Waterproof sound-transmitting sheet

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10694287-B2
Application number	US-201716301050-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 11, 2017
Priority date	May 13, 2016
Publication date	Jun 23, 2020
Grant date	Jun 23, 2020

Abstract

Disclosed is a waterproof sound-transmitting sheet, which includes a waterproof layer of a nonporous material and a support layer of a porous material, and maintains waterproof performance and sound transmission performance at a water pressure of about 10 atm. The disclosed waterproof sound-transmitting sheet includes a waterproof layer formed of a film shape of a nonporous material, a first adhesive layer having one surface adhered to one surface of the waterproof layer, and a support layer formed of a film shape of a porous material, and having one surface adhered to the other surface of the adhesive layer; and the support layer can be composed of metal mesh or nonwoven fabric.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A waterproof sound-transmitting sheet configured to be mounted in an applied device, comprising:
a waterproof layer formed in a film shape;
a first adhesive layer located on the lower portion of the waterproof layer; and
a support layer composed of a porous material and located on the lower portion of the first adhesive layer,
wherein the waterproof layer is configured to be located toward an acoustic hole formed on a case of the applied device,
wherein the support layer is a selected one of metal mesh and nonwoven fabric, and is configured to be located toward a microphone or a speaker module located in the applied device,
wherein a hole is formed through the first adhesive layer, and the waterproof layer and the support layer are spaced apart from each other through the hole of the first adhesive layer,
wherein the support layer has a same shape and a same area as the waterproof layer so as to be arranged over the waterproof layer in an entire area corresponding to the hole, and
wherein a stretch of the waterproof layer is maintained within a spacing interval formed by the hole of the first adhesive layer between the waterproof layer and the support layer.

2. The waterproof sound-transmitting sheet of claim 1 , wherein the metal mesh is a shape having a plurality of pores punched on a thin film metal plate that is a selected one of SUS, aluminum (Al), and an alloy of the SUS and nickel (Ni).

3. The waterproof sound-transmitting sheet of claim 1 , wherein the metal mesh has a metal wire, which is a selected one of SUS, aluminum (Al), and an alloy of the SUS and nickel (Ni), formed to intersect.

4. The waterproof sound-transmitting sheet of claim 1 , wherein the support layer is formed with an internal pressure transmission hole for transmitting the internal pressure between an applied device and the support layer to the outside.

5. The waterproof sound-transmitting sheet of claim 1 , wherein the waterproof layer is a nonporous material.

6. The waterproof sound-transmitting sheet of claim 1 , wherein the support layer is nonwoven fabric containing one selected from polyethylene terephthalate (PET), polypropylene (PP), polyethylene (PE), and Nylon.

7. The waterproof sound-transmitting sheet of claim 1 , wherein the waterproof layer is one selected from latex, Polyurethane (PU), and Thermoplastic Poly Urethane (TPU) that have elasticity.

8. The waterproof sound-transmitting sheet of claim 1 , wherein the waterproof layer is a membrane that is formed by spinning the spinning solution containing a polymer material on a web through electrospinning.

9. The waterproof sound-transmitting sheet of claim 1 , wherein the first adhesive layer comprises
a single-sided adhesive film located on the lower surface of the waterproof layer; and
a hot melt interposed between the single-sided adhesive film and the waterproof layer.

10. The waterproof sound-transmitting sheet of claim 1 , further comprising a second adhesive layer interposed between the support layer and a speaker or a microphone of an applied device,
wherein the second adhesive layer is formed with a hole for sound-transmission.

11. The waterproof sound-transmitting sheet of claim 10 , wherein the second adhesive layer comprises
a double-sided adhesive film located on the lower portion of the support layer; and
a single-sided adhesive film interposed between the double-sided adhesive film and the speaker or the microphone.

12. The waterproof sound-transmitting sheet of claim 1 , further comprising a third adhesive layer interposed between the waterproof layer and a case of an applied device,
wherein the third adhesive layer is formed with a hole for sound transmission.

Assignees

• Amogreentech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Shin Kang-Sik
• Seo In-Yong
• Yoo Ba-Wool

Classifications

• H04R1/44 Primary

  Special adaptations for subaqueous use, e.g. for hydrophone · CPC title

• G10K2210/3223

  Materials, e.g. special compositions or gases · CPC title

• G10K2210/3214

  Architectures, e.g. special constructional features or arrangements of features · CPC title

• G10K2210/127

  Underwater acoustics, e.g. for submarine · CPC title

• G10K2200/11

  Underwater, e.g. transducers for generating acoustic waves underwater · CPC title