Sound emitting device, electronic keyboard musical instrument and sound emitting method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11252502-B2
Application number	US-202017107968-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 1, 2020
Priority date	Dec 3, 2019
Publication date	Feb 15, 2022
Grant date	Feb 15, 2022

Abstract

The disclosure provides a sound emitting device includes a housing in which a corner is formed by an inner surface of a first outer wall part and an inner surface of a second outer wall part; a speaker device which includes a sound emitting part that emits a sound toward a main opening formed to penetrate through the first outer wall part and is arranged inside the housing; and a guide that is arranged between the second outer wall part and the speaker device. An auxiliary opening is provided to penetrate through the second outer wall part, and at least a part of multiple auxiliary openings is located at the same position as the sound emitting part in a length direction of the corner, and the guide includes a bottom part that projects from one of the speaker device and the second outer wall part toward the other thereof.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A sound emitting device, comprising:
a housing in which a corner is formed by an inner surface of a first outer wall part and an inner surface of a second outer wall part;
a speaker device which includes a sound emitting part that emits a sound toward a main opening formed to penetrate through the first outer wall part and is arranged inside the housing; and
a guide that is arranged between the second outer wall part and the speaker device,
wherein a plurality of auxiliary openings is provided to penetrate through the second outer wall part, and at least a part of the plurality of auxiliary openings is located at the same position as the sound emitting part in a length direction of the corner, and
wherein the guide includes a bottom part that projects from one of the speaker device and the second outer wall part toward the other thereof.

2. The sound emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein
the auxiliary opening is positioned between the bottom part and the first outer wall part.

3. The sound emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein
in a cross section perpendicular to the length direction, an angle formed by the bottom part and a plane including an inner peripheral edge of the auxiliary opening inside the housing is less than 90°.

4. The sound emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein
the main opening and the auxiliary opening communicate with each other via an inside of the housing.

5. The sound emitting device according to claim 4 , wherein
the speaker device includes an enclosure in box shape having a facing surface part in which the sound emitting part is provided and faces the first outer wall part, and
the sound emitting part is a vibration plate that divides the inside and an outside of the enclosure.

6. The sound emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein
the guide includes a plurality of diffusion parts that divides a space inside the housing between the bottom part and the plurality of auxiliary openings in the length direction, and
the plurality of diffusion parts is provided to be arranged in the length direction.

7. The sound emitting device according to claim 6 , wherein
the diffusion part includes a first inclined part that is inclined to a center of the sound emitting part in the length direction from a first end on a side of the second outer wall part toward the speaker device.

8. The sound emitting device according to claim 6 , wherein
the diffusion part includes a second inclined part that is inclined to a center of the sound emitting part in the length direction from a second end on a side of the speaker device toward the second outer wall part.

9. The sound emitting device according to claim 8 , wherein
the sound emitting part is a vibration plate having an elliptical shape that is long in the length direction.

10. An electronic keyboard musical instrument, comprising:
a keyboard device in which a plurality of keys is arranged in a horizontal direction;
a housing having a first outer wall part that is arranged on one of a rear side and an upper side of the keyboard device and a second outer wall part that is arranged on the other of the rear side and the upper side of the keyboard device, wherein a corner is formed by an inner surface of the first outer wall part and an inner surface of the second outer wall part;
a speaker device which includes a sound emitting part that emits a sound toward a main opening formed to penetrate through the first outer wall part and is arranged inside the housing; and
a guide that is arranged between the second outer wall part and the speaker device,
wherein a plurality of auxiliary openings is provided to penetrate through the second outer wall part and at least a part of the plurality of auxiliary openings is located at the same position as the sound emitting part in the horizontal direction that is a length direction of the corner, and
wherein the guide includes a bottom part that projects from one of the speaker device and the second outer wall part toward the other thereof.

11. The electronic keyboard musical instrument according to claim 10 , wherein
the auxiliary opening is positioned between the bottom part and the first outer wall part.

12. The electronic keyboard musical instrument according to claim 10 , wherein
in a cross section perpendicular to the horizontal direction, an angle formed by the bottom part and a plane including an inner peripheral edge of the auxiliary opening inside the housing is less than 90°.

13. The electronic keyboard musical instrument according to claim 10 , wherein
the main opening and the auxiliary opening communicate with each other via an inside of the housing.

14. The electronic keyboard musical instrument according to claim 13 , wherein
the speaker device includes an enclosure in box shape having a facing surface part in which the sound emitting part is provided and faces the first outer wall part, and
the sound emitting part is a vibration plate that divides the inside and an outside of the enclosure.

15. The electronic keyboard musical instrument according to claim 10 , wherein
the guide includes a plurality of diffusion parts that divides a space inside the housing between the bottom part and the plurality of auxiliary openings in the horizontal direction, and
the plurality of diffusion parts is provided to be arranged in the horizontal direction.

16. The electronic keyboard musical instrument according to claim 15 , wherein
the diffusion part includes a first inclined part that is inclined to a center of the sound emitting part in the horizontal direction from a first end on a side of the second outer wall part toward the speaker device.

17. The electronic keyboard musical instrument according to claim 15 , wherein
the diffusion part includes a second inclined part that is inclined to a center of the sound emitting part in the horizontal direction from a second end on a side of the speaker device toward the second outer wall part.

18. The electronic keyboard musical instrument according to claim 17 , wherein
the sound emitting part is a vibration plate having an elliptical shape that is long in the horizontal direction.

19. A sound emitting method, comprising:
providing a housing in which a corner is formed by an inner surface of a first outer wall part and an inner surface of a second outer wall part;
providing a speaker device which includes a sound emitting part that emits a sound toward a main opening formed to penetrate through the first outer wall part and is arranged inside the housing; and
providing a guide that is arranged between the second outer wall part and the speaker device,
wherein a plurality of auxiliary openings is provided to penetrate through the second outer wall part, and at least a part of the plurality of auxiliary openings is located at the same position as the sound emitting part in a length direction of the corner, and
wherein the guide includes a bottom part that projects from one of the speaker device and the second outer wall part toward the other thereof.

20. The sound emitting method according to claim 19 , wherein
the auxiliary opening is positioned between the bottom part and the first outer wall part.

Assignees

• Roland Corp

Inventors

• Matsuba Masaaki
• Murai Takahiro

Classifications

• H04R1/025

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

• G10H2220/221

  Keyboards, i.e. configuration of several keys or key-like input devices relative to one another · CPC title

• H04R7/12

  Non-planar diaphragms or cones · CPC title

• H04R1/345 Primary

  for loudspeakers · CPC title

• G10H1/32

  Constructional details · CPC title