Speaker

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12284504-B2
Application number	US-202018028101-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 24, 2020
Priority date	Sep 24, 2020
Publication date	Apr 22, 2025
Grant date	Apr 22, 2025

Abstract

A speaker including a speaker enclosure including an upper surface, a lower surface and a side surface connecting the upper and lower surfaces; a diaphragm disposed in an inner accommodating space of the speaker enclosure and configured to generate sound waves by vibrating according to an electrical signal; a first phase plug spaced apart from the diaphragm; and a second phase plug spaced apart from the first phase plug and forming a guide path to guide the generated sound waves from the diaphragm to be emitted omnidirectionally from the side surface of the speaker enclosure, wherein a width of the guide path formed by the first phase plug and the second phase plug increases towards the side surface of the speaker enclosure.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A speaker comprising:
a speaker enclosure including an upper surface, a lower surface and a side surface connecting the upper and lower surfaces;
a diaphragm disposed in an inner accommodating space of the speaker enclosure and configured to generate sound waves by vibrating according to an electrical signal;
a first phase plug spaced apart from the diaphragm; and
a second phase plug spaced apart from the first phase plug and forming a guide path to guide the generated sound waves from the diaphragm to be emitted omnidirectionally from the side surface of the speaker enclosure,
wherein a width of the guide path formed by the first phase plug and the second phase plug increases towards the side surface of the speaker enclosure.

2. The speaker of claim 1 , wherein the first phase plug covers a central portion of an upper surface of the diaphragm, and
wherein the second phase plug covers an outer portion outside of the central portion of the upper surface of the diaphragm.

3. The speaker of claim 2 , wherein the second phase plug has a shape symmetrical about a vertical axis extending vertically through a center of the first phase plug, and
wherein the guide path is formed between a first surface of the first phase plug and a second surface of the second phase plug.

4. The speaker of claim 3 , wherein each of the first surface and the second surface comprises a straight surface angled from the vertical axis, or
wherein each of the first surface and the second surface comprises a curved surface angled from the vertical axis.

5. The speaker of claim 4 , wherein the diaphragm comprises an upward convex shape with respect to a horizontal axis perpendicular to the vertical axis.

6. The speaker of claim 5 , wherein the first surface is inclined upward by an angle with respect to the horizontal axis,
wherein the second surface extends in a direction parallel to the horizontal axis, and
wherein the angle is 45° or less.

7. The speaker of claim 5 , wherein the first surface extends in a direction parallel to the horizontal axis,
wherein the second surface is inclined downward by an angle with respect to the horizontal axis, and
wherein the angle is 45° or less.

8. The speaker of claim 4 , wherein the diaphragm comprises a downward convex shape with respect to a horizontal axis perpendicular to the vertical axis.

9. The speaker of claim 8 , wherein the first surface comprises an upward convex shape with respect to a first extension line inclining upward by a first angle with respect to the horizontal line,
wherein the second surface further comprises:
a second-first surface comprising an upward convex shape with respect to a second extension line inclining upward by a second angle with respect to the horizontal axis; and
a second-second surface connected to the second-first surface and extending in a direction parallel to the horizontal axis, and
wherein each of the first angle and the second angle is an angle of 45° or less.

10. The speaker of claim 1 , wherein the first phase plug and the second phase plug are spaced apart from each other in an up-down direction,
wherein the first phase plug further comprises an upper boss protruding downward from a lower surface of the first phase plug,
wherein the second phase plug further comprises a lower boss protruding upward from an upper surface of the second phase plug, and
wherein each of the upper boss and the lower boss has a hole through which a fastening member passes.

11. The speaker of claim 10 , wherein at least a part of the upper boss is inserted into the lower boss.

12. The speaker of claim 10 , wherein the lower boss has a first width in a circumferential direction of the second phase plug.

13. The speaker of claim 10 , wherein the second phase plug has a hole into which a part of the diaphragm is inserted,
wherein one end of the lower boss is spaced apart from the hole by a first distance and has a first width in a circumferential direction of the second phase plug, and
wherein the other end of the lower boss is spaced apart from the hole by a second distance greater than the first distance and has a second width smaller than the first width in a circumferential direction of the second phase plug.

14. The speaker of claim 10 , wherein a cross section of the lower boss comprises a circular shape.

15. The speaker of claim 1 , wherein the diaphragm has a dome shape.

16. The speaker of claim 1 , wherein the guide path comprises a continuous open path surrounding the side surface of the speaker enclosure.

17. The speaker of claim 1 , wherein the side surface of the speaker enclosure is substantially parallel to the top surface so the generated sound waves are guided by the guide path to be emitting horizontally in all directions around the speaker.

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Kim Kihun
• Paek Seunghark
• Seo Heuisik
• Kim Jongwoo

Classifications

• H04R31/00

  Apparatus or processes specially adapted for the manufacture of transducers or diaphragms therefor {(manufacture of microstructural arrangements of deformable or non-deformable structures in general B81C1/00182)} · CPC title

• H04R9/06

  Loudspeakers · CPC title

• H04R2231/003

  Manufacturing aspects of the outer suspension of loudspeaker or microphone diaphragms or of their connecting aspects to said diaphragms · CPC title

• H04R1/345

  for loudspeakers · CPC title

• H04R2400/13

  Use or details of compression drivers · CPC title