Diaphragm for sound producing device, sound producing device, and method for assembling the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12256206-B2
Application number	US-201817631015-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 14, 2018
Priority date	Aug 20, 2018
Publication date	Mar 18, 2025
Grant date	Mar 18, 2025

Abstract

A diaphragm applied to a sound producing device, a sound producing device, and a method for assembling the same. The diaphragm comprises a film layer prepared by means of a crosslinking reaction of at least one of an ethylene-acrylate copolymer and an ethylene-acrylate-carboxylic acid copolymer. The molecular structure of the diaphragm comprises a vinyl-acrylic group. The group causes the material to have a less symmetrical chemical structure, a reduced tacticity and an increased steric hindrance, such that the diaphragm has a high loss factor, and the sound producing device achieves a good damping effect.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A diaphragm for a sound producing device comprising a film layer prepared by a crosslinking reaction of at least one of an ethylene-acrylate copolymer and an ethylene-acrylate-carboxylic acid copolymer and wherein the ethylene-acrylate-carboxylic acid copolymer is represented by the following chemical formula:

wherein x, y and z are natural numbers; R and R′ are alkyl groups.

2. The diaphragm according to claim 1 , wherein the film layer is an amide crosslinked polymer and/or an imide crosslinked polymer formed by a reaction of the ethylene-acrylate-carboxylic acid copolymer with an amine crosslinking agent.

3. The diaphragm according to claim 1 , further comprising an inorganic filler reinforcing agent added to at least one of the ethylene-acrylate copolymer and the ethylene-acrylate-carboxylic acid copolymer.

4. The diaphragm according to claim 3 , wherein the inorganic filler reinforcing agent comprises at least one of carbon black, fumed silica, precipitated calcium carbonate and barium sulfate.

5. The diaphragm according to claim 1 , wherein the ethylene-acrylate copolymer is represented by the following chemical formula:

wherein x and y are natural numbers; R is an alkyl group.

6. The diaphragm according to claim 2 , wherein the amine crosslinking agent comprises at least one of hexamethylene diamine, hexamethylene diamine carbamate, triethylene tetramine, methylene diphenylamine and di-o-tolylguanidine.

7. The diaphragm according to claim 6 , wherein the crosslinking agent of the ethylene-acrylate copolymer comprises a peroxide crosslinking agent for causing the ethylene-acrylate copolymer to generate free radicals, and a coagent for free radical polymerization with the ethylene-acrylate copolymer.

8. The diaphragm according to claim 7 , wherein the peroxide crosslinking agent comprises at least one of 1,3-1,4-bis(tert-butylperoxyisopropyl)benzene, dicumyl peroxide, 2, 5-dimethyl-2,5-bis(tert-butylperoxy) hexane, tert-butyl cumyl peroxide, 2,5-dimethyl-2,5-bis(tert-butylperoxy)-3-hexyne, 4,4-bis(tert-butylperoxy) n-butyl valerate, 1,1′-bis(tert-butylperoxy)-3,3,5-trimethylcyclohexane and 2,4-dichlorobenzoyl peroxide.

9. The diaphragm according to claim 7 , wherein the coagent comprises at least one of trimethylolpropane triacrylate, trimethylolpropane trimethacrylate, N,N′-m-phenylene bismaleimide, diallyl phthalate, triallyl isocyanate, and triallyl cyanate.

10. The diaphragm according to claim 1 , wherein the diaphragm has a single-layer structure or is a composite diaphragm, and the composite diaphragm comprises the film layer.

11. The diaphragm according to claim 1 , wherein the diaphragm has a single-layer structure, and the diaphragm has a thickness ranging from 10 μm to 200 μm.

12. The diaphragm according to claim 11 , wherein the diaphragm has a thickness ranging from 60 μm to 120 μm.

13. The diaphragm according to claim 1 , wherein the diaphragm is prepared by compression-injection molding or air-pressure molding.

14. A sound producing device, comprising a magnetic circuit system and a vibration system that cooperate with each other, wherein the vibration system comprises the diaphragm according to claim 1 .

15. A method for assembling a sound producing device, comprising:
mixing at least one of the ethylene-acrylate copolymer and the ethylene-acrylate-carboxylic acid copolymer with a crosslinking agent to make a diaphragm blank with a predetermined structure, wherein the diaphragm blank has an adhesive property;
directly bonding the diaphragm blank to at least one of a voice coil, a shell, a reinforcing layer and a magnetic yoke of the sound producing device; and
vulcanizing the diaphragm blank under high temperature conditions to form a fixed connection.

16. A diaphragm for a sound producing device comprising a film layer prepared by a crosslinking reaction of at least one of an ethylene-acrylate copolymer and an ethylene-acrylate-carboxylic acid copolymer wherein the ethylene-acrylate-carboxylic acid copolymer is represented by the following chemical formula:

wherein x and y are natural numbers; R is an alkyl group.

17. A diaphragm for a sound producing device comprising a film layer prepared by a crosslinking reaction of at least one of an ethylene-acrylate copolymer and an ethylene-acrylate-carboxylic acid copolymer wherein the ethylene-acrylate-carboxylic acid copolymer is represented by the following chemical formula:

wherein x, y and z are natural numbers; R and R′ are alkyl groups, wherein the film layer is an amide crosslinked polymer and/or an imide crosslinked polymer formed by a reaction of the ethylene-acrylate-carboxylic acid copolymer with an amine crosslinking agent; and wherein the amine crosslinking agent comprises at least one of hexamethylene diamine, hexamethylene diamine carbamate, triethylene tetramine, methylene diphenylamine and di-o-tolylguanidine.

Assignees

• Goertek Inc

Inventors

• Ling Fengguang
• Wang Shuqiang
• Li Chun
• Liu Chunfa

Classifications

• H04R2231/001

  Moulding aspects of diaphragm or surround · CPC title

• H04R2207/021

  Diaphragm extensions, not necessarily integrally formed, e.g. skirts, rims, flanges · CPC title

• H04R31/003

  for diaphragms or their outer suspension · CPC title

• C08L2312/00

  Crosslinking · CPC title

• C08L2203/20

  use in electrical or conductive gadgets · CPC title