Earphone

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9654865-B2
Application number	US-201414914348-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 26, 2014
Priority date	Aug 26, 2013
Publication date	May 16, 2017
Grant date	May 16, 2017

Abstract

Disclosed is an earphone comprising a loudspeaker unit, an audio signal wire electrically connected to the loudspeaker unit, and an auxiliary structure; the auxiliary structure comprises a front cover and a housing; a front acoustic cavity is defined as a space between the front cover and the loudspeaker unit, and a rear acoustic cavity is defined as a space between the housing and the loudspeaker unit; an acoustic guide channel capable of enhancing low-frequency performance of the earphone is disposed on one side of an inner sidewall of the housing closer to the loudspeaker unit; the acoustic guide channel comprises an open end and a closed end, and a bottom wall of the acoustic guide channel is provided with a plurality of through holes at a position closer to the closed end. An earphone with this structure improves low-frequency and middle-frequency sound effects of products, and makes the earphone have a good appearance.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An earphone, comprising a loudspeaker unit, an audio signal wire electrically connected to the loudspeaker unit, and an auxiliary structure for accommodating and fixing the loudspeaker unit and the audio signal wire; wherein, the auxiliary structure comprises a front cover and a housing; a front acoustic cavity is defined as a space between the front cover and the loudspeaker unit, and a rear acoustic cavity is defined as a space between the housing and the loudspeaker unit; the earphone is characterized in that,
an acoustic guide channel capable of enhancing low-frequency performance of the earphone is disposed on one side of an inner sidewall of the housing closer to the loudspeaker unit, and the acoustic guide channel extends in a curved shape; the acoustic guide channel has an opening at one end and comprises an open end and a closed end, the open end is in communication with the rear acoustic cavity, and a bottom wall of the acoustic guide channel is provided with a plurality of through holes at a position closer to the closed end, the through holes are in communication with a sidewall of the housing, and an airflow in the acoustic guide channel is in communication with outside by means of the through holes.

2. The earphone of claim 1 , characterized in that,
the housing comprises an accommodating part for accommodating the loudspeaker unit, and a tubular extending part integrally extending from one end of the accommodating part; the rear acoustic cavity is defined as a space between the accommodating part and the speaker unit, and the acoustic guide channel is provided in the accommodating part; the audio signal wire is accommodated in the extending part.

3. The earphone of claim 2 , characterized in that,
the acoustic guide channel is composed of an acoustic guide groove and a cover coupled with the acoustic guide groove, the acoustic guide groove comprises two sidewalls extending in a same direction and a blocking wall positioned at ends of the two sidewalls, the cover is coupled to one side of the acoustic guide groove away from the sidewall of the housing; the through holes are provided at a bottom wall of the acoustic guide groove closer to the blocking wall.

4. The earphone of claim 3 , characterized in that,
the acoustic guide groove is integrally formed with the housing through injection molding, and is provided on the inner sidewall of the housing.

5. The earphone of claim 4 , characterized in that,
the cover is made of metal or plastic, and the cover is fixedly coupled with an open end of the acoustic guide groove by gumming or ultrasonic welding.

6. The earphone of claim 2 , characterized in that,
the acoustic guide channel comprises a groove-shaped acoustic guide groove formed independently, wherein one end of the acoustic guide groove closer to the inner sidewall of the housing is an open end, and the acoustic guide groove is fixedly coupled with the inner sidewall of the housing to define the acoustic guide channel.

7. The earphone of claim 6 , characterized in that,
the inner sidewall of the housing is provided with a concave mounting groove corresponding to the acoustic guide groove, and the mounting groove extends in a shape that is in accordance with a shape of the acoustic guide groove extends.

8. The earphone of claim 1 , characterized in that,
a damping sheet for covering the through holes is provided on the through holes; the damping sheet is combined to a bottom wall of the acoustic guide groove, and the damping sheet is made of mesh cloth, sponge or nonwoven fabric.

9. The earphone of claim 8 , characterized in that,
a portion of the bottom wall of the acoustic guide groove which is combined with the damping sheet has a thickness less than that of other portion of the bottom wall of the acoustic guide groove.

10. The earphone of claim 8 , characterized in that,
the housing is provided with a toning hole for communicating the rear acoustic cavity with outside, the position of the toning hole does not overlap with the position of the acoustic guide channel, a toning sheet for covering the toning hole is provided on the toning hole; the toning sheet is combined to an inner wall of the housing, and the toning sheet is made of mesh cloth, sponge or nonwoven fabric.

11. The earphone of claim 8 , characterized in that,
a length of the acoustic guide channel ranges from 1 mm to 100 mm, and an inner diameter of the acoustic guide channel ranges from 0.1 mm to 10 mm.

Assignees

• Goertek Inc
• Goertek Inc

Inventors

• Zhao Yanpeng
• Chen Qigao
• Xu Jiangtao

Classifications

• H04R1/1016

  Earpieces of the intra-aural type · CPC title

• H04R1/2876

  by means of damping material, e.g. as cladding (damping material for tuning desired resonances H04R1/2807, e.g. in vents H04R1/2823, H04R1/2846) · CPC title

• H04R1/06

  Arranging circuit leads; Relieving strain on circuit leads · CPC title

• H04R1/2823 Primary

  Vents, i.e. ports, e.g. shape thereof or tuning thereof with damping material · CPC title

• H04R1/1075

  Mountings of transducers in earphones or headphones · CPC title