Core modules and electronic devices

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2025133321-A1
Application number	US-202419000339-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Dec 23, 2024
Priority date	Jan 30, 2023
Publication date	Apr 24, 2025
Grant date	—

Abstract

A core module and an electronic device are provided. The core module comprises a housing component, a transducer device, a vibration panel, and a face attachment component. The housing component includes a core housing and a core cover plate. The core cover plate is provided with a first avoidance hole allowing the vibration panel to be connected with the transducer device. The face attachment component covers the vibration panel. The core housing includes a cylindrical sidewall, an annular support, a plurality of buckle portions, a plurality of communication holes, and a plurality of columns. The core cover plate is supported on the annular support and plugged with the plurality of columns. The face attachment component snap-fits the plurality of buckle portions. The plurality of columns are arranged at intervals in a circumferential direction of the cylindrical sidewall.

First claim

1 . A core module, comprising a housing component, a transducer device, a vibration panel, and a face attachment component, wherein
the housing component includes a core housing and a core cover plate covering an open end of the core housing, the transducer device is at least partially located in the core housing, the core cover plate is provided with a first avoidance hole allowing the vibration panel to be connected with the transducer device, the face attachment component covers the vibration panel such that the vibration panel contacts a skin of a user by the face attachment component; wherein the core housing includes a cylindrical sidewall, and an annular support, a plurality of buckle portions, and a plurality of communication holes which are disposed on an inner wall surface of the cylindrical sidewall, a plurality of columns are disposed on the annular support, the core cover plate is supported on the annular support and plugged with the plurality of columns, the face attachment component snap-fits the plurality of buckle portions, the plurality of columns are arranged at intervals in a circumferential direction of the cylindrical sidewall, the plurality of buckle portions are arranged at intervals in a circumferential direction of the cylindrical sidewall, and the plurality of communication holes are arranged at intervals in a circumferential direction of the cylindrical sidewall, the plurality of buckle portions and the plurality of communication holes are staggered from each other in the circumferential direction of the cylindrical sidewall, and at least two of the plurality of columns and at least two of the plurality of communication holes are at least partially overlapped in the circumferential direction of the cylindrical sidewall in a one-to-one correspondence manner.

2 . The core module of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of columns are hot melt columns to fix the core cover plate on the annular support.

3 . The core module of claim 1 , wherein the housing component has a long axis and a short axis which are perpendicular to a vibration direction of the transducer device and orthogonal to each other, a size of the annular support on the long axis is greater than a size of the annular support on the short axis, the plurality of buckle portions are symmetrically arranged on two sides of the long axis and are symmetrically arranged on two sides of the short axis, and the plurality of columns are symmetrically arranged on the two sides of the long axis and are symmetrically arranged on the two sides of the short axis.

4 . The core module of claim 3 , wherein the plurality of columns and the plurality of buckle portions are staggered.

5 . The core module of claim 4 , wherein one of the plurality of communication holes is disposed between any two adjacent buckle portions of the plurality of buckle portions in the circumferential direction of the cylindrical sidewall.

6 . The core module of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of communication holes are divided into four sets, the housing component has a long axis and a short axis which are perpendicular to a vibration direction of the transducer device and orthogonal to each other, a size of the annular support on the long axis is greater than a size of the annular support on the short axis, and when viewed along the vibration direction, two sets of communication holes are arranged opposite to each other on the long axis, and the remaining two sets of communication holes are arranged opposite to each other on the short axis.

7 . The core module of claim 1 , wherein the face attachment component includes a face attachment sleeve and a reinforcement member connected with the face attachment sleeve, wherein
a hardness of the reinforcement member is greater than a hardness of the face attachment sleeve, the face attachment sleeve covers the vibration panel.

8 . The core module of claim 7 , wherein the face attachment sleeve includes a body portion, a transition portion, and a wrap portion which are integrally connected, wherein
the body portion and the wrap portion are staggered from each other in a vibration direction of the transducer device, an orthographic projection of the wrap portion on a reference plane perpendicular to the vibration direction surrounds an orthographic projection of the body portion on the reference plane, the transition portion connects the body portion and the wrap portion, the body portion covers the vibration panel, the wrap portion at least wraps the annular body portion, and the wrap portion is closer to the transducer device than the body portion in the vibration direction.

9 . The core module of claim 7 , wherein the core cover plate includes an inner top portion, a connection portion, and an outer bottom portion which are integrally connected, wherein
the inner top portion and the outer bottom portion are staggered from each other in a vibration direction of the transducer device, an orthographic projection of the outer bottom portion on a reference plane perpendicular to the vibration direction surrounds an orthographic projection of the inner top portion on the reference plane, the connection portion connects the inner top portion and the outer bottom portion.

10 . An electronic device, comprising a support component and the core module of claim 1 , wherein the support component is connected with the core module to support the core module to be worn to a wearing position.

11 . The core module of claim 1 , wherein the housing component includes a sealing film, the transducer device includes a support, the sealing film is provided with a second avoidance hole that allows the vibration panel to be connected with the support, and the sealing film is configured to seal an assembly clearance of the first avoidance hole.

12 . The core module of claim 11 , wherein at least one of the vibration panel and the support is provided with a support end surface corresponding to a surrounding region of the second avoidance hole, and the sealing film is fixed on the support end surface.

13 . The core module of claim 1 , further comprising a microphone component, wherein the microphone component includes a first microphone, an orthographic projection of the first microphone in a vibration direction of the transducer device is located on the transducer device.

14 . The core module of claim 13 , wherein the core module further comprises a limiting member disposed in the housing component, the limiting member is configured to stop the transducer device when a motion amplitude of the transducer device in the vibration direction exceeds a preset amplitude threshold, so as to maintain a preset distance between the transducer device and the first microphone, the amplitude threshold being greater than a maximum amplitude of the transducer device when the core module operates normally.

15 . The electronic device of claim 10 , further comprising a circuit board and a sliding key component, wherein the sliding key component includes an adapter frame disposed in the housing component and a sliding key, the sliding key toggles a toggle switch disposed on the circuit board by the adapter frame.

16 . The electronic device of claim 15 , wherein the adapter frame includes an annular body portion and a first plug-in portion connected with the annular body portion, the first plug-in portion is connected with the toggle switch, the sliding key includes an operation portion, a second plug-in portion connected with the operation portion, and a snap-fit portion connected with the second plug-in portion, the operation portion is disposed on an outer s

Assignees

• Shenzhen Shokz Co Ltd

Inventors

• Li Chaowu
• Nie Qianwen

Classifications

• H04R2201/107

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• H04R2201/105

  Manufacture of mono- or stereophonic headphone components · CPC title

• H04R1/2849

  for loudspeaker transducers · CPC title

• H04R1/1075 Primary

  Mountings of transducers in earphones or headphones · CPC title

• H04R2460/13

  Hearing devices using bone conduction transducers · CPC title