Classifications

• • H—ELECTRICITY
  • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
  • H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
  • H04R7/00—Diaphragms for electromechanical transducers; Cones
  • H04R7/26—Damping by means acting directly on free portion of diaphragm or cone
• • H—ELECTRICITY
  • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
  • H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
  • H04R7/00—Diaphragms for electromechanical transducers; Cones
  • H04R7/02—Diaphragms for electromechanical transducers; Cones characterised by the construction
  • H04R7/12—Non-planar diaphragms or cones
  • H04R7/122—Non-planar diaphragms or cones comprising a plurality of sections or layers
  • H04R7/125—Non-planar diaphragms or cones comprising a plurality of sections or layers comprising a plurality of superposed layers in contact
• • H—ELECTRICITY
  • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
  • H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
  • H04R7/00—Diaphragms for electromechanical transducers; Cones
  • H04R7/02—Diaphragms for electromechanical transducers; Cones characterised by the construction
  • H04R7/12—Non-planar diaphragms or cones
  • H04R7/14—Non-planar diaphragms or cones corrugated, pleated or ribbed
• • H—ELECTRICITY
  • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
  • H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
  • H04R9/00—Transducers of moving-coil, moving-strip, or moving-wire type
  • H04R9/06—Loudspeakers

Definitions

• the present invention relates to a speaker.
• the sound is generated by a speaker diaphragm. More specifically, the membrane is adapted to move at a desired vibration frequency, the displacement generating pressure waves that correspond to the sound to be emitted.
• the membrane may be the seat of standing waves. These standing waves usually have a frequency different from the desired vibration frequency. Stationary waves are therefore, from the point of view of the sound to be emitted, parasitic waves.
• US 2013/0070953 A1 discloses a speaker having a diaphragm comprising a molded portion and an attached shaped portion.
• the molded portion is a radiating surface with stiffening ribs and the shaped portion is a thin material surface attached to the back of the ribs.
• US 4,100,992 A also discloses a loudspeaker comprising a porous membrane having an outer edge, the membrane being totally impregnated with a material in the area between a ring arranged at the function between the membrane and means for drive and the outer edge of the membrane without increasing the thickness of the membrane.
• document US 2009/0226028 A1 also describes a loudspeaker having a diaphragm comprising a frame member and filling elements filled in the frame member.
• the frame member consists of flat plates which are all arranged parallel to the vibration direction and radially from the center of the membrane to the outer circumference. The plates are fixed together at the radial center and are attached to a driving part. The sound is emitted by the filling elements.
• the present description relates in particular to a loudspeaker comprising a chassis, a device capable of generating a magnetic field in a magnetic circuit having an air gap, turns of conductive materials suitable for to move in this air gap, a membrane integral with the turns of conductive materials able to move in a direction of movement relative to the frame, the membrane having an inner face and an outer face, the inner face of the membrane being disposed facing the frame, and a grid for stiffening the membrane, the grid having a shape allowing a bonding of the gate on the outer face of the membrane.
• the grid makes it possible to stiffen the membrane and thus to obtain a good quality of sound reproduction.
• the speaker is particularly easy to manufacture compared to the speakers of documents US 2013/0070953 A1, US 4 100 992 A and US 2009/0226028 A1.
• the stiffened membrane is particularly complex to manufacture since ribs formed integrally with the membrane are made.
• the ribs are formed on an inner face of the membrane.
• the loudspeaker does not comprise a diaphragm but a diaphragm having a complex structure with respect to a simple membrane on which an independent gate is attached.
• an independent grid of the membrane is added on the outer face of the membrane.
• Adding the grid to the outside of the membrane does not imply any changes to the speaker structure. Simply report and glue the grid on the outside of the membrane.
• positioning the grid on the outer face of the membrane facilitates the installation of the gate because of immediate access to the outer face of the membrane.
• the fact of being able to access the grid directly makes it possible to simplify the repair of the grid without having to dismantle the membrane of the loudspeaker.
• the loudspeaker comprises one or more of the following characteristics, taken in isolation or in any technically possible combination:
• the outer face of the membrane has a surface, called the total surface, the grid delimits portions of the outer face of the membrane, each portion having an area less than or equal to 25% of the total surface, preferably less than or equal to 20% of the total area and advantageously less than or equal to 10% of the total area.
• the grid delimits portions of the outer face of the membrane, the number of portions being greater than or equal to 10.
• the grid defines at least a portion of the outer face of the membrane portions of the same surface.
• the grid is formed by the interlocking of several plates.
• the grid comprises at least two nested plates.
• the grid verifies at least one of the following properties:
• each plate is made of a material, the material of each plate is chosen from the group of materials consisting of: paper, graphite paper, cardboard, cardboard, wood, polystyrene, polystyrene foam, polystryrene expanded polypropylene, polypropylene foam, polyester, polymethylmethacrylate, plastic material, kevlar, glass, fiberglass, carbon fiber, cellulose fiber, banana fiber , and an airgel.
• each plate is made of the same material.
• the plates define between them through spaces of the grid, each through space being delimited by a wall and at least one of the walls having at least one opening.
• the grid comprises a set of walls delimiting through spaces of the grid, each through space comprising an internal passage, a first side and a second side, the second side delimiting a second external surface facing the outer surface of the membrane and the first side delimiting a first external surface opposite to the second outer surface.
• FIG. 1 a sectional view of a loudspeaker according to an example, comprising a gate
• FIG. 2 a view from above of part of the loudspeaker of FIG. 1,
• FIGS. 3 and 4 are front views of plates forming the grid
• FIG. 5 a top view of a portion of a speaker according to another example.
• a loudspeaker 10 is shown in FIG.
• a loudspeaker is a device that converts an electrical signal into a sound signal to be broadcast.
• the loudspeaker 10 comprises a frame 12, a magnetic circuit 16 having an air gap 18, a device 20 for generating a magnetic field, a guide tube 22, turns 24, a membrane 26 and a grating 30.
• the set of turns 24, the guide tube 22 and the membrane 26 form a moving element 28 moving relative to the frame 12 along a direction which is hereinafter referred to as the "direction of displacement" and which corresponds to the direction of displacement of the membrane 26.
• the direction of displacement is symbolized by the Z axis in FIG.
• the Z axis is, furthermore, an axis of symmetry of the loudspeaker 10.
• a longitudinal direction perpendicular to the direction of movement Z and perpendicular to the plane of Figure 1.
• the longitudinal direction is symbolized by an X axis in FIG.
• the longitudinal direction is denoted longitudinal direction X.
• transverse direction Y It is also defined a transverse direction perpendicular to the direction of movement Z and the longitudinal direction X.
• the transverse direction is symbolized by a Y axis in Figure 1. In the remainder of the description, the transverse direction is denoted transverse direction Y.
• the frame 12 is a fixed frame that supports all the other elements of the loudspeaker 10.
• the frame 12 is also called "salad bowl”.
• the frame 12 has, in section, a circular shape, when the section is transverse to the direction of displacement Z.
• the frame 12 has an elliptical shape in a cross section to the direction of displacement Z.
• the magnetic circuit 16 comprises a yoke 32, the yoke 32 comprising a central core 34 and an upper plate 36.
• the volume of air between the central core 34 and the upper plate 36 defines the air gap 18, of O-shaped disposed in the direction of displacement Z.
• the device 20 is able to generate a magnetic field in the magnetic circuit 16.
• the device 20 capable of generating a magnetic field is a toric magnet 38.
• the magnet 38 is sandwiched between the yoke 16 and the upper plate 36.
• the guide tube 22 is extended by the membrane 26.
• the turns 24 are made of conductive material and are adapted to move in the air gap.
• the turns 24 are wound around the tube 22 and are integral therewith.
• the turns 24 are electrically connected to each other to form a coil.
• the turns 24 are arranged successively in the direction of displacement Z.
• the turns 24 form several coils.
• the turns 24 are intended to be traversed by a current depending on the sound signal to be broadcast. This current comes from a control module (not shown in the figures) connected on the one hand to a signal source to be broadcast (not shown in the figures) and on the other hand to the turns 24.
• the turns 24 present in FIG. 18 air gap undergo Laplace forces that move these turns 24 in the direction of movement Z.
• the membrane 26 is integral with the turns 24 and able to move in the direction of movement Z relative to the frame 12.
• the membrane 26 has an inner face 26A and an outer face 26B.
• the inner face 26A is arranged facing the frame 12.
• the inner face 26A is thus interposed between the outer face 26B and the gap 18.
• the direction from the membrane 26 to the air gap 18 is called the interior opposite the direction of the gap 18 to the membrane 26 which is called outside.
• the outer face 26B has a lateral portion 40 and a bottom 42.
• the bottom 42 of the outer face 26B of the membrane 26 corresponds to the outer face of the dome of the speaker 10, also called "dust cover”.
• the dome of the loudspeaker 10 is intended to protect the mobile equipment 28.
• the lateral portion 40 surrounds the bottom 42 and has a substantially frustoconical shape.
• the lateral portion 40 has, in section, a substantially trapezoidal shape, when the section is transverse to the longitudinal direction X.
• the lateral portion 40 has, in section, a substantially parabolic shape, when the section is transverse to the longitudinal direction X.
• the lateral portion 40 has, in section, a substantially hyperbolic shape when the section is transverse to the longitudinal direction X.
• the lateral portion 40 has a peripheral end 41.
• the peripheral end 41 corresponds to a free end of the lateral part 40.
• the peripheral end 41 is integral with the frame 12.
• the peripheral end 41 has a substantially circular shape.
• the peripheral end 41 has an elliptical shape.
• the diameter of the loudspeaker 10 is defined as the diameter of the peripheral end 41.
• the "diameter of the peripheral end 41" is the length of the largest segment passing through two points of the peripheral end 41.
• the bottom 42 has a dome shape, the concavity of the dome being turned inwards.
• the outer face 26B has a surface.
• the surface is said total area S in the following.
• the total area S is equal to the sum of the area of the lateral portion 40 and the bottom surface 42.
• the total area S of the outer face 26B of the membrane 26 is substantially equal to 820 cm 2 for a speaker 10 having a diameter of 25 cm.
• the total area S is 1700 cm 2 for a speaker 10 having a diameter of 30 cm.
• the membrane 26 and the grid 30 are two separate pieces.
• the grid 30 is not integral with the membrane 26, that is to say that the grid 30 and the membrane 26 are not formed of the same part. These are two separate pieces possibly connected to one another.
• the grid 30 is made of paper, graphite paper, cardboard, cardboard, polystyrene, polystyrene foam, expanded polystyrene, polypropylene, polypropylene foam, polymethyl methacrylate, a plastic material, Kevlar, polyester, glass, fiberglass, carbon fiber, cellulose fiber, banana fiber, wood, polyglass (registered trademark), or an airgel.
• the membrane 26 is also made of paper, graphite paper, cardboard, cardboard, polystyrene, polystyrene foam, expanded polystyrene, polypropylene, polypropylene foam, polymethyl methacrylate, a plastic material, Kevlar, polyester, glass, fiberglass, carbon fiber, cellulose fiber, banana fiber, wood, polyglass (registered trademark), or an airgel.
• the membrane 26 and the grid 30 are made of a separate material.
• the membrane 26 and the grid 30 are in the same material.
• the membrane 26 and the grid 30 are, for example, cellulose fibers.
• a grid 30 is a set of walls delimiting through spaces 44.
• Each wall of the plurality of walls extends in a plane forming a non-zero angle with the outer face 26B of the membrane 26.
• Each through space 44 includes an inner passage, a first side and a second side.
• the internal passage is delimited by wall portions of the set of walls.
• each through space 44 is open on the first side and the second side.
• the first side defines a first external surface with respect to the internal passage and the second side delimits a second external surface with respect to the internal passage.
• the second outer surface is oriented in a direction directed towards the outer face 26B of the membrane 26.
• the second outer surface is arranged vis-à-vis the outer face 26B of the membrane 26. Otherwise formulated, it can be considered that the second side opens on the outer face 26B of the membrane 26.
• the first outer surface is oppositely disposed to the second outer surface. In practice, this means that the first external surface is in contact with the atmosphere external to the loudspeaker 10.
• each internal passage gives access to the outer face 26B of the membrane 26.
• the grid 30 comprises an intercrossing of plates 50.
• the grid 30 comprises transverse plates 50A and longitudinal plates 50B.
• the transverse plates 50A are parallel to the transverse direction Y while the longitudinal plates 50B parallel to the longitudinal direction X.
• the grid 30 comprises at least two intersecting perpendicular plates 50, a transverse plate 50A and a longitudinal plate 50B.
• the grid 30 comprises twelve intersecting plates 50, six transverse plates 50A and six longitudinal plates 50B.
• transverse plates 50A and the longitudinal plates 50B delimit the through spaces 44.
• each through space 44 is therefore delimited by a side wall.
• the surface of the base 52 is noted S B in the following description.
• Each plate 50A, 50B extends between end edges 54, distributed between an outer end edge 54A, an inner end edge 54B and lateral end edges 54C.
• the shape of the grid 30 is described in the following by the description of the shape of the volume formed by the surface connecting the set of end edges 54.
• the volume formed by the surface connecting the set of end edges 54 corresponds from a mathematical point of view to the envelope 56 of the grid 30.
• the envelope 56 of the grid 30 has an outer surface 56A, an inner surface 56B and a side surface 56C.
• outer 56A and inner 56B surfaces are planar and extend in a plane normal to the direction of movement Z.
• the lateral surface 56C has a shape complementary to the membrane 26. More precisely, the lateral surface 56C has a shape complementary to the lateral portion 40 of the membrane 26.
• the lateral surface 56C has, in section, a substantially trapezoidal shape when the section is transverse to the longitudinal direction X, matching the shape of the lateral portion 40.
• the lateral surface 56C has a frustoconical shape.
• the lateral surface 56C has a circular shape in cross section (with respect to the direction of displacement Z).
• the lateral surface 56C has a shape complementary to the lateral portion 40 of the outer face 26B of the membrane 26.
• the lateral surface 56C of the envelope 56 of the grid 30 is between 60% of the total area S and 95% of the total area S.
• the gate 30 has a shape allowing a bonding of the gate 30 on the outer face 26B of the membrane 26.
• the grid 30 has lateral end edges 54C bonded to the outer face 26B of the membrane 26, i.e. lateral end edges 54C in contact with the outer face 26B.
• the side surface 56C is the surface connecting the lateral end edges 54C, i.e. the lateral end edges 54C of the plates 50, which are glued to the outer face 26B.
• the grid 30 is glued on a part of the lateral part 40 and is not glued on the dome 34.
• the lateral surface 56C of the envelope 56 of the grid 30 is the total area S.
• the grid 30 is glued on the entire outer face 26B, that is to say both on the lateral part 40 and on the bottom 42.
• the inner surface 56B and the lateral surface 56C of the envelope 56 of the grid 30 is the total surface S.
• the inner surface 56B is the surface connecting the edges of inner end 54B of the plates 50.
• the gate 30 is intended to stiffen the membrane 26 and to constrain its movements.
• the gate 30 makes it possible to stiffen the membrane 26 by delimiting portions 60 of the outer face 26B whose surface S P is smaller than the total surface S of the outer face 26B of the membrane 26. More specifically, a portion 60 of the outer face 26B is the orthogonal projection of the base 52 of a through space 44 on the outer face 26B.
• part of the portion 60 is located on the bottom 42 and the other part is located on the side portion 40.
• each portion 60 of the outer face 26B has the same rectangular shape as the base 52 of the through spaces 44.
• the number of portions 60 is greater than or equal to 4.
• the number of portions 60 is equal to 10.
• a portion surface S P is defined.
• the surface of the portion 60 is the sum of the area of each Parties.
• Each portion 60 has a surface S P less than or equal to 25% of the total area S, preferably less than or equal to 20% of the total area S and advantageously less than or equal to 10% of the total area S.
• the surface S P of the portions 60 is substantially equal to or equal to the surface S B of the base 52 of a through space 44. More specifically, the surface S P of the portions 60 is a function of the number of plates 50 intersecting.
• At least some portions 60 have the same portion area S P , preferably all portions 60 have the same portion area at least in the central portion (the periphery portions may be incomplete).
• the gate 30 delimits at least a portion of the outer face 26B of the membrane 26 portions 60 of the same surface S P.
• the plates 50 of the grid 30 are, for example, paper, graphite paper, cardboard, cardboard, polystyrene, polystyrene foam, expanded polystyrene, polypropylene, polypropylene foam, polymethyl methacrylate, in a plastic material, Kevlar, polyester, glass, fiberglass, carbon fiber, cellulose fiber, banana fiber, wood, polyglass (registered trademark), or an airgel.
• the plates 50 are made of the same material.
• the plates 50 are made of different materials.
• the end edges 54 of the plates delimit a solid portion.
• the side walls of the cylinders forming the through spaces 44 form solid portions.
• the end edges 54 of the plates 50 define a perforated portion, that is to say a portion having at least one opening.
• at least one of the side walls of the cylinders forming the through spaces 44 forms a perforated part.
• Each plate 50 has, for example, eight openings.
• the openings have, for example, a circular shape in a cross section in the longitudinal direction X.
• the plates 50 have, for example, holes for lightening the grid 30.
• the plates 50 having a perforated portion make it possible to adapt the weight of the grid 30 to a desired weight and to lighten the grid 30.
• the grid 30 comprises a different number of plates 50.
• the grid 30 comprises six plates 50, three longitudinal plates and three transverse plates delimiting between them sixteen through-spaces 44.
• the number of plates 50 of the grid 30 depends on the total surface S of the membrane 26.
• the number of plates 50 depends on the diameter of the loudspeaker 10.
• the operation of the speaker 10 is similar to that of a conventional electrodynamic speaker in which the movement of the membrane 26 provides the desired sound.
• the gate 30 being intended to stiffen the membrane 26, it is a stiffened membrane 26 which moves in the direction of displacement Z.
• the sound reproduction quality of the loudspeaker 10 is no longer limited by the presence of standing waves in the membrane 26.
• the speaker 10 provided with the grid 30 thus has a better quality of sound reproduction.
• the grid 30 is light.
• the grid 30 is easily mountable on an existing loudspeaker provided with a membrane. This makes it possible to make any loudspeaker provided with a membrane 26 benefit from such a grid 30 by a simple addition of the grid 30.
• the grid 30 is easily mountable on an existing loudspeaker, in particular by gluing.
• the grid 30 is formed by the interlocking of several plates 50.
• Figures 3 and 4 show respectively a longitudinal plate 50B and a transverse plate 50A of the grid 30 each provided with grooves 64, 66.
• the longitudinal plates 50B and the transverse plates 50A respectively comprise six grooves 64, 66.
• Each groove 64 of each longitudinal plate 50B is nested in a groove 66 of a transverse plate 50A.
• Figure 5 corresponds to another embodiment of the invention.
• the grid 30 comprises plates 50 arranged in "star".
• the envelope 56 of the grid 30 has a circular shape.
• the plates 50 are concurrent at the same point C of the space belonging to the axis Z of the loudspeaker 10.
• the plates 50 are angularly offset from one another with respect to the Z axis.
• the plates 50 are for example angularly offset from each other by 30 degrees with respect to the Z axis.
• the through spaces 44 has the shape of a cylinder with a triangular base.
• the base 52 of the through spaces 44 has substantially the shape of a triangle.
• the grid 30 defines through spaces 44 of the same shape and the same size.
• the portions 60 of the outer surface 26B of the membrane 26 have identical surfaces S P.
• the plates 50 of the grid 30 have a honeycomb shape in a cross section to the direction of displacement Z.
• the plates 50 of the grid 30 delimit through spaces 44 whose base 52 has the shape of a honeycomb cell.
• the portions 60 of the outer face 26B of the membrane 26 have substantially the shape of a honeycomb cell.
• grid 30 described in the present application is formed by the interlocking of plates 50, the grid 30 could be made differently.
• the grid 30 is formed by joining the plates 50 to one another.
• the grid 30 is formed in one piece.

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