Acoustic device, and electronic device and image forming apparatus incorporating same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9478208-B2
Application number	US-201514978890-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 22, 2015
Priority date	Feb 27, 2014
Publication date	Oct 25, 2016
Grant date	Oct 25, 2016

Abstract

An acoustic device includes an opening; a flange forming the opening; a first member including the opening and the flange; and a second member joined to the first member, thereby forming a cavity. The second member is formed of a material with a density lower than a material of the first member.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electronic device comprising:
an external wall; and
an acoustic device including,
a first member having an opening therein formed by a protrusion, and
a second member joined to the first member, thereby forming a cavity therebetween, the second member being a part of the external wall, wherein
the external wall and the second member include a resin material.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the first member and the protruding portion include a same material.

3. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein
the first member includes a first material and the second member includes a second material, and
the second material has a lower density than the first material.

4. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein
the first member is plate-shaped and includes a metal material, and
the first member has a burr thereon that forms the protruding portion.

5. The image forming apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the external wall includes an external cover configured to cover internal components of the electronic device therein, and the second member includes a plurality of ribs on the external cover, and the image forming apparatus further comprises:
a housing configured to have one or more of the internal components attached thereto, the first member including a portion of the housing such that a side of the housing corresponding to the external cover has the protrusion thereon.

6. The image forming apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the first member and the protruding portion include a same material.

7. The image forming apparatus of claim 5 , wherein
the first member includes a first material and the second member includes a second material, and
the second material has a lower density than the first material.

8. The image forming apparatus of claim 5 , wherein
the first member is plate-shaped and includes a metal material, and
the first member has a burr thereon that forms the protruding portion.

9. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein
the first member includes a first material and the second member includes a second material, the second material having a lower density than the first material, and
the external wall and the second member include a resin material.

10. An electronic device comprising:
an external wall; and
an acoustic device including,
a first member having an opening therein formed by a protrusion, and
a second member joined to the first member, thereby forming a cavity therebetween, the second member being a part of the external wall, wherein
the first member and the protruding portion include a same material.

11. The electronic device of claim 10 , wherein
the first member is plate-shaped and includes a metal material,
the first member has a burr thereon that forms the protruding portion, and
the first member and the protruding portion include a same material.

12. An electronic device, comprising:
an external wall including an external cover configured to cover internal components of the electronic device therein, the external cover having a plurality of ribs on an inside surface thereof;
an acoustic device including,
a first member having an opening therein formed by a protrusion, and
a second member joined to the first member, thereby forming a cavity therebetween, the second member being a part of the external wall, the second member including the inside surface of the external cover such that the plurality of ribs define sides of the cavity when the second member joins the first member; and

a housing configured to have one or more of the internal components attached thereto, the first member including a portion of the housing such that a side of the housing corresponding to the external cover has the protrusion thereon.

Assignees

• Ishida Masahiro
• Matsuda Naoki
• Ricoh Co Ltd

Inventors

• Ishida Masahiro
• Matsuda Naoki

Classifications

• G03G21/1604

  Arrangement or disposition of the entire apparatus · CPC title

• G10K11/002 Primary

  Devices for damping, suppressing, obstructing or conducting sound in acoustic devices (G10K1/06 - G10K1/10 take precedence; for electro-mechanical transducers for communication H04R3/002) · CPC title

• G10K11/04

  Acoustic filters {; Acoustic resonators} · CPC title

• G10K11/172 Primary

  using resonance effects · CPC title

• G10K9/02

  driven by gas; e.g. suction operated · CPC title