Loudspeaker, electronic apparatus using loudspeaker, and mobile equipment using loudspeaker

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016234601-A1
Application number	US-201515023681-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Mar 23, 2015
Priority date	Mar 27, 2014
Publication date	Aug 11, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A loudspeaker includes a light-emitting element, a frame, a magnetic circuit provided with a magnetic gap, a diaphragm, a voice coil bobbin, and a voice coil. The diaphragm includes an inner peripheral end portion having an end face to which a light-emitting element is coupled, a light-guide portion, a reflective surface, and an outer peripheral end portion coupled to the frame. The first end of the voice coil bobbin is coupled to the inner peripheral end portion of the diaphragm, and the second end thereof is inserted into the magnetic gap. A voice coil is wound on the second end of the voice coil bobbin.

First claim

1 . A loudspeaker comprising:
a light-emitting element; a frame; a magnetic circuit coupled to the frame and provided with a magnetic gap; a diaphragm including:
an inner peripheral end portion having an end face to which the light-emitting element is coupled;
a light-guide portion provided in a direction toward an outer periphery from the inner peripheral end portion;
a reflective surface provided on a back face of the light-guide portion; and
an outer peripheral end portion coupled to the frame,
a cylindrical voice coil bobbin having a first end coupled to the inner peripheral end portion, and a second end inserted into the magnetic gap, and a voice coil wound on the second end of the voice coil bobbin.

2 . The loudspeaker according to claim 1 , wherein the light-emitting element is coupled to the inner peripheral end portion of the diaphragm via the voice coil bobbin.

3 . The loudspeaker according to claim 2 , wherein the voice coil bobbin is made of transmissive material.

4 . The loudspeaker according to claim 2 , wherein the inner peripheral end portion of the diaphragm is coupled to an outer peripheral surface of the voice coil bobbin, the voice coil bobbin has a window formed therethrough, and the light-emitting element is disposed to the window.

5 . The loudspeaker according to claim 4 , wherein the end face of the diaphragm has a shape along the outer peripheral surface of the voice coil bobbin.

6 . The loudspeaker according to claim 1 , further comprising a reflection-preventing layer interposed between the light-emitting element and the end face of the diaphragm.

7 . The loudspeaker according to claim 1 , wherein the inner peripheral end portion of the diaphragm protrudes toward an inner side of the voice coil bobbin.

8 . The loudspeaker according to claim 7 , wherein the voice coil bobbin has a bending portion formed in the first end and coupled to a back face of the diaphragm.

9 . The loudspeaker according to claim 8 , wherein the bending portion bends toward an outer side of the voice coil bobbin.

10 . The loudspeaker according to claim 7 , wherein the first end of the voice coil bobbin is provided with a notch, and the inner peripheral end portion of the diaphragm passes through the notch.

11 . The loudspeaker according to claim 7 , wherein a back face of the diaphragm is provided with a projection coupled to at least one of an outer peripheral surface and an inner peripheral surface of the voice coil bobbin.

12 . The loudspeaker according to claim 1 , wherein the inner peripheral end portion of the diaphragm bends along an inner peripheral surface or an outer peripheral surface of the voice coil bobbin, and is coupled to the inner peripheral surface or the outer peripheral surface of the first end at the voice coil bobbin.

13 . The loudspeaker according to claim 1 , wherein the light-emitting element is disposed to a back face side of the inner peripheral end portion of the diaphragm.

14 . The loudspeaker according to claim 1 , wherein the inner peripheral end portion of the diaphragm is thicker than the light-guide portion of the diaphragm.

15 . The loudspeaker according to claim 1 , wherein the reflective surface of the diaphragm is provided with a plate-shaped projection.

16 . The loudspeaker according to claim 1 , wherein at least a part of the light-emitting element is embedded in the inner peripheral end portion of the diaphragm.

17 . An electronic apparatus comprising:
a sound source unit configured to output a sound source signal; a sound processor to which an output of the sound source unit is electrically connected, and the loudspeaker according to claim 1 , electrically connected to the sound processor.

18 . A mobile apparatus comprising:
a main body; a drive unit provided to the main body; a sound source unit housed in the main body and configured to output a sound source signal; a sound processor to which an output of the sound source unit is electrically connected, and the loudspeaker according to claim 1 , installed in the main body and electrically connected to the sound processor.

Assignees

• Panasonic Ip Man Co Ltd

Inventors

• Yuasa Takafumi
• Yamauchi Kenji
• Takayama Satoshi
• Nakayama Koichi
• Kuribayashi Ryo

Classifications

• H04R7/12

  Non-planar diaphragms or cones · CPC title

• H04R9/045

  Mounting (H04R9/043 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B60R11/0217

  for loud-speakers · CPC title

• H04R2307/029

  Diaphragms comprising fibres · CPC title

• H04R2307/025

  Diaphragms comprising polymeric materials · CPC title