EP0613317B1 - Système haut-parleur - Google Patents

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EP0613317B1
EP0613317B1 EP19940102600 EP94102600A EP0613317B1 EP 0613317 B1 EP0613317 B1 EP 0613317B1 EP 19940102600 EP19940102600 EP 19940102600 EP 94102600 A EP94102600 A EP 94102600A EP 0613317 B1 EP0613317 B1 EP 0613317B1
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speaker system
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Satoshi Takayama
Kazuko Honda
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Panasonic Holdings Corp
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
    • H04R1/00—Details of transducers, loudspeakers or microphones
    • H04R1/20—Arrangements for obtaining desired frequency or directional characteristics
    • H04R1/22—Arrangements for obtaining desired frequency or directional characteristics for obtaining desired frequency characteristic only 
    • H04R1/28—Transducer mountings or enclosures modified by provision of mechanical or acoustic impedances, e.g. resonator, damping means
    • H04R1/2807—Enclosures comprising vibrating or resonating arrangements
    • H04R1/2853—Enclosures comprising vibrating or resonating arrangements using an acoustic labyrinth or a transmission line
    • H04R1/2857—Enclosures comprising vibrating or resonating arrangements using an acoustic labyrinth or a transmission line for loudspeaker transducers

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  • the present invention relates to means for enhancing the frequency characteristic and efficiency of a speaker system expanded in the bass register by coupling an acoustic tube to the back side of a speaker unit.
  • a speaker system expanded in the bass register by coupling an acoustic tube to the back side of a speaker unit has been known so far.
  • FIG. 5 is a sectional view showing the constitution of a conventional speaker system.
  • numeral 1 denotes a cabinet
  • 2a, 2b, 2c, 2d and 2e are partitions for composing an acoustic tube by partitioning the inside of the cabinet
  • 3 is an open window disposed in the lower part of a front panel of the cabinet 1
  • 4 is a speaker unit disposed above the front panel.
  • the partitions 2a, 2b, 2c, 2d and 2e disposed in the cabinet 1 compose an acoustic tube in the cabinet 1, and the sound delivered from the back side of the speaker unit 4 is radiated from the open window 3 through the acoustic tube.
  • the acoustically magnified sound is radiated from the open window 3 of the acoustic tube, and the efficiency is notably enhanced near the frequency at the reproduction limit of bass.
  • a speaker system having the features of the preamble of Claim 1 is known from Patent abstracts of Japan vol. 13, no. 285(E-780) 29 June 1989 & JP-A-10 068 99.
  • Patent abstracts of Japan vol. 16, no. 475 (E-1273) 2 October 1992 & JP-A-41 070 298 describes an elongate speaker system with an open window having a smaller sectional area than the acoustic tube.
  • the speaker system of the invention operates as follows.
  • the air chamber provided on the way of the acoustic tube acts as an acoustic filter by the reactance component presented by the acoustic compliance of the acoustic tube, and the sound of the medium and high frequency region from the back side of the speaker unit is acoustically cut off, and not released from the open window.
  • the open window of smaller sectional area than the sectional area of the acoustic tube works as an acoustic mass.
  • the resonance frequency of the acoustic tube is thus lowered, and the reproduction band is widened to a lower resonance frequency than the one determined by the overall length L of the acoustic tube, so that a speaker system of excellent frequency characteristic may be presented.
  • the portion possessing at least two distinct routes with individually different route lengths generates a phase difference in the acoustic tube, cancels resonance and prevents occurrence of peaks and bottoms.
  • Fig. 1 is a sectional view showing the constitution of a speaker system useful in understanding the invention.
  • Fig. 2 is a graph showing the reproduction sound pressure frequency characteristic of the speaker system of Fig. 1 and a conventional speaker system.
  • Fig. 3 is a sectional view showing the constitution of another speaker system useful in understanding the invention.
  • Fig. 4 is a sectional view showing the constitution of a speaker system in an embodyment of the invention
  • Fig. 5 is a conventional speaker system
  • Fig. 1 is a sectional view of a speaker system useful in understanding the invention.
  • numeral 5 denotes an acoustic tube
  • 6 is an air chamber functioning as an acoustic filter, being formed on the way of the route of the acoustic tube 5 so as to have a wider sectional area than the sectional area of the acoustic tube 5
  • 7 is a speaker unit coupled to the acoustic tube
  • 8 is an open window functioning as an acoustic mass, possessing a smaller sectional area than the sectional area of the acoustic tube 5.
  • This constitution comprises an acoustic tube 5 coupled to the back side of the speaker unit 7, the air chamber 6 functioning as an acoustic filter on the way of the acoustic tube 5, and the open window 8 functioning as an acoustic mass.
  • the speaker system acts as follows.
  • the compliance of the air chamber 6 works as capacitance component, and when the frequency of the sound passing through the air chamber 6 becomes higher, the impedance of the air chamber 6 becomes smaller, and attenuated components are radiated from the open window 8.
  • the resonance frequency of the acoustic tube 5 can be set lower than the resonance frequency determined by the overall length (L).
  • An example of characteristic of this speaker system is indicated by the solid line in Fig. 2.
  • an acoustic filter is composed by disposing an air chamber on the way of the route of the acoustic tube.
  • the sectional area of the air chamber is set larger than the sectional area of the acoustic tube so that its cut-off frequency may be nearly equal to 3/4 of the resonance frequency of the acoustic tube, and therefore the interference of the front side sound of the speaker unit and the sound from the open window in the medium and high frequency is decreased to obtain a smooth frequency characteristic without peaks and bottoms.
  • the bass register can be lowered below the frequency determined by the length of the acoustic tube, so that a speaker system of excellent characteristics can be realized.
  • the cross-section of the air chamber 6 is described to be square shaped, but the shape can also be different as far as the sectional area is not too large. Similar effects can be obtained regardless of the shape. Moreover, by disposing a plurality of air chambers, the characteristic of the acoustic filter may be set variously.
  • FIG. 3 is a sectional view.
  • the same constituent elements as in the speaker system of Fig. 1 are identified with same reference numerals, and their explanations are omitted.
  • numeral 9 is a cabinet disposed at the front side of the speaker unit in order to form a space of an enclosed structure.
  • the acoustic tube 5 disposed at the back side of the speaker unit 7 improves the reproduction capacity in the low frequency region in the same way as in the speaker system according to Fig.1, and also makes smooth the reproduction sound pressure frequency characteristic in the medium and high frequency region.
  • the cabinet 9 of enclosed structure is disposed at the front side of the speaker unit 7. Enclosing the air at the front side of the speaker is effective in suppressing the amplitude of the diaphragm of the speaker under the low frequency region reproduction limit, and the diaphragm does not vibrate abnormally if an excessive input is applied to the speaker unit. Generation of abnormal sound such as bottom beat phenomenon of speaker is prevented, so that a speaker system of high reliability and high resistance to input can be presented.
  • the air chamber in this speaker system disposed along the acoustic tube does not prevent interference with the direct sound from the front side of the speaker unit, but prevents interference with the direct sound due to vibration of the cabinet itself even when enclosed, thereby offering the same effects as in the speaker system according to Fig. 1.
  • acoustic tube 5 is folded over only once, but the number of foldings is not limited, as a matter of course.
  • Fig. 4 is a sectional view of the constitution of an embodiment of the invention.
  • numeral 10 is a portion (branch chamber) disposed on the way of the route of the acoustic tube 5, and a part of the acoustic tube 5 is divided into a plurality of routes 10a, 10b differing in length.
  • the other constituent elements are the same as in the speaker system according to Fig. 1 first embodiment and are identified with the same reference numerals, and detailed descriptions are omitted.
  • the speaker system of the embodiment functions as follows.
  • the acoustic tube 5 coupled to the back side of the speaker unit 7, and the air chamber 6 disposed on the way present an excellent speaker system, excellent in low frequency region reproduction, and smooth in reproduction sound region characteristic in the medium and high frequency region, same as in the speaker system according to Fig. 1.
  • a branch chamber 10 disposed on the way of the route of the acoustic tube 5 can cancel sharp peaks and bottoms due to resonance of the acoustic tube 5 by generating phase difference by routes 10a, 10b differing in length, so that an excellent speaker system widened in the reproduction frequency band can be presented.
  • the branch chamber 10 comprises two routes 10a, 10b, but the same effects are obtained by dividing into a plurality of more than two depending on the desired reproduction sound pressure frequency characteristic.
  • the air chamber on the way of the acoustic tube to compose the acoustic filter, formation of peaks and bottoms due to resonance frequency of higher degree can be prevented, and by disposing branch chambers differing in the route length on the way of the acoustic tube, the resonance in the acoustic tube is canceled by generating phase difference, and formation of peaks and bottoms of frequency characteristic is prevented, so that a smooth frequency characteristic can be realized.

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Claims (4)

  1. Système haut-parleur comprenant une unité de haut-parleur (7) et un tube acoustique (5), une extrémité dudit tube acoustique (5) étant couplée au côté arrière de ladite unité de haut-parleur et l'autre extrémité dudit tube acoustique (5) débouchant sur un espace de champ sonore à travers une fenêtre ouverte (8), dans lequel au moins une chambre d'air (6) est disposée dans le tube acoustique (5), la surface de section de la chambre d'air (6) étant plus grande que la surface de section du tube acoustique (5),
       caractérisé par
    la surface de section de la fenêtre ouverte (8) qui est plus petite que la surface de section du tube acoustique (5),
    ledit tube acoustique (5) présentant une portion (10) sous la forme d'une chambre comprenant au moins deux artères distinctes (10a, 10b) de longueurs d'artère individuellement différentes.
  2. Système haut-parleur selon la revendication 1, caractérisé par
    ladite portion (10) comprenant une pluralité d'artères distinctes, chacune fournissant des longueurs d'artère individuellement différentes.
  3. Système haut-parleur selon l'une des revendications 1 et 2, caractérisé par
    ladite unité de haut-parleur (7) qui est couplée par son côté avant audit espace de champ sonore.
  4. Système haut-parleur selon l'une des revendications 1 et 2, caractérisé par
    ladite unité de haut-parleur (7) qui est couplée par son côté avant à un espace clos.
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JP3503793A JPH06253383A (ja) 1993-02-24 1993-02-24 スピーカ装置

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