WO1992001359A1 - Loudspeaker suspension - Google Patents
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- WO1992001359A1 WO1992001359A1 PCT/US1991/004909 US9104909W WO9201359A1 WO 1992001359 A1 WO1992001359 A1 WO 1992001359A1 US 9104909 W US9104909 W US 9104909W WO 9201359 A1 WO9201359 A1 WO 9201359A1
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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
- H04R7/00—Diaphragms for electromechanical transducers; Cones
- H04R7/16—Mounting or tensioning of diaphragms or cones
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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
- H04R9/00—Transducers of moving-coil, moving-strip, or moving-wire type
- H04R9/06—Loudspeakers
Definitions
- This invention relates to transducers and particularly to a mechanism for supporting the diaphragm of a diaphragm type, electrodynamic acoustical transducer from the supporting frame thereof.
- Patent Number Inventor's Name Issue Date 4,817,165 Amalaha 03/28/89 4,387,275 Shimada 06/07/83 4,821,330 Pfleiderer 04/11/89 3,919,498 Beer 11/11/75 2,478,642 Root 08/03/49 3,780,232 Ward 12/18/73 3,614,335 Tester 10/19/71 4,554,414 House 11/19/85 3,718,779 Schoengold 05/27/73 3,531,602 Brown 09/29/70 3,711,659 Bremseth 01/16/73 4,317,965 Toyoda 03/02/82 3,596,733 Bertagni 08/03/71 3,073,411 Bleazey 01/15/63 **2,074,419A Kakiuchi 10/28/81 **British Patent Specification
- Figs. 1 and 12C-13C of Amalaha disclose a bellows-type suspension positioned midway between the voice coil form and the dome surround.
- Figs. 8, 9, 11 and 13 of Shimada disclose compliances other than the surround between the diaphragm and frame.
- Figs. 6 of Pfleiderer discloses vibration damping elements (SD) attached to the diaphragm between the voice coil form (P) and the surround (F) .
- SD vibration damping elements
- the prior art requirement for the spider is overcome.
- This permits the design of thinner acoustic transducers, in terms of transducer depth, for those installations for which the need for thinner transducers is most desirable, such as, for example, automotive vehicle door-mount installations.
- a transducer comprises a diaphragm including a perimeter, means for causing the diaphragm to vibrate in response to an electrical signal corresponding to program material to convert the electrical signal to motion of the diaphragm and thus to an audio reproduction of the electrical program material signal, and means for supporting the diaphragm to permit such motion.
- the diaphragm supporting means includes a frame, a compliance for coupling the diaphragm perimeter to the frame to support the diaphragm while permitting such motion, and additional diaphragm support means on the frame and projecting from the frame toward the diaphragm.
- Additional compliance means are located adjacent the additional diaphragm support means and are coupled to the diaphragm and to the additional diaphragm support means. Illustratively, there are a plurality of such additional diaphragm support means and an equal plurality of such additional compliance means.
- the additional diaphragm support means and additional compliance means are provided at a plurality of locations about the frame and diaphragm, respectively.
- the perimeter of the diaphragm is configured generally as a closed plane curve and the plurality of additional compliance means are located generally symmetrically about the diaphragm with respect to the perimeter.
- the perimeter of the diaphragm is configured generally as a closed plane curve having a center and the additional compliance means is located at substantially the center.
- the diaphragm has two opposed radiating surfaces and the additional diaphragm support means are provided in pairs, one of each pair of additional diaphragm support means extending generally toward opposite locations on the two opposed radiating surfaces of the diaphragm.
- the diaphragm is generally flat. In another, the diaphragm generally comprises a somewhat conically shaped surface providing an apex.
- Fig. 1 illustrates a partly sectional plan view of a transducer constructed according to the invention, with the section taken generally along section lines 1-1 of Fig. 2;
- Fig. 2 illustrates a partly sectional elevational view of the tr ⁇ sducer of Fig. 1, with the section taken generally along section lines 2-2 of Fig. 1; and, Fig. 3 illustrates a fragmentary and partly sectional elevational view of another transducer constructed according to the invention.
- a relatively rigid, flat diaphragm 20 constructed from, for example, a light-weight, foamed resin, is suspended from its perimeter 22 by a surrounding compliance 24 from a frame 26.
- a surrounding compliance 24 from a frame 26.
- a voice coil motor 28 is positioned within the perimeter 22 of the diaphragm 20, illustratively at its center 30.
- the voice coil motor 28 includes a voice coil form 32 to which a voice coil 34 is fixed.
- voice coil motor 28 is a so-called "returnless" type, such as is illustrated in U.S. Patents 3,201,529 and, 4,868,882
- voice coil motor 28 may be of any suitable type, such as that illustrated in published Patent Cooperation Treaty application PCT/US89/04501. Passage of current through the voice coil 34 moves the diaphragm 20, in accordance with well-known principles, to convert an electrical signal containing program material into an audio program material signal.
- the diaphragm 20 is relatively rigid, it is useful to suspend it from one or more points 38 in addition to the surrounding compliance 24.
- this additional suspension is ordinarily achieved with a centering spider which extends between the voice coil form and one or more points on the frame.
- a centering spider attached to the voice coil form does require that the transducer be designed and constructed with sufficient depth to accommodate the "stack" including the diaphragm and centering spider.
- alternative constructions have been proposed to minimize the height of this stack (see, for example, published Patent Cooperation Treaty application PCT/US88/00685)
- the present invention approaches more closely the ideal reduction in transducer depth by eliminating the spider.
- additional compliances 40 are provided on diaphragm 20. In the illustrated embodiment there are three such additional compliances 40 oriented at 120° intervals around the center 42 of the circle defined by the diaphragm 20.
- Each of the additional compliances 40 illustratively is also circular and is provided in the diaphragm 20 by known transducer construction techniques.
- Supports 44, 46, respectively, extend toward the opposite radiating surfaces 48, 50, respectively, of the diaphragm 20 from the frame 26.
- These supports 44, 46 are attached, for example, by suitable adhesives, to the oppositely facing surfaces 52, 54, respectively, of the compliances 40 to provide additional support to the diaphragm 20 beyond that provided by the surrounding compliance 24.
- the diaphragm 60 is somewhat cone shaped.
- the term "somewhat cone shaped" is intended to include diphragms which are neither flat nor dome shaped, whether or not they are symmetrical about any point or any axis.
- the term specifically is intended to include those diaphragms which are configured as described in published Patent Cooperation Treaty Application PCT/US89/02374.
- the configuration of the transducer 62 is generally conventional in this embodiment except that there is no centering spider in the conventional location between the voice coil form 64 and the frame 68 (as indicated by the broken lines) , and the conventional, customarily flat or dome shaped dust cap is replaced by a compliance 70.
- the center portion 72 of the compliance 70 is attached, illustratively by a suitable adhesive, to a support 74 which is mounted to, and extends forward from the front face 76 of, the center pole piece 80 of the magnet assembly 82 of the voice coil motor 84.
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- Audible-Bandwidth Dynamoelectric Transducers Other Than Pickups (AREA)
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Priority Applications (3)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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DE69122510T DE69122510T2 (en) | 1990-07-11 | 1991-07-11 | SPEAKER SUSPENSION |
JP91512318A JPH05508981A (en) | 1990-07-11 | 1991-07-11 | speaker suspension system |
EP91913531A EP0538381B1 (en) | 1990-07-11 | 1991-07-11 | Loudspeaker suspension |
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US07/551,201 US5123053A (en) | 1990-07-11 | 1990-07-11 | Loudspeaker suspension |
US551,201 | 1990-07-11 |
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PCT/US1991/004909 WO1992001359A1 (en) | 1990-07-11 | 1991-07-11 | Loudspeaker suspension |
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US (1) | US5123053A (en) |
EP (1) | EP0538381B1 (en) |
JP (1) | JPH05508981A (en) |
AU (1) | AU641039B2 (en) |
CA (1) | CA2086557C (en) |
DE (1) | DE69122510T2 (en) |
DK (1) | DK0538381T3 (en) |
WO (1) | WO1992001359A1 (en) |
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EP0627868A1 (en) * | 1993-05-28 | 1994-12-07 | Bose Corporation | Loudspeaker driver surrounding |
GB2480058A (en) * | 2010-05-04 | 2011-11-09 | Tzu-Chung Chang | Inner spider or damper arrangement for a loudspeaker |
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US4239943A (en) * | 1977-11-17 | 1980-12-16 | Cerwin Vega, Inc. | Adjustable dual spider for a loudspeaker |
US4430529A (en) * | 1980-12-24 | 1984-02-07 | Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. | Piezoelectric loudspeaker |
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FR844211A (en) * | 1938-03-31 | 1939-07-20 | Improvements to sound reproducing devices such as loudspeakers | |
US4239943A (en) * | 1977-11-17 | 1980-12-16 | Cerwin Vega, Inc. | Adjustable dual spider for a loudspeaker |
US4430529A (en) * | 1980-12-24 | 1984-02-07 | Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. | Piezoelectric loudspeaker |
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Cited By (3)
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EP0627868A1 (en) * | 1993-05-28 | 1994-12-07 | Bose Corporation | Loudspeaker driver surrounding |
US5418337A (en) * | 1993-05-28 | 1995-05-23 | Bose Corporation | Loudspeaker driver surrounding |
GB2480058A (en) * | 2010-05-04 | 2011-11-09 | Tzu-Chung Chang | Inner spider or damper arrangement for a loudspeaker |
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DE69122510D1 (en) | 1996-11-07 |
DK0538381T3 (en) | 1996-11-18 |
US5123053A (en) | 1992-06-16 |
AU8194291A (en) | 1992-02-04 |
EP0538381A1 (en) | 1993-04-28 |
DE69122510T2 (en) | 1997-02-06 |
EP0538381A4 (en) | 1993-08-11 |
CA2086557C (en) | 1994-10-25 |
JPH05508981A (en) | 1993-12-09 |
AU641039B2 (en) | 1993-09-09 |
EP0538381B1 (en) | 1996-10-02 |
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