Microphone device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2024348959-A1
Application number	US-202418602223-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Mar 12, 2024
Priority date	Apr 13, 2023
Publication date	Oct 17, 2024
Grant date	—

Abstract

Provided is a microphone device with a reduced impact on a windscreen (a windscreen part) caused by an installed environment. The microphone device includes a microphone that outputs an electrical signal in response to a sound wave, a housing portion that accommodates the microphone, and a windscreen part that reduces a pressure of wind caused by the wind entering into the housing portion. The housing portion includes a hollow cylindrical housing body and a cap attached to one end of the housing body in the axial direction of the housing body. The windscreen part is accommodated in the housing body and disposed between the cap and the microphone. The cap is solid. The cap includes a sound guide hole that guides the sound wave to the microphone. The sound guide hole is disposed along the axial direction.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A microphone device comprising:
a microphone configured to output an electrical signal in response to a sound wave; a housing portion that accommodates the microphone; and a windscreen part configured to reduce a pressure of wind entering into the housing portion, wherein the housing portion includes:
a hollow cylindrical-shaped housing body; and
a cap attached to one end of the housing body in an axial direction of the housing body,
the windscreen part is accommodated in the housing body and disposed between the cap and the microphone, the cap is solid and includes a sound guide hole configured to guide the sound wave to the microphone, wherein
the sound guide hole is disposed along the axial direction.

2 . The microphone device according to claim 1 , wherein the windscreen part is filled between the cap and the microphone.

3 . The microphone device according to claim 1 , wherein
the windscreen part includes:
a first windscreen part; and
a second windscreen part,
a density of the first windscreen part is different from a density of the second windscreen part, and the density of the first windscreen part is higher than the density of the second windscreen part.

4 . The microphone device according to claim 3 , wherein
the first windscreen part is disposed adjacent to the sound guide hole, and the second windscreen part is disposed between the first windscreen part and the microphone.

5 . The microphone device according to claim 4 , wherein
the housing body includes one or more openings through which the sound wave is introduced into the housing body, the opening is disposed on a peripheral surface of the housing body, and the second windscreen part is disposed in such a way as to oppose the opening.

6 . The microphone device according to claim 4 , wherein
a length of the second windscreen part is longer than a length of the first windscreen part in the axial direction.

7 . The microphone device according to claim 4 , wherein
the second windscreen part is accommodated in a compressed state between the first windscreen part and the microphone.

8 . The microphone device according to claim 4 , wherein
the sound guide hole includes a sound wave outlet through which the sound wave introduced into the sound guide hole is led out, and the first windscreen part closes the sound wave outlet.

9 . The microphone device according to claim 1 , wherein
the sound guide hole includes:
a first sound guide hole; and
a second sound guide hole, and
an inner diameter of the first sound guide hole is the same as an inner diameter of the second sound guide hole.

10 . The microphone device according to claim 1 , wherein
the sound guide hole includes:
a first sound guide hole; and
a second sound guide hole, and
an inner diameter of the first sound guide hole is different from an inner diameter of the second sound guide hole.

11 . The microphone device according to claim 1 , wherein
the sound guide hole includes a sound wave inlet through which the sound wave is introduced into the sound guide hole, and the cap has a hemispherical convex shape toward the sound wave inlet side in the axial direction.

12 . The microphone device according to claim 1 , wherein
the microphone includes:
a microphone unit configured to output the electrical signal in response to the sound wave; and
a unit case that accommodates the microphone unit,
the unit case includes a unit sound guide hole configured to guide the sound wave into the microphone unit, and the unit sound guide hole faces the windscreen part.

13 . The microphone device according to claim 5 , wherein
the opening is a slit opening opened in a slit-shaped manner in the axial direction of the housing body.

14 . The microphone device according to claim 5 , wherein
the plurality of openings is disposed along the axial direction of the housing body.

15 . The microphone device according to claim 14 , wherein
the plurality of openings is disposed along a virtual line in the axial direction of the housing body.

Assignees

• Audio Technica Kk

Inventors

• Yoshino Satoshi

Classifications

• H04R1/086 Primary

  Protective screens, e.g. all weather or wind screens · CPC title

• H04R2410/07

  Mechanical or electrical reduction of wind noise generated by wind passing a microphone · CPC title

• H04R1/342 Primary

  for microphones · CPC title