Vibration device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11856381-B2
Application number	US-202217701624-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 22, 2022
Priority date	Sep 27, 2019
Publication date	Dec 26, 2023
Grant date	Dec 26, 2023

Abstract

A vibration device includes: a glass diaphragm; an exciter which is fixed to the glass diaphragm and vibrates the glass diaphragm; an enclosing member which defines an internal space by enclosing a portion, including a fixing position of the exciter, of the glass diaphragm, one end portion of the glass diaphragm being exposed to outside the internal space through an opening of the internal space; and a shielding member for acoustic shielding between the opening and the glass diaphragm, the shielding member dividing the glass diaphragm into an excitation region located inside the internal space and a vibration region located outside the internal space.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A vibration device comprising:
a glass diaphragm;
an exciter which is fixed to the glass diaphragm and vibrates the glass diaphragm;
an enclosing member which defines an internal space by enclosing a portion, including a fixing position of the exciter, of the glass diaphragm, one end portion of the glass diaphragm being exposed to outside the internal space through an opening of the internal space; and
a shielding member for acoustic shielding between the opening and the glass diaphragm, the shielding member dividing the glass diaphragm into an excitation region located inside the internal space and a vibration region located outside the internal space, wherein a ratio Ss/Sv of an area Ss of the excitation region of the glass diaphragm to an area Sv of the vibration region of the glass diaphragm is 0.01 or larger and 1.0 or less.

2. The vibration device according to claim 1 , wherein when a direction in which the glass diaphragm projects outward from inside the internal space is referred to as a first direction and a direction that is perpendicular to the first direction in a plate plane is referred to as a second direction, a maximum width of the glass diaphragm in the second direction is longer than or equal to a maximum width in the first direction.

3. The vibration device according to claim 1 , wherein a sound absorbing member that is 0.25 or larger in normal-incidence sound absorption ratio is attached to all or a part of inside surfaces of the enclosing member.

4. The vibration device according to claim 1 , wherein a sound absorbing member that is 0.25 or larger in normal-incidence sound absorption ratio is attached to all or a part of at least one surface of the excitation region of the glass diaphragm.

5. The vibration device according to claim 1 , wherein a total area of the glass diaphragm is 0.01 m 2 or larger.

6. The vibration device according to claim 1 , comprising a support member which allows the enclosing member to support the glass diaphragm.

7. The vibration device according to claim 6 , wherein the support member supports the glass diaphragm so that the glass diaphragm is movable relative to the enclosing member.

8. The vibration device according to claim 1 , wherein the exciters are disposed at plural positions of the glass diaphragm.

9. The vibration device according to claim 1 , wherein the exciter is disposed on only one surface of the glass diaphragm.

10. The vibration device according to claim 1 , wherein the exciters are disposed on both surfaces of the glass diaphragm.

11. The vibration device according to claim 1 , wherein the shielding member has a storage modulus at 25° C. at a frequency 1 Hz of 1.0×10 2 to 1.0×10 10 Pa.

12. The vibration device according to claim 1 , wherein the glass diaphragm has flat-plate shape.

13. The vibration device according to claim 1 , wherein at least a part of the glass diaphragm has a concave or convex curved surface.

14. The vibration device according to claim 1 , wherein the glass diaphragm comprises plural glass sheets, and a fluid layer containing a liquid is provided between at least a pair of glass sheets that are adjacent to each other.

15. The vibration device according to any one of claim 14 , wherein the excitation region of the glass diaphragm is formed by a single glass sheet.

16. The vibration device according to claim 1 , wherein the glass diaphragm has a loss coefficient at 25° C. of 1×10 −3 or larger and a longitudinal wave acoustic velocity in a thickness direction of the glass diaphragm of 4.0×10 3 m/s or larger.

17. A vibration device comprising:
a glass diaphragm;
an exciter which is fixed to the glass diaphragm and vibrates the glass diaphragm;
an enclosing member which defines an internal space by enclosing a portion, including a fixing position of the exciter, of the glass diaphragm, one end portion of the glass diaphragm being exposed to outside the internal space through an opening of the internal space; and
a shielding member for acoustic shielding between the opening and the glass diaphragm, the shielding member dividing the glass diaphragm into an excitation region located inside the internal space and a vibration region located outside the internal space, wherein a total area of the glass diaphragm is 0.01 m 2 or larger.

18. A vibration device comprising:
a glass diaphragm;
an exciter which is fixed to the glass diaphragm and vibrates the glass diaphragm;
an enclosing member which defines an internal space by enclosing a portion, including a fixing position of the exciter, of the glass diaphragm, one end portion of the glass diaphragm being exposed to outside the internal space through an opening of the internal space; and
a shielding member for acoustic shielding between the opening and the glass diaphragm, the shielding member dividing the glass diaphragm into an excitation region located inside the internal space and a vibration region located outside the internal space, wherein at least a part of the glass diaphragm has a concave or convex curved surface.

Assignees

• Agc Inc

Inventors

• Akiyama Jun
• Sakurai Kento

Classifications

• H04R7/08 Primary

  comprising superposed layers separated by air or other fluid · CPC title

• H04R1/025

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

• H04R1/288

  for loudspeaker transducers · CPC title

• H04R7/18

  at the periphery · CPC title

• H04R7/26

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