1. Field of Invention
The present invention relates to an acoustic vibration apparatus, and more particularly to a speaker using electromagnetic force to generate a mechanical vibration for generating a sound and a method thereof.
2. Description of Related Arts
As known by most of the people, the speaker is an electronic sound device for converting an electrical energy to sound energy. There are variety types of speakers. Though the principles of each of the speakers may be different, the speakers generally produce a mechanical vibration to vibrate the surrounding air, so that the air medium is being vibrated to form an electric-force-sound conversion system. Most of the current speakers are electric type loudspeaker. The conventional manufacturing process for making traditional speaker comprises the steps of glue the T iron or U iron, glue a basin frame with a magnetic element, and integrating upper plate, vibration sheet, coil, and the suspension edge etc. Firstly, all the materials are prepared for manually integrating the speaker from lower to upper, and from outside to inside of the speaker. During each of the steps of the manufacturing process, the precise glue for adhesive two or more parts of the materials together to form the speaker. For those relatively high quality speakers, the amount of the glue and the procedure of gluing have strictly requirements and standards. In the chemical view, the bonding via the glue is mostly formed via a Van der War force or Hydrogen bonding force. It is seldom that the bonding via the glue is formed via chemical bonding force, which has stronger bonding force than Van der War force or Hydrogen bonding force, so that the bonding of the parts of speaker via the glue is unstable. After a certain period, the glue tends to be oxidized, so that the parts of the speaker will be easily peeled apart. A variety of manual glue processes are required in lots of the steps of manufacturing speaker. Therefore, the manufacturing method for producing the speaker is complicated and unable to ensure the quality and stability of the products, so as to limit its applications. Traditionally, the glue process has very strict requirements for the viscosity of the glue. For example, the vibration sheet is adhesively mounted at the suspension edge via glue, wherein when a viscosity of the glue is too high, the glue can not be squeezed out of the gluing machine; when the viscosity of the glue is too low, the glue may overflow to decrease the performance of the vibration sheet. The amount and the uniformity also directly affect the quality of the speaker. The stander and procedure of glue process must be strictly followed to ensure the quality. Each of the working procedures may require plurality of specific fixtures for each of the steps. For instances, sound regulatory is adapted for adhesive the coil; magnetic regulation is provided for placing the magnetic element. Therefore, the manufacturing procedures are complicated and needs a considerable amount of workers to manually operate the process. If one of the steps or procedures is failed, the quality of the speaker may be decreased. Therefore, the manufactory may have to write of the entirely speaker. The materials and variety of different glue used for producing the speaker are not able to be recycled to cause the unnecessary waste thereof. The complicated procedures are basically operated manually, so that the production rate is low. Therefore, each batches of the speaker production are not uniformed, the qualities of speakers are not stable, and the passing rate of the quality certificate or quality control of the speakers is low.
According to a China patent of electromagnetic vibrator having a patent number CN201064771Y, which is filed by the same inventor of the present invention, though the electromagnetic vibrator overcame the existing problems of complication procedures of making the speaker, and decreased the manually operation procedures to enhance the production rate and quality passing rate, the speakers manufactured via the method of this China patent is mainly focusing on the extra thin plat type vibrator. The shapes of the speaker are uniformed. The speaker can hardly change the shapes of the outer appearances in order to meet the different applications or requirements.
An object of the present invention is to provide an electromagnetic vibrator, such as a speaker, which comprises an upper basin frame, an induction coil, and a lower basin frame, wherein the upper basin frame comprises a supporting frame, a vibration sheet, and a suspension edge element. The vibration sheet and the supporting frame are placed in a molding tool of the suspension edge element for integrally forming the upper basin frame in a one piece integrated structure by mold injection. In other words, during the operation of the mold injection, the suspension edge element is integrally bonded with the vibration sheet and is integrally coupled at the supporting frame. The mold injecting method of integrally the suspension edge element with the vibration sheet and the supporting frame is used by injecting the injection material via a single center feeding point or multiple feeding points to the molding tool. Therefore, the gaps of the vibration sheet are fed with the suspension edge element to selectively form a plurality of shapes, so as to achieve variety of styles and colors of the appearance of the speakers.
Another object of the present invention is to provide an electromagnetic vibrator, wherein the special bonding structure of the upper basin frame can replace the traditional complicated glue process, so that the method for making the speaker is simplified, so as to minimize the manufacturing cost thereof.
Another object of the present invention is to provide an electromagnetic vibrator, wherein the production rate is enhanced by using machinery equipments for making the speaker to reduce the manual manufacturing process, so that the electromagnetic vibrator can be mass-produced.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a method for making an electromagnetic vibrator, wherein the unstable manual manufacturing process is minimized by conducting the machinery equipments for producing the electromagnetic vibrator. The stable parameters of the machinery equipments increase the product qualification rate.
Accordingly, in order to accomplish the above objectives, the present invention provides an electromagnetic vibrator comprising an upper basin frame, an induction coil, and a lower basin frame.
The upper basin frame comprises a supporting frame, a suspension edge element, and a vibration sheet, wherein the supporting frame has a through opening and two conductive terminals. The through opening is located at a center portion of the supporting frame. The conductive terminals are provided at a bottom side of the supporting frame. The suspension edge element and the vibration sheet are fixedly embedded within the through opening of the supporting frame. In particularly, the vibration sheet is integrally affixed to the supporting frame via the suspension edge element by mold injection of the suspension edge element.
The vibration sheet is preferably a bowl shape, wherein the vibration sheet can be formed in a flat shape, cone shaped, or any other desired shapes.
Furthermore, during the mold injection of the suspension edge element to integrally bond with the vibration sheet, the single center feeding point injecting method is adapted, so that the fluid of the injection material of the suspension edge element is able to be evenly distributed to integrally bond with the supporting frame and the vibration sheet. Therefore, the gaps of the vibration sheet being fed with the suspension edge can form a plurality of petal, plum, or any other streamlined shapes. The mold injecting method also allows adding variety of colors into the fluid material, such as red, yellow, blue, white, and black colorants, to form a plurality of colors of the present invention. The multiple feeding points may also be provided, so that the hollow portion between the vibration sheet and the suspension edge has no other plastic or injecting material. Therefore, the speaker appearance looks like transitional speaker.
The induction coil is fixedly mounted at the upper basin frame, wherein one side of the induction coil is fixedly mounted at the rear side of the vibration sheet. The induction coil further comprises two connection wires electrically connecting to the two conductive terminals at the supporting frame respectively.
The lower basin frame, which is fixedly coupled with the upper basin frame, comprises an electromagnetic unit and a connecting holder, wherein the electromagnetic unit comprises a U-shaped electromagnetic element, a permanent magnet, and a pole panel. The electromagnetic element has an inner surface, wherein the inner surface is configured to form a receiving cavity therewithin. The permanent magnet and the pole panel are received within the receiving cavity orderly. When the permanent magnet and the pole panel are disposed in the receiving cavity of the electromagnetic element, a coil moving cavity is formed between the inner side of the inner surface of the electromagnetic element. One side of the induction coil is received in the coil moving cavity. One side of the connecting holder is affixedly coupled with the electromagnetic element. In particularly, the connecting holder is integrally formed with the electromagnetic element to form a one piece integrated structure by plastic mold injection. The other side of the connecting holder comprises at least one protruding element. A plurality of heat dissipating apertures are provided between the protruding elements, such that when the electromagnetic vibrator is operated, the heat generated therefrom is able to be dissipated via the air flow through the heat dissipating apertures.
Accordingly, the present invention also provides a method for making the electromagnetic vibrator, which comprises the steps of:
(a) placing the conductive terminals in a molding tool of the supporting frame for integrally forming the conductive terminals with the supporting frame via mold to injecting to inject the molding fluid material into the molding tool of the supporting frame;
(b) placing the vibration sheet and the supporting frame in the molding tool of the suspension edge element for integrally forming the upper basin frame by mold injection to inject the fluid material of mold injection of the suspension edge element into the molding tool of the suspension edge element;
(c) placing the permanent magnet and the pole panel into the U-shaped electromagnetic element orderly to form the electromagnetic unit, and then placing the electromagnetic unit into a molding tool of the connecting holder for integrally forming the lower basin frame via mold injection;
(d) affixing one side of the induction coil at the rear side of the vibration sheet, and placing the other side of the induction coil within the receiving cavity of the lower basin frame; and
(e) fixedly coupling the upper basin frame with the lower basin frame.
Therefore, the present invention provides an electromagnetic vibrator, which comprises an upper basin frame, an induction coil, and a lower basin frame, wherein the upper basin frame comprises the supporting frame, vibration sheet, and the suspension edge element. The vibration sheet and the supporting frame are placed in a molding tool of the suspension edge for integrally forming therewith to form the upper basin frame by mold injection, so that the speakers are able to form a plurality of shapes and colors. Meanwhile, the method for making the electromagnetic vibrator changes the traditional producing method, wherein the production quality and rate are enhanced by using machinery equipments for making the speaker to reduce the manual process.
These and other objectives, features, and advantages of the present invention will become apparent from the following detailed description, the accompanying drawings, and the appended claims.
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One side of the connecting holder 32 is integrally connected to the electromagnetic unit 31 preferably via mold injection method, and the other side of the connecting holder 32 is preferably connected to the corresponding side of the supporting frame 11 of the upper basin frame 10 preferably via ultrasonic connection, rotational interlocking connection, hot-melt connection, rivet connection, or screw connection etc. A plurality of second protruding elements 321 are provided at a peripheral edge of the corresponding side of the connecting holder 32, wherein every two of the neighboring second protruding elements 321 at the upper peripheral edge of the connecting holder 32 are separated at the distance A corresponding to the distance between two first protruding elements 114 such that the second protruding elements 321 are fittingly interlocked with the first protruding elements 114 respectively. Therefore, when the upper basin frame 10 and the lower basin frame 30 are connecting therewith via the ultrasonic, hot melt, or other methods, the connecting between the upper and lower basin frames 10, 30 are not dislocated due to the mechanically vibration. A plurality of heat dissipating apertures 322 are provided at the peripheral edge of the lower basin frame 30 at a position that each of the heat dissipating apertures 322 is located between any two neighboring second protruding elements 321, such that when the electromagnetic vibrator of the speaker is working, the heat generated from the lower basin frame 30 within the receiving cavity is able to be dissipated via the air flow through the heat dissipating apertures 322.
Accordingly, the present invention further provides a method of manufacturing the electromagnetic vibrator, which comprises the steps of:
(a) placing the conductive terminals 112 in a molding tool of the supporting frame 11 for integrally forming the conductive terminals 112 with the supporting frame 11 via mold injecting to inject the molding fluid material, preferably plastic, into the molding tool of the supporting frame 11;
(b) placing the vibration sheet 13 and the supporting frame 11 in the molding tool of the suspension edge element 12 for integrally forming the upper basin frame 10 in a glue-less manner by mold injection to inject the fluid material of mold injection of the suspension edge element 12 into the molding tool of the suspension edge element 12;
(c) placing the permanent magnet 312 and the pole panel 313 into the electromagnetic element 311 orderly to form the electromagnetic unit 31 that the permanent magnet 312 is firstly disposed in the electromagnetic element 311 and the pole panel 313 is disposed on the permanent magnet 312, and then placing the electromagnetic unit 31 into a molding tool of the connecting holder 32 for integrally forming therewith via molding injection to form the integrated lower basin frame 30;
(d) affixing one side of the induction coil 20 at the rear side of the vibration sheet 13, and placing the other side of the induction coil 20 within the coil moving cavity 318 of the lower basin frame 30 such that when the electromagnetic unit 31 is electromagnetically inducted with the induction coil 20, a vibration force is generated to the vibration sheet; and
(e) fixedly coupling the upper basin frame 10 with the lower basin frame 30.
More specifically, the upper basin frame 10 and the lower basin frame 30 are preferably coupled with each other via the ultrasonic method.
More specifically, the upper basin frame 10 and the lower basin frame 30 are preferably coupled with each other via rotational interlocking connection.
More specifically, the upper basin frame 10 and the lower basin frame 30 are preferably coupled with each other via the hot-melt connection.
More specifically, the upper basin frame 10 and the lower basin frame 30 are preferably coupled with each other via the rivet connection.
More specifically, the upper basin frame 10 and the lower basin frame 30 are preferably coupled with each other via screw connection.
More specifically, the lower basin frame 30 can be coupled with the upper basin frame 10 via the traditional method.
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One skilled in the art will understand that the embodiment of the present invention as shown in the drawings and described above is exemplary only and not intended to be limiting.
It will thus be seen that the objects of the present invention have been fully and effectively accomplished. The embodiments have been shown and described for the purposes of illustrating the functional and structural principles of the present invention and is subject to change without departure from such principles. Therefore, this invention includes all modifications encompassed within the spirit and scope of the following claims.
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