Electromagnetic transducer

• US 9,237,390 B2
• Filed: 05/09/2014
• Issued: 01/12/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 05/10/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AAC Acoustic Technologies Company Limited
• Original Assignee: AAC Acoustic Technologies Company Limited
• Inventors: Gao, Kaiyan
• Primary Examiner(s): King, Simon
• Application Number:
  US14/273,674
• Publication Number:
  US 20140334655A1
• Time in Patent Office: 613 Days
• Field of Search: 381/334
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/035 Improving the acoustic characteristics by means of constructional features of the housing, e.g. ribs, walls, resonating chambers or cavities
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 1/028 associated with devices performing functions other than acoustics, e.g. electric candles
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 2400/01 Transducers used as a loudspeaker to generate sound aswell as a microphone to detect sound
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 2499/11 Transducers incorporated or for use in hand-held devices, e.g. mobile phones, PDA's, camera's

Abstract

An electromagnetic transducer is disclosed. The transducer includes a bracket, a magnetic circuit part receiving in the bracket and having a weight, a voice generating part actuated by the magnetic circuit part for generating sound, the magnetic circuit part sandwiched by two spring-plates for vibrating along a direction. The weight further includes a plurality of supporting protrusions for anchoring the two spring-plates, respectively. Each of the two spring-plates has a ring plane lamina and two helical wound springs extending inwardly from the ring plane lamina.

Claims

1. An electromagnetic transducer, comprising:

a bracket;

a magnetic circuit part receiving in the bracket and including a weight;

a voice generating part actuated by the magnetic circuit part for generating sound;

an elastic element assembled to the bracket for suspending the magnetic circuit part in the bracket;

wherein

the elastic element includes two spring-plates sandwiching the weight therebetween, each of the spring-plates defining a ring plane lamina and a plurality of helical wound springs extending inwardly from the ring plane lamina, the helical wound springs deforming along a direction parallel to a vibrating direction of the magnetic circuit part; and

wherein

the weight includes a plurality of supporting protrusions for anchoring corresponding helical wound springs.

2. The electromagnetic transducer as described in claim 1, wherein each of the helical wound springs includes a first convolute segment extending from the ring plane lamina, a second convolute segment extending from the first convolute segment and a positioning segment extending from the second convolute segment for anchoring the supporting protrusion.

3. The electromagnetic transducer as described in claim 2, wherein a width of the first convolute segment is gradually reduced from an end extending from the ring plane lamina to another end of first convolute segment connecting to the second convolute segment, and a width of second convolute segment is gradually increased from an end extending from the first convolute segment to another end of second convolute segment connecting to the positioning segment.

4. The electromagnetic transducer as described in claim 3, wherein the positioning segment is located in a central position of the helical wound spring.

5. The electromagnetic transducer as described in claim 3, wherein the ring plane lamina has a rectangular outside shape which has two long-sides and two short-sides, and a plurality of helical wound springs locate at corners of the ring plane lamina.

6. The electromagnetic transducer as described in claim 5, wherein each of the spring-plates includes two helical wound springs arranged along a diagonal direction of the ring plane lamina, respectively.

7. The electromagnetic transducer as described in claim 6, wherein the two helical wound springs of one of the two spring-plates are provided at one diagonal direction, the two helical wound springs of the other of two spring-plates are provided at other diagonal direction.

8. The electromagnetic transducer as described in claim 7, wherein the weight includes a plurality of recesses for accommodating corresponding supporting protrusions.

9. The electromagnetic transducer as described in claim 8, wherein the recess is a groove.

10. The electromagnetic transducer as described in claim 9, wherein the magnetic circuit part further includes a yoke, a magnet and a pole plate.

11. An electromagnetic transducer, comprising:

a bracket;

a magnetic circuit part receiving in the bracket and including a weight, the weight having a rectangular outside shape which has a plurality of supporting protrusions located at the corner of the weight;

a voice generating part actuated by the magnetic circuit part for generating sound;

an elastic element assembled to the bracket for suspending the magnetic circuit part in the bracket, and including a first spring-plate and a second spring-plate, the first spring-plate and the second spring-plate mounted on both sides of the weight, respectively, each of the first and second spring-plates defining a ring plane lamina and two helical wound springs extending inwardly from the ring plane lamina for anchoring corresponding supporting protrusions so as to deform along a direction parallel to a vibrating direction of the magnetic circuit part.

12. The electromagnetic transducer as described in claim 11, wherein each of the helical wound springs includes a first convolute segment extending from the ring plane lamina, a second convolute segment extending from the first convolute segment and a positioning segment extending from the second convolute segment for anchoring the supporting protrusion.

13. The electromagnetic transducer as described in claim 12, wherein a width of first convolute segment is gradually reduced from an end extending from the ring plane lamina to another end of first convolute segment connecting to the second convolute segment, and a width of second convolute segment is gradually increased from another end extending from the first convolute segment to the terminal end of second convolute segment connecting to the positioning segment.

14. The electromagnetic transducer as described in claim 13, wherein the positioning segment is located in a central position of the helical wound spring.

15. The electromagnetic transducer as described in claim 13, wherein the ring plane lamina has a rectangular outside shape which has two long-sides and two short-sides, and the two helical wound springs locate at corners of the ring plane lamina.

16. The electromagnetic transducer as described in claim 15, wherein the two helical wound springs arrange along a diagonal direction of the ring plane lamina, respectively.

17. The electromagnetic transducer as described in claim 16, wherein the two helical wound springs of the first spring-plate are provided at one diagonal direction, and the two helical wound springs of the second spring-plate are provided at other diagonal direction.

18. The electromagnetic transducer as described in claim 17, wherein the weight includes a plurality of recesses for accommodating corresponding supporting protrusions.

19. The electromagnetic transducer as described in claim 18, wherein the recess is a groove.

20. The electromagnetic transducer as described in claim 19, wherein the magnetic circuit part further includes a yoke, a magnet and a pole plate.