member so as to be tapered, and
the second support member includes a plurality of second supports that each extend from a top of each of the plurality of first supports so as to be tapered.

6. The flat speaker according to claim 1 , wherein
the fixing member includes:
a housing that has a box shape, the drive unit, the first support member, and the second support member being disposed in the housing; and
a sound hole that is formed in the housing and that communicates an inside and an outside of the housing, and
the flat speaker further includes a partition wall that is disposed in the housing and that forms a sound path that guides sound generated by the drive unit to the sound hole.

7. The flat speaker according to claim 1 , further comprising a heat insulating member that is clamped between the diaphragm and the drive unit and that includes an air layer.

8. The flat speaker according to claim 7 , wherein
the heat insulating member includes:
a first heat insulating plate that is in contact with the back surface of the diaphragm;
a second heat insulating plate that is disposed so as to be spaced apart from the first heat insulating plate and that is in contact with the drive unit; and
a connector that connects the first heat insulating plate and the second heat insulating plate and that forms the air layer between the first heat insulating plate and the second heat insulating plate, and
the first heat insulting plate, the second heat insulating plate, and the connector are formed of materials different from each other.

9. The flat speaker according to claim 1 , wherein
a plurality of the drive units are provided, and
the flat plate further includes:
a coupling plate that couples the plurality of the drive units with each other; and
a transmitter that includes a first end that is in contact with the coupling plate by a first contact area and a second end that is in contact with the diaphragm by a second contact area smaller than the first contact area, the transmitter being clamped between the coupling plate and the diaphragm.

10. A display device comprising the flat speaker according to claim 1 .

11. The flat speaker according to claim 2 , further comprising a third support member that is disposed in a position that corresponds to a belly wherein a vibration of the diaphragm increases, the third support member supporting the back surface of the diaphragm.

12. The flat speaker according to claim 2 , wherein
the fixing member includes:
a housing that has a box shape, the drive unit, the first support member, and the second support member being disposed in the housing; and
a sound hole that is formed in the housing and that communicates an inside and an outside of the housing, and
the flat speaker further includes a partition wall that is disposed in the housing and that forms a sound path that guides sound generated by the drive unit to the sound hole.

13. The flat speaker according to claim 2 , further comprising a heat insulating member that is clamped between the diaphragm and the drive unit and that includes an air layer.

14. The flat speaker according to claim 13 , wherein
the heat insulating member includes:
a first heat insulating plate that is in contact with the back surface of the diaphragm;
a second heat insulating plate that is disposed so as to be spaced apart from the first heat insulating plate and that is in contact with the drive unit; and
a connector that connects the first heat insulating plate and the second heat insulating plate and that forms the air layer between the first heat insulating plate and the second heat insulating plate, and
the first heat insulting plate, the second heat insulating plate, and the connector are formed of materials different from each other.

15. The flat speaker according to claim 2 , wherein
a plurality of the drive units are provided, and
the flat plate further includes:
a coupling plate that couples the plurality of the drive units with each other; and
a transmitter that includes a first end that is in contact with the coupling plate by a first contact area and a second end that is in contact with the diaphragm by a second contact area smaller than the first contact area, the transmitter being clamped between the coupling plate and the diaphragm.

16. A display device comprising the flat speaker according to claim 2 .

Assignees

• Panasonic Ip Man Co Ltd

Inventors

• Ikeuchi Kazuhiko

Classifications

• H04R7/04 Primary

  Plane diaphragms · 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

• H04R7/18 Primary

  at the periphery · CPC title

• H04R2499/15

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

• H04R7/26

  Damping by means acting directly on free portion of diaphragm or cone (air damping H04R1/28) · CPC title