Acoustic generator, acoustic generating apparatus, and electronic apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9398378-B2
Application number	US-201314655486-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 21, 2013
Priority date	Dec 26, 2012
Publication date	Jul 19, 2016
Grant date	Jul 19, 2016

Abstract

An acoustic generator according to an embodiment includes a film-shaped vibrating body, a flame, and an exciter. The frame is configured to fix at least both ends of the vibrating body in a second direction perpendicular to a first direction that is a thickness direction of the vibrating body. The exciter is disposed on the vibrating body, and is configured to vibrate itself to vibrate the vibrating body. The vibrating body has a value of an average coefficient of linear expansion during a temperature change from 90° C. to 40° C. set to be not less than a value of the average coefficient of linear expansion of the vibrating body during a temperature change from 40° C. to 90° C., and set to be not less than a value of an average coefficient of linear expansion of the flame during a temperature change from 90° C. to 40° C.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An acoustic generator, comprising:
a film-shaped vibrating body;
a frame configured to fix at least both ends of the vibrating body in a second direction perpendicular to a first direction that is a thickness direction of the vibrating body; and
an exciter disposed on the vibrating body, and configured to vibrate itself to vibrate the vibrating body, wherein
the vibrating body has a value of an average coefficient of linear expansion during a temperature change from 90° C. to 40° C. set to be not less than a value of the average coefficient of linear expansion of the vibrating body during a temperature change from 40° C. to 90° C., and set to be not less than a value of an average coefficient of linear expansion of the frame during a temperature change from 90° C. to 40° C.,
the frame fixes both the ends of the vibrating body in the second direction and both ends of the vibrating body in a third direction perpendicular to the first and second directions, and
tension is given to the vibrating body in both the second and third directions, the tension in the second direction being different from that in the third direction.

2. The acoustic generator according to claim 1 , wherein the vibrating body has a value of the average coefficient of linear expansion during a temperature change from 40° C. to 90° C. set to be not more than a value of the average coefficient of linear expansion of the frame during a temperature change from 40° C. to 90° C.

3. The acoustic generator according to claim 1 , wherein, in a temperature change of every 10° C. from 90° C. to 40° C., the vibrating body has a value of the average coefficient of linear expansion set to be not less than a value of the average coefficient of linear expansion of the frame.

4. The acoustic generator according to claim 1 , wherein the vibrating body is fixed to the frame in a condition of being given tension thereto.

5. An acoustic generating apparatus, comprising:
the acoustic generator according to claim 1 ; and
an enclosure that surrounds at least part of at least one of main surface sides of the vibrating body.

6. An electronic apparatus, comprising:
the acoustic generator according to claim 1 ; and
an electronic circuit connected to the acoustic generator,
the electronic apparatus having a function of generating sound from the acoustic generator.

Assignees

• Kyocera Corp

Inventors

• Miyazato Kentarou
• Fukuoka Shuichi
• Kushima Noriyuki
• Hirayama Takeshi
• Takahashi Tooru
• Murahashi Masato

Classifications

• H04R17/00 Primary

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• H04R7/04

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• H04R7/18

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