SPEAKER MODULE ASSEMBLY OF MULTICHANNEL HEADPHONE
Technical Field The present invention relates to a speaker module assembly of multichannel headphones, and more particularly, to a speaker module assembly of multichannel headphones which can improve performance of a product by modularizing parts.
Background Art In conventional multichannel headphones, a plurality of speaker units are installed. The speaker unit is typically installed on one of an upper case or a lower case. Accordingly, improvement of sound quality is not considered in view of structure. A severe echo phenomenon occurs when sound waves generated from the respective speaker units are mixed together. Front sound generated in the front of the speaker unit and rear sound generated at the rear of the speaker unit are not controlled structurally so as to provide optimal sound quality. Thus, in the conventional multichannel headphones, since sound separation among front/rear/center/woofer speaker units is not clear, a multichannel effect is not sufficiently worked. Since control of the front sound and the rear sound is impossible, the sound cannot be tuned to be a desired sound quality. Unpleasant noise is generated due to interference or unnecessary reflection and diffusion between sound waves generated from the multichannel speaker units. Also, in the conventional multichannel headphones, since various parts are assembled together, the parts are not modularized to perform a function to guide or tune the sound wave and simply attached to the case or fixed thereto. Thus, replacement of parts is impossible, efficiency in assembly is lowered, and considerably production costs and time are needed, so that productivity is lowered greatly.
Disclosure of Invention To solve the above and/or other problems, the present invention provides a speaker module assembly of multichannel headphones in which various parts for improving sound quality such as a separation member, a guide member, an open hole,
a sound wave mixing room, a sound field protrusion, and an echo prevention hole are modularized by assembling the parts so that the sound quality is improved and sound waves generated from speaker units are precisely controlled and tuned to improve sound wave separation, form a sound field, reduce noise, and prevent echo. The present invention provides a speaker module assembly of multichannel headphones in which various parts are assembled together and modularized to perform a function to guide or tune a sound wave so that replacement of the parts is easy, assembly is made easy, and production costs and time are reduced, thus greatly improving productivity. The present invention provides a speaker module assembly of multichannel headphones in which an ear cover is detachable for hygienic use and a buffer member having a heat retaining material is provided to the ear cover so that the ear portion can be cooled in summer or warmed in winter. According to an aspect of the present invention, a speaker module assembly of multichannel headphones comprising a plurality of speaker units, an inner frame having a shape of enclosing an entire surface of the speaker units, and having a unit hole formed in a lower surface of the inner frame where the speaker units are attached, a separation member formed on an upper surface of the inner frame to make sound waves generated from the speaker units maintain their characteristics, and a plurality of guide members formed between the separation members to guide the sound waves generated from the speaker units toward a center portion of the inner frame, a lower case having a shape of enclosing a rear surface of each of the speaker units by covering the lower surface of the inner frame, and having an open hole through which part of back sound (reverse phase sound) generated from rear surfaces of the speaker units is exhausted outside, an upper case having a shape of covering the upper surface of the inner frame, and having a hearing hole formed at a center portion of the upper case through which the sound waves generated from the speaker units are transferred to an ear of a hearer, a plurality of lower surface sound field protrusions formed on a lower surface of the upper case to form a sound field of the sound waves which are reflected before escaping from the hearing hole, a sound wave mixing room and a wall surface forming a predetermined space where the sound waves escaping from the hearing hole are mixed and reverberate, and a plurality of upper surfaces sound field
protrusions to form a sound field which is formed on an upper surface of an inner wall surface of the sound wave mixing room, and an ear cover assembled detachably to the inner wall surface of the sound wave mixing room formed on the upper case, and having a detachable member where a through hole is formed corresponding to the hearing hole, a net covering the through hole of the detachable member, and a buffer member having a shape of enclosing the detachable, detachable from the detachable member and contacting the ear of the hearer to form a predetermined sense of cushion. The detachable member of the ear cover is assembled in a twist cap manner with the inner wall surface of the sound wave mixing room of the upper case, and the buffer member includes a heat retaining material which is assembled to the detachable member in a detachable manner by being cooled and warmed using a refrigerant and a microwave.
Effect of the Invention As described above, in a speaker module assembly of multichannel headphones according to the present invention, various parts for improving sound quality are modularized by assembling the parts so that, in addition to the sound quality, a degree of separation of sound waves, a sound field forming effect, a noise reduction effect, and an echo prevention effect can be improved by precisely controlling and tuning the sound waves generated from the speaker units. Also, replacement of parts is simple, assembly work is made easy, and production costs and time is reduced, so that productivity is improved greatly. In addition, since the ear cover is detachably coupled, the ear cover is hygienic. Since the ear cover includes the buffer member having a heat retaining material, the ear portion can be cooled or warmed in summer or winder.
Brief Description of the Drawings FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view illustrating a speaker module assembly of multichannel headphones according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 2 is a bottom view of the lower case of FIG. 1 ; FIG. 3 is a plan view of FIG. 2; FIG. 4 is a plan view of the inner frame of FIG. 1 ;
FIG. 5 is a bottom view of FIG. 4; FIG. 6 is a plan view of the upper case of FIG. 1 ; FIG. 7 is a bottom view of FIG. 6; and FIG. 8 is an exploded perspective view illustrating the ear cover of FIG. 1.
Best Mode for Carrying Out the Invention Referring to FIG. 1 , a speaker module assembly of multichannel headphones according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a plurality of speaker units 10, an upper case 20 enclosing the speaker units 10, a lower case 30, an inner frame 40 detachably installed between the upper case 20 and the lower case 30, and an ear cover 50. The speaker units 10, as shown in FIG. 5, may include a center unit 1 1 at the center, a front unit 12 at the left, a rear unit 13 at the right, and a separate woofer unit or a vibration unit which is not shown. In addition, the speaker unit 10 may include various multichannel speaker units such as 4 channels, 4.1 channels, 5 channels, 5.1 channels, 6 channels, 6.1 channels,
7 channels, and 7.1 channels. The inner frame 40, as shown in 4 and 5, encloses the front surfaces of the speaker units 10 and has a lower surface in which a unit hole 40a where each of the speaker units 10 is attached and an upper surface on which a separation member 41 to maintain independency of sound waves generated from the speaker units 10 is formed.
A plurality of guide members 42 to concentrate the sound waves generated from the speaker units 10 into a center portion of the upper case 20 is formed between the separation member 41. A ring type separation member 41 1 is formed at a position corresponding to the center unit 1 1 and a ring type guide member 421 is formed inside coaxially with the ring type separation member 411. A comb teeth type separation member 412 is formed at each of positions corresponding to the front unit 12 and the rear unit 13. A plurality of comb teeth type guide members 422 are formed in the separation member 412. Thus, the separation member 41 maintains independency of a sound wave and simultaneously guides the generated sound wave to an ear of a hearer so as not to mix different sorts of sound waves generated from the speaker units 10.
The ring type guide member 421 installed at a position corresponding to the center unit 1 1 does not consider reflection because the sound wave generated from the center unit 11 is not directly transferred to the ear of the hearer. In contrast, the comb teeth type separation member 412 and the comb teeth type guide members 422 installed at positions corresponding to the front unit 12 and the rear unit 13 are formed as a plurality of comb teeth in a radial shape considering reflection at a predetermined rate to maintain a degree of separation of sound waves. The lower case 30, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, has a shape of covering a lower surface of the inner frame 40 to enclose a rear surface of each of the speaker units 10 separately. An open hole 31 is formed in the lower case 30 such that part of back sound (reverse phase sound) is exhausted to the outside. A close contact member 32 closely contacting the center unit 11 , the front unit 12, and the rear unit 13 is formed on the lower case 30. An echo prevention hole 33a connected to an echo prevention hole 33b of the inner frame 40 as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5 and an echo prevention hole 33c of the upper case 20 as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7 is formed in the close contact member 32 to prevent a speaker echo phenomenon. Thus, part of the back sound generated from the rear sides of the speaker units 10 is exhausted to the outside through the open hole 31 of the lower case 30 so that a speaker enclosure is open, thus working as an open type speaker which provides dynamic and subtle sound. In addition, part of front sound (normal phase sound) generated from the front sides of the speaker units 10 is exhausted to the outside through the echo prevention holes 33a, 33b, and 33c of the lower case 30 so that echo of the front sound of the speaker units 10 is reduced, thus working as an echo prevention speaker. The upper case 20, as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, has a shape of covering the upper surface of the inner frame 40 and includes a hearing hole 20a at a center portion thereof to transfer the sound waves generated from the speaker units 10 to the ear of the hearer. A plurality of lower surface sound field protrusions 21 forming a sound field of a sound wave reflected before escaping the hearing hole 20a are formed on the lower surface of the upper case 20. A sound wave mixing room 22a and a wall surface 22 constituting a predetermined space where the sound waves escaping the hearing hole 20a are mixed and resonates are formed on the upper case 20. A
plurality of upper surface sound field protrusions 23 forming a sound field are arranged on an upper surface of an inner wall surface of the sound wave mixing room 22a. A corresponding concave 24 closely contacting and corresponding to the separation member 41 and the guide member 42 of the inner frame 40 is formed on the upper case 20, A vibration unit 14 can be formed on one side of the upper case 20. Accordingly, when the sound waves generated from the speaker units 10 are reflected from the upper case 20, unnecessary noise is diffused and reduced by the lower surface sound field protrusions 21 and the upper surface sound field protrusions 23 and mixed in the sound wave mixed room 22a. Thus, a sense of a sound field that provides the hearer with a sense of being present in a large place. The ear cover 50, as shown in FIG. 8, is detachably assembled to an inner wall surface of the sound wave mixing room 22a formed on the upper case 20. The ear cover 50 includes a detachable member 51 where a through hole 51a is formed corresponding to the hearing hole 20a, a net 52 covering the through hole 51a of the detachable member 51 , and a buffer member 53 having a shape of enclosing the detachable member 51 , detachable with the detachable member 51 , and contacting the ear of the hearer to provide a sense of cushion. The detachable member 51 of the ear cover 50 is assembled to the wall surface 22 of the sound wave mixing room 22a of the upper case 20 in a twist cap manner of being coupled to or detached from each other by a rotation groove 54 of FIG. 8 and a rotation protrusion 25 of FIG. 1 that is forcibly engaged with the rotation groove 54. The buffer member 53 has a heat retaining material inside and is assembled to the detachable member 51 in a detachable manner. When the ear of a user is heated by a long use or in summer, the buffer member 53 can be used after being kept in a refrigerator, so the ear can be kept cool while the user enjoys sound for a long time. When the user feels coldness in the ear in winter or outdoors, the buffer member 53 can be used after being heated using a microwave, so the ear can be kept warm while the user enjoys sound for a long time. Also, since a property of the heat retaining material can prevent rapid heating or cooling of the ear without using the refrigerator or microwave, merely using the buffer member 53 having the heat retaining material enables comfortable hearing. Since a technology related to the heat retaining material is already used for a facial pack or an
icebox coolant, which can be modified and altered by those skilled in the art, a detailed description thereof will be omitted. While this invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to preferred embodiments thereof, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes in form and details may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims. For example, the present invention can be applied to various types of multichannel speaker units and the outer appearance of the present invention is not limited to a design illustrated in the accompanying drawings.