Acoustic output apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12284477-B2
Application number	US-202218064282-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 11, 2022
Priority date	Mar 17, 2022
Publication date	Apr 22, 2025
Grant date	Apr 22, 2025

Abstract

An acoustic output apparatus is provided. The acoustic output apparatus may include a vibration assembly and a mass element. The vibration assembly may include a piezoelectric structure and a vibration element. The piezoelectric structure may be configured to convert an electrical signal into mechanical vibrations, and the vibration element may be connected to the piezoelectric structure at a first position of the piezoelectric structure and configured to receive the mechanical vibrations to generate an acoustic signal. The mass element may be connected to the piezoelectric structure at a second position of the piezoelectric structure.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An acoustic output apparatus, comprising:
a vibration assembly, including a piezoelectric structure and a vibration element, wherein,
the piezoelectric structure is configured to convert an electrical signal into mechanical vibrations; and
the vibration element is connected to the piezoelectric structure at a first position of the piezoelectric structure and is configured to receive the mechanical vibrations to generate an acoustic signal; and

a mass element, the mass element being connected to the piezoelectric structure at a second position of the piezoelectric structure; wherein
the piezoelectric structure has a beam structure including a fixed end, and the first position and the second position are different positions in a length direction of the beam structure.

2. The acoustic output apparatus of claim 1 , wherein, in a range of 50 Hz-5000 Hz, a vibration response curve of the piezoelectric structure at the first position has a resonance peak and a resonance valley, and the mass element reduces an amplitude difference between the resonance peak and the resonance valley.

3. The acoustic output apparatus of claim 1 , wherein a difference between a vibration acceleration level of the beam structure at the first position and a vibration acceleration level of the fixed end is larger than 20 dB.

4. The acoustic output apparatus of claim 1 , wherein a ratio of a distance between the second position and the fixed end of the beam structure to a length of the beam structure is larger than ⅓.

5. The acoustic output apparatus of claim 1 , wherein a ratio of an elastic coefficient between the mass element and the piezoelectric structure to a mass of the mass element is in a range of (100π) 2 -(10000π) 2 .

6. The acoustic output apparatus of claim 1 , wherein a mass of the mass element is centrally distributed at the second position or uniformly distributed around the second position.

7. The acoustic output apparatus of claim 1 , wherein a mass of the mass element is in a range of 0.1 g-6 g.

8. The acoustic output apparatus of claim 7 , wherein an elastic coefficient between the mass element and the piezoelectric structure is in a range of 9 N/m-6×10 6 N/m.

9. The acoustic output apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the mass element is further connected to a housing of the acoustic output apparatus.

10. The acoustic output apparatus of claim 9 , wherein a ratio of an elastic coefficient between the mass element and the housing to an elastic coefficient between the mass element and the piezoelectric structure is less than 10.

11. The acoustic output apparatus of claim 9 , wherein an elastic coefficient between the mass element and the piezoelectric structure is less than an elastic coefficient between the mass element and the housing.

12. The acoustic output apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the mass of the vibration element is in a range of 0.1 g-0.9 g, and a ratio of the mass of the mass element to the mass of the vibration assembly is less than 5.

13. The acoustic output apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the mass of the vibration element is in a range of 0.9 g-1.8 g, and a ratio of the mass of the mass element to the mass of the vibration assembly is less than 2.

14. The acoustic output apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the mass of the vibration element is in a range of 1.8-5 g, and a ratio of the mass of the mass element to the mass of the vibration in is less than 1 .

15. The acoustic output apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the mass element is elastically connected to the piezoelectric structure through an elastic member.

16. The acoustic output apparatus of claim 1 , wherein at least a portion of the mass element has an elastic structure, and the mass element is elastically connected to the piezoelectric structure through the elastic structure.

17. The acoustic output apparatus of claim 16 , wherein the elastic structure includes a pore structure.

18. The acoustic output apparatus of claim 17 , wherein a damping material is disposed in the pore structure.

19. The acoustic output apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the acoustic output apparatus includes a piezoelectric ceramic driven acoustic output apparatus.

Assignees

• Shenzhen Shokz Co Ltd

Inventors

• Zhu Guangyuan
• Zhang Lei
• Fu Junjiang
• Qi Xin
• Wang Qingyi

Classifications

• H04R17/10 Primary

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• H04R1/025

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• H10N30/853

  Ceramic compositions · CPC title

• H10N30/2041

  Beam type · CPC title

• H04R7/26

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