Electroacoustic transducer
US6516077B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 2, 2000 |
| Grant date | Feb 4, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 30, 2021 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04R2307/207
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A diaphragm of electroacoustic transducer has an edge formed with alternately up-rolled and down-rolled portions with respect to vibration plane of the diaphragm and disposed at regular intervals in circumferential direction and with sloped-plane portions respectively connecting rims opposing above and below of adjacent ones of the up-rolled and down-rolled portions, the sloped-plane portions extending in respective tangential lines with respect to an inner periphery of the edge and intersecting the circumferential direction at an alternately opposite angle with respect to the vibration plane. The up-rolled and down-rolled portions of the edge provide an uneven shape varying in the stiffness of the portions upon vibration so as to cancel any difference in vibratory driving force from coils in a magnetic circuit, and any unbalanced vibratory driving force to the diaphragm due to magnetic flux distribution can be restrained by the uneven shape of the edge, so as to attain optimum rigidity of the diaphragm while rendering it to be well adaptable to dimensional minimization and thickness reduction.
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