Microphone

• US 7,894,622 B2
• Filed: 10/13/2006
• Issued: 02/22/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 10/13/2006
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Merry Electronics Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Merry Electronics Company Limited
• Inventors: Chen, Chun-Nan, Lin, I-Ming
• Primary Examiner(s): Ni; Suhan
• Application Number:
  US11/549,336
• Publication Number:
  US 20080090624A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,593 Days
• Field of Search: 381/355, 381/358, 381/360, 381/361, 381/368
• US Class Current: 381/361
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 1/04 Structural association of microphone with electric circuitry therefor in deaf-aid sets H04R25/00

Abstract

A microphone includes a case, a circuit board, a plate, a cover/button element and an elastic element. The circuit board is disposed in the case and includes a transducer for receiving and converting sound waves into electric signals and a switch operable for turning on and off the circuit board. The plate is disposed in the case and defines two slots and an aperture through which the switch is exposed. A cover/button element includes at least two hooks inserted through the slots defined in the plate so that the cover/button element is movable between a normal position away from the switch of the circuit board and a pushed position in contact with the switch while always covering the case. The elastic element is sandwiched between the plate and the cover/button element for returning the cover/button element to the normal position from the pushed position.

Claims

1. A microphone comprising:

a case;

a circuit board being disposed in the case and comprising a transducer for receiving and converting sound waves into electric signals and a switch operable for turning on and off the circuit board;

a plate being disposed in the case and defining two slots and an aperture through which the switch is exposed;

a cover/button element comprising at least two hooks inserted through the slots defined in the plate so that the cover/button element is movable between a normal position away from the switch of the circuit board and a pushed position in contact with the switch while always covering the case; and

an elastic element sandwiched between the plate and the cover/button element for returning the cover/button element to the normal position from the pushed position.

2. The microphone according to claim 1 wherein the plate defines four slots, and the cover/button element comprises four hooks inserted through the slots defined in the plate.

3. The microphone according to claim 1 wherein the plate defines an opening through which the transducer is exposed.

4. The microphone according to claim 3 comprising an elastic cap for covering the transducer and returning the cover/button element to the normal position from the pushed position.

5. The microphone according to claim 4 wherein the elastic cap comprises a funnel-shaped portion formed thereon for facilitating the transfer of the sound waves to the transducer.

6. The microphone according to claim 1 wherein the plate comprises two hooks extended from a face thereof, and the case defines two recesses for receiving the hooks of the plate.

7. The microphone according to claim 6 wherein the case comprises a lower portion in which the recesses are defined an upper portion thicker than the lower portion and defines two slopes between the lower and upper portion for guiding the hooks of the plate into the recesses defined in the case.

8. The microphone according to claim 3 wherein the cover defines a sound aperture aligned with the opening defined in the plate.

9. The microphone according to claim 8 comprising a film for shielding the sound aperture so that dirt is filtered out while the sound waves are admitted into the case.

10. The microphone according to claim 1 wherein the cover/button element comprises a pusher inserted through the aperture defined in the plate for contact with the switch of the circuit board.

11. The microphone according to claim 1 wherein the elastic element is a helical spring.

12. The microphone according to claim 11 wherein the cover/button element defines a groove for receiving an end of the elastic element.

13. The microphone according to claim 11 wherein the plate defines a groove for receiving an end of the elastic element.

14. The microphone according to claim 11 wherein the plate comprises two walls for positioning the elastic element.

15. The microphone according to claim 1 wherein the cover/button element is shaped corresponding to the case.

16. The microphone according to claim 1 wherein the case defines two apertures through which a wire is inserted.

17. The microphone according to claim 1 wherein the case comprises at least one stem fit in an aperture defined in the circuit board.

18. The microphone according to claim 17 wherein the case comprises two stems fit in two apertures defined in the circuit board.