Electro-acoustic transducer

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2024388850-A1
Application number	US-202418672707-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	May 23, 2024
Priority date	Dec 8, 2021
Publication date	Nov 21, 2024
Grant date	—

Abstract

An electro-acoustic transducer includes: a housing, a partition member disposed inside the housing, a first electro-acoustic conversion unit, and a second electro-acoustic conversion unit. The first electro-acoustic conversion unit includes a fixed electrode, a vibrating membrane, and a support member that supports a partial region of the vibrating membrane and brings a part of the vibrating membrane in contact with the fixed electrode. The first electro-acoustic conversion unit and the second electro-acoustic conversion unit are disposed facing each other across the partition member so that a sound emitting part and a sound emitting part communicate with an acoustic outlet, and the partition member supports the support member and the support member.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . An electro-acoustic transducer comprising:
a housing that includes an acoustic outlet for emitting a sound to the outside; a partition member disposed inside the housing; a first electro-acoustic conversion unit disposed inside the housing; and a second electro-acoustic conversion unit disposed inside the housing, wherein the first electro-acoustic conversion unit and the second electro-acoustic conversion unit each include:
a fixed electrode;
a vibrating membrane which is disposed opposite to the fixed electrode and vibrates in accordance with a potential difference generated between the fixed electrode and the vibrating membrane, on the basis of an electrical signal; and
a support member that supports a partial region of the vibrating membrane and brings a part of the vibrating membrane into contact with the fixed electrode,

wherein a distance between the vibrating membrane and the fixed electrode in a thickness direction of the fixed electrode becomes longer as the distance from the partial region to an outer side increases,
wherein the first electro-acoustic conversion unit and the second electro-acoustic conversion unit are disposed facing each other across the partition member so that a sound emitting part of the first electro-acoustic conversion unit and a sound emitting part of the second electro-acoustic conversion unit communicate with the acoustic outlet, and
the partition member supports the support member of the first electro-acoustic conversion unit and the support member of the second electro-acoustic conversion unit.

2 . The electro-acoustic transducer according to claim 1 , wherein
the partition member includes:
a first concave part, formed on a first surface defining a part of an acoustic space of the first electro-acoustic conversion unit, that receives and supports the support member of the first electro-acoustic conversion unit; and
a second concave part, formed on a second surface defining a part of an acoustic space of the second electro-acoustic conversion unit, that receives and supports the support member of the second electro-acoustic conversion unit.

3 . The electro-acoustic transducer according to claim 1 , wherein
the partition member is configured to divide an interior of the housing into a first space and a second space.

4 . The electro-acoustic transducer according to claim 3 , wherein
the partition member is a plate-shaped member, and is formed with a through-hole in which one opening is exposed in the first space and the other opening is exposed in the second space.

5 . The electro-acoustic transducer according to claim 4 , wherein
the through-hole is formed to extend in a plate thickness direction of the partition member.

6 . The electro-acoustic transducer according to claim 1 , wherein
the housing is cylindrical, and the acoustic outlet is formed in a side surface part of the housing.

7 . The electro-acoustic transducer according to claim 6 , wherein
the first electro-acoustic conversion unit and the second electro-acoustic conversion unit are disposed with an inclination such that, in a cross-sectional view in a thickness direction of the housing, a distance between the first electro-acoustic conversion unit and the second electro-acoustic conversion unit gradually decreases from an end portion, where the acoustic outlet is located in the housing, to the end portion that opposes the acoustic outlet.

8 . The electro-acoustic transducer according to claim 7 , wherein
a thickness of the housing at the end portion that opposes the acoustic outlet is less than a thickness of the housing at the end portion on the acoustic outlet side.

9 . The electro-acoustic transducer according to claim 1 , wherein
the housing includes:
a cylindrical housing member;
a first cover member attached to one end portion of the housing member; and
a second cover member attached to the other end portion of the housing member.

Assignees

• Audio Technica Kk

Inventors

• Irii Koichi
• Akino Hiroshi

Classifications

• H04R19/02

  Loudspeakers (H04R19/01 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H04R2201/02

  Details casings, cabinets or mounting therein for transducers covered by H04R1/02 but not provided for in any of its subgroups · CPC title

• H04R7/16

  Mounting or tensioning of diaphragms or cones · CPC title

• H04R1/1016

  Earpieces of the intra-aural type · CPC title

• H04R19/01

  characterised by the use of electrets · CPC title