Composite vibration diaphragm and its fabrication method

• US 9,173,033 B1
• Filed: 08/08/2014
• Issued: 10/27/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 08/08/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Merry Electronics Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Merry Electronics Company Limited
• Inventors: Lin, Ching-Lan, Chen, Po-Yu, Lai, Feng-Min, Yang, Chen-Mao
• Primary Examiner(s): Phillips, Forrest M
• Application Number:
  US14/454,956
• Time in Patent Office: 445 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 2307/023 Diaphragms comprising ceramic-like materials, e.g. pure ceramic, glass, boride, nitride, carbide, mica and carbon materials
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 2307/027 Diaphragms comprising metallic materials
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 31/003 for diaphragms or their outer suspension
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 7/125 comprising a plurality of superposed layers in contact

Abstract

A composite vibration diaphragm fabrication method includes the steps of: (a) mixing a reinforcing material with a hot melt adhesive to form a first mixture and to let the reinforcing material be wrapped in the hot melt adhesive uniformly, (b) mixing the first mixture with a thermosetting adhesive to form a second mixture, (c) coating the second mixture on a vibration diaphragm material and then heating the second mixture coated vibration diaphragm material, and (d) cooling down the coated vibration diaphragm material in which the second mixture is cured and bonded to the vibration diaphragm material. Thus, when baking the second mixture, the internal hot melt adhesive will be melted and integrated with the thermosetting adhesive, and the thermosetting adhesive will also be cured, enabling the reinforcing material to be uniformly bonded to the vibration diaphragm to reinforce the strength and rigidity of the composite vibration diaphragm.

Claims

1. A composite vibration diaphragm fabrication method, comprising the steps of:

(a) mixing a reinforcing material, wherein said reinforcing material is a nano powder, with a holt melt adhesive to form a first mixture and to let said reinforcing material be wrapped in said hot melt adhesive uniformly;

(b) mixing said first mixture with a thermosetting adhesive to form a second mixture;

(c) coating said second mixture on a vibration diaphragm material and then heating the second mixture coated vibration diaphragm material;

(d) cooling down the coated vibration diaphragm material in which said second mixture is cured and bonded to said vibration diaphragm material.

2. The composite vibration diaphragm fabrication method as claimed in claim 1, wherein said reinforcing material is selected from the group of alumina, silica, zirconia, titania, calcium phosphate, aluminum hydroxide, zinc oxide, silicon carbide, fullerenes, carbon nanotubes, graphene and their mixtures.

3. The composite vibration diaphragm fabrication method as claimed in claim 1, wherein said second mixture is coated on said vibration diaphragm material in step (c) using a curtain coating technique.

4. A composite vibration diaphragm comprising a vibration diaphragm material, and a mixture coated on at least a part of the surface of said vibration diaphragm, said mixture comprising a hot melt adhesive, a thermosetting adhesive and a reinforcing material and prepared according to claim 1.

5. The composite vibration diaphragm as claimed in claim 4, wherein said reinforcing material is a nano powder.