Diaphragm including a first vibrating part of a dome shape or flat shape and a second vibrating part of an annular shape and a loudspeaker using the diaphragm

• US 8,442,261 B2
• Filed: 05/12/2009
• Issued: 05/14/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 06/04/2008
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Hosiden Corporation
• Original Assignee: Hosiden Corporation
• Inventors: Kamimura, Tomohiko, Yuasa, Hideo, Ikeda, Masahito
• Primary Examiner(s): LUKS, JEREMY AUSTIN
• Application Number:
  US12/464,264
• Publication Number:
  US 20090304225A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,463 Days
• Field of Search: 181/164, 181/165, 181/167, 181/168, 181/169, 181/170, 381/423, 381/426, 381/427, 381/428
• US Class Current: 381/423
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 2307/025 Diaphragms comprising polymeric materials
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 2307/029 Diaphragms comprising fibres
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 2499/11 Transducers incorporated or for use in hand-held devices, e.g. mobile phones, PDA's, camera's
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 31/003 for diaphragms or their outer suspension
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 7/127 dome-shaped

Abstract

The present invention provides a dome-shaped diaphragm fabricated based on a film base of polyethylene terephthalate resin film. The diaphragm includes a first vibrating part of a dome shape or a flat shape, and a second vibrating part of an annular shape. The second vibrating part includes a peripheral portion of the film base provided around a central portion of the film base. The first vibrating part includes the central portion of the film base, a thermosensitive adhesive resin film, provided on the central portion, and a fiber sheet made of a woven fabric using carbon fiber or an embossed nonwoven fabric. The fiber sheet is layered over the central portion with the thermosensitive adhesive resin film interposed therebetween.

Claims

1. A diaphragm based on a film base of polyethylene terephthalate resin film, the diaphragm comprising:

a first vibrating part of a dome shape, the first vibrating part including;

a central portion of the film base, being of a dome shape and made of polyethylene terephthalate resin,

a thermosensitive adhesive resin film, provided only on the central portion, and

a fiber sheet, being of a dome shape and made of a woven fabric using carbon fiber or an embossed nonwoven fabric, the fiber sheet being provided only on thermosensitive adhesive resin film; and

a second vibrating part of an annular shape, being made of polyethylene terephthalate resin and including a peripheral portion of the film base provided around the central portion of the film base,

wherein a boundary between the central portion and the peripheral portion of the film base forms a valley.

2. The diaphragm according to claim 1, wherein the thermosensitive adhesive resin film is adapted to melt due to heat during affixation and come into the fiber sheet, thereby hardening the fiber sheet.

3. The diaphragm according to claim 1, the first vibrating part further including a top film, wherein the first vibrating part is configured such that the central portion of the film base, the thermosensitive adhesive resin film, the fiber sheet, and the top film are sequentially layered.

4. The diaphragm according to claim 1, wherein the second vibrating part further includes an additional film base affixed onto the peripheral portion of the film base using an adhesive material.

5. The diaphragm according to claim 3, wherein the top film comprises an aluminum foil.

6. A loudspeaker, comprising the diaphragm according to claim 1.

7. A loudspeaker, comprising the diaphragm according to claim 2.

8. A loudspeaker, comprising the diaphragm according to claim 3.

9. A loudspeaker, comprising the diaphragm according to claim 4.

10. A loudspeaker, comprising the diaphragm according to claim 5.