US3858305A - Method of manufacturing a device for converting electric oscillations into acoustic vibrations and vice versa - Google Patents

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US3858305A
US3858305A US248218A US24821872A US3858305A US 3858305 A US3858305 A US 3858305A US 248218 A US248218 A US 248218A US 24821872 A US24821872 A US 24821872A US 3858305 A US3858305 A US 3858305A
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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
    • H04R11/00—Transducers of moving-armature or moving-core type
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    • H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
    • H04R31/00—Apparatus or processes specially adapted for the manufacture of transducers or diaphragms therefor
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
    • H04R11/00—Transducers of moving-armature or moving-core type
    • H04R11/04—Microphones
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  • ABSTRACT [30] Forelgn Apphcamn Pnomy D am A method of manufacturing a device for converting y 12, 1971 Netherlands 7106490 electric oscillations into acoustic vibrations and vice versa, preferably a microphone, in which method first [52] U.S. Cl. 29/594, 179/115 R the drivfi System is rigidly secured to a Support d Clio! I n 4 n l t then the magnetic and non magnetic diaphragms are [58] Field of Search 29/594; 179/114 115 R mounted in place, the latter diaphragm being secured to an axial cylindrical guide member.
  • the guide mem- [56] References Cited ber may form part of the magnetic diaphragm or be UNITED STATES PATENTS the rim of the support.
  • the guide mem- 1,815,194 7/1931 Duncan 179/114 R bet is in the form of a dlsk Or a P 2,820,107 1/1958 Knauert 179/115 R 3,491,43 1/1970 Carlson 29/594 13 Clam, 3 D'awmg F'gures W l /Il/I/I/Il/Il/n Patented Jan. 7, 1975 3,858,305
  • the invention relates to a method of manufacturing a device for converting electric oscillations into acoustic vibrations and vice versa and provided with a nonmagnetic diaphragm which is joined both to the magnetic diaphragm of an electromagnetic drive system and to a support.
  • the drive system being arranged so as to be freely movable in a hole in the support and being secured thereto after free alignment.
  • the influence of the tolerances of the various components is greatly reduced in manufacture by mass-production methods, it has been found that in many devices there is a certain amount of initial tension in the non-magnetic diaphragm.
  • diaphragm refers to a thin flexible plate capable of vibrating in accordance with sound waves and with sufficient amplitude to produce a useful electric signal in a winding of the electro-magnetic drive system.
  • the invention is characterized in that first the drive system is rigidly secured to the support so as to form an integral unit and subsequently at least part of the nonmagnetic diaphragm is disposed in an axial cylindrical guide member with a certain amount of clearance and then is secured to this guide member.
  • a modified embodiment of the method according to the invention is characterized in that before the nonmagnetic diaphragm is mounted in place, the magnetic diaphragm provided with the guide member is placed on a supporting rim on the assembly.
  • Another modified embodiment of the method according to the invention is characterized in that before the non-magnetic diaphragm is mounted in place it is joined to the magnetic diaphragm to form a rigid integral unit, while during the mounting of the nonmagnetic diaphragm the magnetic diaphragm is placed on a supporting rim on the assembly.
  • the non-magnetic diaphragm is preferably joined to the guide member by means of an adhesive, for example, a glue.
  • the method according to the invention enables a device for converting electric oscillations into acoustic vibrations and vice versa, for example, a microphone, to be manufactured which is provided with a magnetic diaphragm and a non-magnetic diaphragm which are secured to one another.
  • the non-magnetic diaphragm is secured in a guide member with a certain amount of clearance and also connected to an assembly comprising a support and a drive system co-operating with the magnetic diaphragm.
  • the guide member may be provided on the assembly at different locations.
  • the guide member is a cylindrical projection on that surface of the magnetic diaphragm which is more remote from the drive system, the guide being surrounded by an annular rim of the non-magnetic diaphragm.
  • the said projection may take the form of a pin or of a disk.
  • Another embodiment of a device according to the invention is characterized in that the guide member is the inner surface of a projecting rim of the support which surrounds the annular outer rim of the non-magnetic diaphragm.
  • FIG. 1 shows a microphone which is manufactured by the method according to the invention and in which the non-magnetic diaphragm is directly secured to a disk-shaped guide member provided on the magnetic diaphragm,
  • FIG. 2 is a modified embodiment of such a microphone in which the guide member takes the form of a pin, and
  • FIG. 3 shows a microphone which is manufactured by the method according to the invention and in which the non-magnetic diaphragm is directly secured to the rim of the support.
  • the figures are schematic cross-sectional views of microphone cartridges intended to be built into telephone handsets. They are drawn to about twice the actual size.
  • the microphones shown in the figures have a support 1 in which a magnetic drive system 2 is secured so that the two components form an integral unit.
  • the support 1 is provided with a supporting rim 3 on which rests a magnetic diaphragm 4. v
  • the magnetic diaphragm is made of sheet steel and co-operates magnetically with the poles (not shown) of the magnetic circuit of the drive system.
  • the magnetic diaphragm 4 is joined to a non-magnetic diaphragm 5 which is made of aluminium and has an edge 6 secured to the support 1.
  • the magnetic diaphragm 4 is provided on its concave surface that is the surface remote from the drive system 2 with a disk-shaped projection 7 which serves as a guide member for, and fits with a certain amount of clearance in, a cylindrical rim 8'of the non-magnetic diaphragm 5.
  • the magnetic diaphragm is connected to a tubular central portion 10 of the non-magnetic diaphragm 5 by means of a pin 9.
  • the non-magnetic diaphragm 5 takes the form of a truncated cone.
  • the microphone shown in FIG. 3 has a support 1 provided with a bent-over rim 11 to the inner surface of which a rim 12, which is also bent over but in the opposite direction, of a plane non-magnetic diaphragm 5 is secured.
  • a central portion 13 of the non-magnetic diaphragm 5 projects towards the drive system 2 and has a flat portion 14 which is rigidly secured to the magnetic diaphragm 4.
  • the joints between the support 1 and the rims 6 (FIG. 2) and 12 (FIG. 3) of the nonmagnetic diaphragm 5 are glued joints.
  • the joints between the pin 9 and the magnetic diaphragm 4 (FIG. 2) and between the flat central portion 14 and the magnetic diaphragm 4 (FIG. 3) are rigid spot-welded joints.
  • the microphones are assembled in the following manner.
  • manufacture starts from an assembly which comprises the support 1 to which the drive system 2 is rigidly secured.
  • the magnetic diaphragm 4 is then placed on the supporting rim 3.
  • the non-magnetic diaphragm 5 is placed on the magnetic diaphragm 4 and the support 1.
  • the cylindrical rim 8 is slipped on the disk-shaped projection 7 (FIG. 1), as is the rim on the pin 9 (FIG. 2).
  • the joints 7-8 or 9-10 respectively is made by gluing.
  • the microphone shown in FIG. 3 is assembled in a slightly different manner.
  • the magnetic diaphragm 4 at its centre is rigidly connected to the conical central portion 14 of the non-magnetic diaphragm 4.
  • the resulting assembly is slipped in the rim ll of the support 1, which rim serves as a guide member, until the magnetic diaphragm 4 abuts the supporting rim 3. Then the bent-over rim 12 is glued to the inner surface of the rim 11.
  • a method of fabricating an electromagnetic sound transducer device provided with a non-magnetic vibratory diaphragm member joined to a magnetic diaphragm of an electromagnetic drive system for transmitting vibrations therebetween and to a support member, comprising the steps of first rigidly securing the drive system to the support member so as to form an integral assembly unit, subsequently placing at least part of the non-magnetic diaphragm member in axial alignment with an axial cylindrical guide member so that one of said aligned member is disposed with a certain amount of clearance in the other aligned member, and then securing said non-magnetic diaphragm to the guide member.
  • a method as claimed in claim 1 comprising the further step of adhering the outer periphery of the nonmagnetic diaphragm to the support member prior to the step of securing said non-magnetic diaphragm to the guide member and subsequent to the step wherein said non-magnetic diaphragm is placed in alignment with the guide member.
  • a method as claimed in claim 5 wherein the step of securing the non-magnetic diaphragm to the guide member comprises the step of adhering the outer periphery of the non-magnetic diaphragm to the support member.
  • nonmagnetic diaphragm is formed with an annular peripheral rim and the support member is formed with an annular peripheral rim that serves as the guide member and wherein the step of securing the non-magnetic diaphragm to the guide member comprises the step of adhering the outer rim of the non-magnetic diaphragm to the inside surface of the rim of the support member.
  • a method of fabricating an electromagnetic sound transducer having a non-magnetic vibratory diaphragm member joined to a magnetic diaphragm of an electromagnetic drive system comprising the steps of securing the drive system to a support member so as to form an integral unit, placing the non-magnetic diaphragm member in axial alignment with an axially extending guide member so that one of said aligned members is disposed at least partly within the other aligned member with a given clearance therebetween sufficient to substantially eliminate the formation of any initial tension in the non-magnetic diaphragm, and fastening the non-magnetic diaphragm to the guide member.
  • a method as claimed in claim 8 comprising the further step of securing the guide member to the magnetic diaphragm before said alignment step, and adhering the outer periphery of the non-magnetic diaphragm to the support member prior to the step of securing said nonmagnetic diaphragm to the guide member and subsequent to the step wherein said non-magnetic diaphragm is placed in alignment with the guide member.
  • a method as claimed in claim 8 comprising the further step of securing the non-magnetic diaphragm to the magnetic diaphragm to form a second integral unit before the non-magnetic diaphragm is placed in alignment with the guide member and wherein the step of securing the non-magnetic diaphragm to the guide member comprises the step of adhering the outer periphery of the non-magnetic diaphragm to an annular rim on the support member.
  • a method as claimed in claim 8 further comprising the step of securing the outer periphery of the nonmagnetic diaphragm to the support member subsequent to the alignment step and prior to the fastening step.
  • a method as claimed in claim 8 further comprising the steps of securing the guide member to the magnetic diaphragm before said alignment step, next mounting the magnetic diaphragm in cooperative relationship to the drive system, and securing the outer periphery of the non-magnetic diaphragm to the support member between the alignment step and the fastening step.
  • a method as claimed in claim 10 wherein the alignment step comprises the step of inserting the second integral unit within the rim on the support member until the magnetic diaphragm abuts a part of the support 'member.

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US3491436A (en) * 1964-08-20 1970-01-27 Industrial Research Prod Inc Method of connecting drive pin to an armature of an electroacoustic transducer

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US3491436A (en) * 1964-08-20 1970-01-27 Industrial Research Prod Inc Method of connecting drive pin to an armature of an electroacoustic transducer

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