Miniature dual cavity ringer

• US 4,728,933 A
• Filed: 03/24/1986
• Issued: 03/01/1988
• Est. Priority Date: 03/24/1986
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Alcatel NV (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Intellectual Property Holdings LLC
• Inventors: Mazza, Frank J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Rowland, James L.
• Assistant Examiner(s): TUMM, BRIAN
• Application Number:
  US06/843,438
• Time in Patent Office: 708 Days
• Field of Search: 340/388, 340/384 E, 340/384 R, 181/145, 181/160, 181/241, 179/84 T, 179/110 A, 179/111 E, 116/142 R, 379/375, 381/159
• US Class Current: 340/391.1
• CPC Class Codes: G10K 11/08 Non-electric sound-amplifying devices, e.g. non-electric megaphones amplifying by horns G10K11/02; amplifying by focusing G10K11/26
• CPC Class Codes: G10K 9/12 electrically operated

Abstract

A ringer employs a low-cost miniature transducer, having a reverberant cavity, mounted in a cylindrical housing which has a second reverberant cavity in front of the miniature transducer. A very large acoustic output power is achieved when the ringer is employed in known cordless telephones, using the conventional available 3.9 volts battery. The ringer, due to its small relative size, may fit in the limited space inside a cordless telephone portable unit without costly tooling modifications. It is also suited for other uses, including for employment in compact one-piece telephones. The ringer is substantially more compact, louder in sound level, more pleasant sounding than known devices, and operates from a substantially lower DC voltage source.

Claims

1. A ringer, comprising:

a transducer, having a first reverberant cavity of volume VA and length LA; and

a housing, in which said transducer is mounted, having a second reverberant cavity of volume VB and length LB between a circular sound exit port of said transducer of area AA and a rectangular sound exit port of said housing of area AB, whereby sound generated by said transducer is emitted therefrom linearly through said first reverberant cavity, said circular port, said second reverberant cavity, and said rectangular port, said transducer being translatable in said housing so as to adjust said volume VB.

2. A ringer, according to claim 1, wherein both cavity length ratio LB/LA and port area ratio AB/AA equal 3.

3. A ringer, according to claim 1, further comprising:

a ring signal source,

a current limiting resistor, coupled to said ring signal source; and

a transistor, connected at its base to said resistor, at its collector to said transducer, and at its emitter to a voltage reference.

4. A ringer, according to claim 3, wherein said ring signal source generates a sine wave signal.

5. A ringer, according to claim 3, wherein said ring signal source generates a square wave signal.

6. A ringer, comprising:

a sound transducer, having a first air cavity of volume VA and length LA, and a circular sound exit port of area AA, and

a cylindrical housing, attached to an end of, and surrounding, said sound transducer, having a rectangular sound exit port of area AB and forming a second air cavity of volume VB and length LB in front of said first air cavity, whereby sound generated by said transducer is emitted therefrom linearly through said first air cavity, said circular port, said second air cavity, and said rectangular port, said transducer being translatable in said housing so as to adjust said volume VB.

7. A ringer, according to claim 6, wherein both cavity length ratio LB/LA and port area ratio AB/AA equal 3.

8. A ringer, according to claim 6, further comprising:

a ring signal source;

a current limiting resistor, coupled to said ring signal source; and

a transistor, connected at its base to said resistor, at its collector to said sound transducer, and at its emitter to a voltage reference.

9. A ringer, according to claim 8, wherein said ring signal source generates a square wave signal.

10. A ringer, according to claim 8, wherein said ring signal source generates a sine wave signal.

11. A ringer, comprising

a first cylindrical housing;

an electromagnetic coil, mounted interiorly at a first end of said first housing;

a diaphragm, mounted interiorly between said first end of said first housing and a second end of said first housing, for reverberating in response to said electromagnetic coil, wherein said first cylindrical housing has a circular sound exit port of area AA at said second end of said first housing and a first air cavity of volume VA and length LA between said diaphragm and said second end of said first housing; and

a second cylindrical housing of said second housing, in which said first housing is mounted at a first end of said second housing, wherein said second housing has a rectangular sound exit port of area AB at a second end of said second housing and a second air cavity of volume VB and length LB between said rectangular port and said circular port, whereby sound generated by said diaphragm is emitted therefrom linearly through said first air cavity, said circular port, said second air cavity, and said rectangular port, said first housing being translatable in said second housing so as to adjust said volume VB.

12. A ringer, according to claim 11, wherein both cavity length ratio LB/LA and port area ratio AB/AA equal 3.

13. A ringer, according to claim 12, further comprising;

a ring signal source,

a current limiting resistor, coupled to said ring signal source,

a transistor, connected at its base to said resistor, at its collector to said electromagnetic coil at a first end, and at its emitter to a voltage reference, wherein said electromagnetic coil is connected at its other end to a voltage source.

14. A ringer, according to claim 13, wherein said voltage source provides a signal substantially equal to 3.9 volts direct current, and said ring signal source provides a signal substantially equal to a 1 kilohertz signal, whereby sound is emitted from said rectangular port at a sound pressure level substantially equal to 96 decibels at a distance substantially equal to 10 centimeters from said rectangular port.

15. A ringer, according to claim 13, wherein said ring signal source generates a square wave signal.

16. A ringer, according to claim 13, wherein said ring signal source generates a sine wave signal.