Tubular body, bass reflex port, and acoustic apparatus

• US 9,241,211 B2
• Filed: 03/13/2014
• Issued: 01/19/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 03/15/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Yamaha Corporation
• Original Assignee: Yamaha Corporation
• Inventors: Miki, Akira, Onitsuka, Hirofumi
• Primary Examiner(s): LUKS, JEREMY AUSTIN
• Application Number:
  US14/209,219
• Publication Number:
  US 20140262597A1
• Time in Patent Office: 677 Days
• Field of Search: 181/156, 181/192
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 1/2815 of the bass reflex type
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 1/2826 for loudspeaker transducers
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 1/2869 Reduction of undesired resonances, i.e. standing waves within enclosure, or of undesired vibrations, i.e. of the enclosure itself

Abstract

A tubular body having an air flow passage, wherein an area of a cross section, in a direction perpendicular to a tube axis, of a space enclosed with an inner wall of the tubular body increases toward an open end thereof, wherein a curvature of the inner wall at an end portion of the tubular body near the open end is repeatedly increased and decreased along a circumferential direction of the inner wall, and wherein, when the inner wall in a cross section of the end portion in the direction perpendicular to the tube axis is viewed from the tube axis, a convex portion at which the inner wall protrudes in a direction away from the tube axis and a concave portion at which the inner wall is recessed in a direction toward the tube axis are repeatedly formed along the circumferential direction.

Claims

1. A tubular body having an air flow passage therein,

wherein an area of a perpendicular cross section of a space enclosed with an inner wall of the tubular body increases toward an open end of the tubular body, the perpendicular cross section being a cross section of the space in a direction perpendicular to a tube axis of the tubular body,

wherein, when the inner wall in a cross section of an end portion of the tubular body in the direction perpendicular to the tube axis is viewed from the tube axis, a convex portion at which the inner wall protrudes in a direction away from the tube axis and a concave portion at which the inner wall is recessed in a direction toward the tube axis are repeatedly formed along a circumferential direction of the inner wall, and

wherein, in each of the convex portion and the concave portion, a curvature of the inner wall of the tubular body near the open end is increased and decreased along the circumferential direction of the inner wall.

2. The tubular body according to claim 1, wherein the convex portion and the concave portion are repeated five times along the circumferential direction.

3. The tubular body according to claim 1, wherein the convex portion and the concave portion are repeated seven times along the circumferential direction.

4. The tubular body according to claim 1,

wherein the convex portion and the concave portion are repeatedly formed a plurality of times along the circumferential direction, so that the inner wall has a plurality of convex portions and a plurality of concave portions that provide a plurality of pairs of convex portions and concave portions, and

wherein the plurality of pairs of convex portions and concave portions are formed at a plurality of intervals along the circumferential direction and at least two of the plurality of intervals are mutually the same.

5. The tubular body according to claim 4, wherein the plurality of intervals are mutually the same.

6. The tubular body according to claim 1,

wherein the convex portion and the concave portion are repeatedly formed a plurality of times along the circumferential direction, so that the inner wall has a plurality of convex portions and a plurality of concave portions, and

wherein the plurality of concave portions are formed such that an interval between any successive two concave portions is constant.

7. The tubular body according to claim 1,

wherein the convex portion and the concave portion are repeatedly formed a plurality of times along the circumferential direction, so that the inner wall has a plurality of convex portions and a plurality of concave portions, and

wherein the plurality of convex portions and the plurality of concave portions are alternately formed at a constant pitch.

8. The tubular body according to claim 1, comprising:

a straight portion and a flare portion, as the end portion, located at at least one of opposite ends of the straight portion in a direction along the tube axis,

wherein, in the straight portion, the area of the perpendicular cross section of the space enclosed with the inner wall of the tubular body is constant in the direction along the tube axis,

wherein, in the flare portion, the area of the perpendicular cross section of the space enclosed with the inner wall of the tubular body increases in a direction away from the straight portion, and

wherein the convex portion and the concave portion are repeatedly formed on the inner wall of the flare portion along the circumferential direction.

9. The tubular body according to claim 1, comprising:

a straight portion and two flare portions, each as the end portion, located at one and the other of opposite sides of the straight portion in a direction along the tube axis,

wherein, in the straight portion, the area of the perpendicular cross section of the space enclosed with the inner wall of the tubular body is constant in the direction along the tube axis,

wherein, in each of the two flare portions, the area of the perpendicular cross section of the space enclosed with the inner wall of the tubular body increases in a direction away from the straight portion, and

wherein the convex portion and the concave portion are repeatedly formed on the inner wall of one of the two flare portions along the circumferential direction and are not formed on the inner wall of the other of the two flare portions.

10. The tubular body according to claim 1, wherein the tubular body is a bass reflex port.

11. The tubular body according to claim 1, wherein an end of the convex portion and an end of the convex portion are connected to each other at a connecting point,

wherein, from the convex portion toward the concave portion through the connecting point along the circumferential direction, the curvature of the inner wall varies continuously.

12. The tubular body according to the claim 1, wherein the inner wall of the convex portion and the inner wall of the concave portion are connected to each other smoothly.

13. A bass reflex port which has open ends at its opposite ends thereof and which is an air flow passage connecting an interior and an exterior of an enclosure of a speaker,

wherein an area of a perpendicular cross section of a space enclosed with an inner wall of the bass reflex port having a tubular shape increases in directions toward the open ends of the bass reflex port, the perpendicular cross section being a cross section of the space in a direction perpendicular to a tube axis of the bass reflex port,

wherein one of the open ends of the bass reflex port is fixed to an opening portion formed in a baffle board of the enclosure,

wherein, when the inner wall in a cross section of at least one of a first end portion that is near to the one of the open ends and a second end portion that is near to the other of the open ends in the direction perpendicular to the tube axis is viewed from the tube axis, a convex portion at which the inner wall protrudes in a direction away from the tube axis and a concave portion at which the inner wall is recessed in a direction toward the tube axis are repeatedly formed along a circumferential direction of the inner wall, and

wherein, in each of the convex portion and the concave portion, a curvature of the inner wall at the at least one of the first end portion and the second end portion is increased and decreased along the circumferential direction of the inner wall.

14. The bass reflex port according to claim 13, wherein the convex portion and the concave portion are repeatedly formed on the inner wall of the second end portion that is near to the other of the open ends along the circumferential direction and are not formed on the inner wall of the first end portion that is near to the one of the open ends.

15. An acoustic apparatus comprising:

a cabinet having an opening portion; and

a tubular body which is disposed in the cabinet and which has open ends at its opposite ends, one of the open ends of the tubular body being fixed to the opening portion of the cabinet so as to form an air flow passage connecting an interior and an exterior of the cabinet,

wherein an area of a perpendicular cross section of a space enclosed with an inner wall of the tubular body increases in directions toward the open ends of the tubular body, the perpendicular cross section being a cross section of the space in a direction perpendicular to a tube axis of the tubular body,

wherein, when the inner wall in a cross section of at least one of a first end portion that is near to the one of the open ends and a second end portion that is near to the other of the open ends in the direction perpendicular to the tube axis is viewed from the tube axis, a convex portion at which the inner wall protrudes in a direction away from the tube axis and a concave portion at which the inner wall is recessed in a direction toward the tube axis are repeatedly formed along a circumferential direction of the inner wall, and

wherein, in each of the convex portion and the concave portion, a curvature of the inner wall at the at least one of the first end portion and the second end portion is increased and decreased along the circumferential direction of the inner wall.

16. The acoustic apparatus according to claim 15, wherein the convex portion and the concave portion are repeatedly formed on the inner wall of the second end portion that is near to the other of the open ends along the circumferential direction and are not formed on the inner wall of the first end portion that is near to the one of the open ends.