Portable piezoelectric speaker and electronic device having the same

• US 9,699,568 B2
• Filed: 12/31/2013
• Issued: 07/04/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 12/31/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: InnoChips Technology Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Innochips Technology
• Inventors: Park, In Kil, Park, Seong Cheol, Noh, Tae Hyung, Jung, Hyun Chul, Kim, Young Sul
• Primary Examiner(s): EASON, MATTHEW A
• Application Number:
  US14/767,284
• Publication Number:
  US 20160014525A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,281 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 17/00 Piezoelectric transducers; Electrostrictive transducers piezoelectric or electrostrictive elements in general H10N30/00; details of piezoelectric or electrostrictive motors, generators or positioners H10N30/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 2400/03 Transducers capable of generating both sound as well as tactile vibration, e.g. as used in cellular phones
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 2440/05 Aspects relating to the positioning and way or means of mounting of exciters to resonant bending wave panels
• 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 7/045 using the distributed mode principle, i.e. whereby the acoustic radiation is emanated from uniformly distributed free bending wave vibration induced in a stiff panel and not from pistonic motion
• CPC Class Codes: H10N 30/202 using longitudinal or thickness displacement combined with bending, shear or torsion displacement
• CPC Class Codes: H10N 30/50 having a stacked or multilayer structure

Abstract

Disclosed is a portable piezoelectric speaker including a body configured to be coupled to and separated from a rear surface of an electronic device, and a piezoelectric speaker module coupled to a predetermined area of the body, wherein the piezoelectric speaker module includes a piezoelectric device, and a vibration transfer member provided to be in contact with at least one area of the piezoelectric device and to be spaced apart from at least one surface of the piezoelectric device.

Claims

1. A portable piezoelectric speaker comprising:

a body coupled to and separated from a rear surface of an electronic device and having an opening defined in a predetermined area thereof;

a piezoelectric speaker module inserted into and coupled to the opening,

wherein the piezoelectric speaker module comprises a piezoelectric device; and

a vibration transfer case in contact with at least one area of the piezoelectric device and spaced apart from at least one surface of the piezoelectric device,

wherein the vibration transfer case comprises a base spaced apart from one surface of the piezoelectric device, and a coupling part protruding from one surface of the base to one side and accommodating the piezoelectric device therein, and

wherein the base having a size greater than that of the opening is in contact with a rear surface of the body, the base protruding further than the rear surface of the body.

2. The portable piezoelectric speaker of claim 1, wherein the body has the same shape as that of a rear surface cover of the electronic device and is coupled after the rear cover of the electronic device is separated.

3. The portable piezoelectric speaker of claim 1, wherein the piezoelectric speaker module further comprises a connection terminal of which one side is connected with the piezoelectric device, and the other side is exposed to an outside, and the other side of the connection terminal is connected with an output terminal provided at the rear surface of the electronic device.

4. The portable piezoelectric speaker of claim 3, further comprising an NFC antenna provided on the piezoelectric speaker module.

5. The portable piezoelectric speaker of claim 4, an NFC terminal is further provided at the rear surface of the electronic device, and the NFC antenna is connected with the NFC terminal.

6. The portable piezoelectric speaker of claim 1, further comprises a flip cover provided at one side surface of the body so as to cover a front surface of the electronic device.

7. The portable piezoelectric speaker of claim 1, further comprising a cushion material provided inside the body so as to enclose the piezoelectric speaker module.

8. The portable piezoelectric speaker of claim 1, further comprising a power supplying part provided at one side surface of the body so as to supply power to the piezoelectric speaker module.

9. The portable piezoelectric speaker of claim 8, wherein the power supplying part is provided at a second area which extends in a length direction of the electronic device from a first area of the body coupled with the electronic device.

13. The portable piezoelectric speaker of claim 8, further comprising a flip cover provided at one side surface so as to cover a front surface of the electronic device and a front surface of the power supplying part.

14. The portable piezoelectric speaker of claim 2, further comprising a battery provided at a predetermined area of the rear surface of the electronic device so as to supply power to the piezoelectric speaker module and the electronic device.

15. The portable piezoelectric speaker of claim 14, further comprising a power amplification part provided at one side of the battery so as to amplify power supplied to the piezoelectric speaker module.

16. The portable piezoelectric speaker of claim 1, wherein the vibration transfer case is provided so that a distance from the piezoelectric device is gradually increased, reduced or uniformly maintained from an edge thereof toward a central portion.

17. The portable piezoelectric speaker of claim 1, wherein the other side of the piezoelectric speaker module is in contact with a vibration amplification objection, and a sound pressure and an output are amplified.

21. The portable piezoelectric speaker of claim 1, wherein the base has an elliptical shape.

22. The portable piezoelectric speaker of claim 1, wherein an inner surface of the base is curved.

10. The portable piezoelectric speaker of claimer 8, the power supplying part comprises,

a first connector connected with an external power terminal,

a battery charged by power supplied through the first connector,

a power amplification part configured to amplify power of the battery, and

a connection line configured to supply power amplified through the power amplification part to the piezoelectric speaker module.

11. The portable piezoelectric speaker of claim 10, further comprising a circuit board provided between the first connector and the battery,

wherein the power amplification part is provided on the circuit board.

12. The portable piezoelectric speaker of claim 11, further comprising a second connector provided on the circuit board in an opposite direction to the first connector so as to be connected with the electronic device.

18. An electronic device comprising a piezoelectric speaker module coupled to a rear surface thereof,

wherein the piezoelectric speaker module comprises a piezoelectric device, and a vibration transfer case which is in contact with at least one area of the piezoelectric device and spaced apart from at least one surface of the piezoelectric device, and

wherein the vibration transfer case comprises a base spaced apart from one surface of the piezoelectric device, and a coupling part protruding from one surface of the base to one side and accommodating the piezoelectric device therein.

19. The electronic device of claim 18, wherein the vibration transfer case is provided so that a distance from the piezoelectric device is gradually increased, reduced or uniformly maintained from an edge thereof toward a central portion.

20. The electronic device of claim 18, wherein the other side of the piezoelectric speaker module is in contact with a vibration amplification objection, and a sound pressure and an output are amplified.