The present application claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No. 201610084625.X, filed Feb. 14, 2016, and Chinese Patent Application No. 201620746414.3, filed Jul. 15, 2016, the disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference in their entireties.
Field of the Invention
The present invention relates generally to headphones, and, more specifically, to headphones with zones configured for different frequency ranges and to provide enhanced sound effects, while maintaining a thin or compact profile of the headphones.
Discussion of the Related Art
A conventional headphone comprises an earphone casing and a sounding module mounted in the earphone casing. The sounding module comprises a main body and a loudspeaker assembly mounted in the main body. The earphone casing has a front cavity corresponding to the front side of the sounding module and a rear cavity corresponding to the rear side of the sounding module. The main body has a baseboard portion and an annular portion connected to each other. The front cavity is formed and surrounded by the baseboard portion and the annular portion. The baseboard portion is formed with a through hole in communication with the front cavity and the rear cavity. The loudspeaker assembly comprises a yoke, a magnet, a washer, a voice coil, and a diaphragm. The yoke, the magnet, the washer, and the voice coil are mounted corresponding to the through hole.
The cavity structure of the headphone will directly impact on the audio performance of the headphone. However, in the existing technique, the cavity structure of the headphone limits the headphone to improve the audios quality. It is difficult to meet the requirements for the audios quality of the headphone. For instance, all the low-frequency signals, intermediate-frequency signals and high-frequency signals of the sounding module are mixed in the rear cavity in the existing technique. The frequency division effect is not good. In particular, the high-frequency signals can't be separated clearly to impact on the bass effect. As a result, the audios quality of the headphone is not good. It is difficult to meet the higher and high requirements for the audios quality of the headphone.
Accordingly, the inventor of the present invention has devoted himself based on his many years of practical experiences to solve this problem.
Accordingly, embodiments of the invention are directed to headphones that substantially obviate one or more of the problems due to limitations and disadvantages of the related art.
An object of embodiments of the invention is to provide headphones for most low frequency to enter a rear cavity through second auxiliary holes and for the headphone to have a better frequency division effect and improves the audio quality of the headphone.
Another object of embodiments of the invention is to provide a headphone module with an improved tri-frequency balance. To accomplish frequency division of low-frequency signals, the headphone module is provided with first auxiliary air holes in front of second auxiliary air holes to retain and enhance intermediate-frequency signals effectively, in particular high-frequency signals, to adjust and improve tri-frequency balance and to improve the audio quality of the headphone.
Additional features and advantages of embodiments of the invention will be set forth in the description which follows, and in part will be apparent from the description, or may be learned by practice of embodiments of the invention. The objectives and other advantages of the embodiments of the invention will be realized and attained by the structure particularly pointed out in the written description and claims hereof as well as the appended drawings.
To achieve these and other advantages and in accordance with the purpose of embodiments of the invention, as embodied and broadly described, a bass or low-frequency-division headphone according to an embodiment of the invention comprises an earphone casing and a sounding module installed in the earphone casing. The earphone casing has an accommodation room. The accommodation room has a front end opening at a front end of the earphone casing. A rear end of the accommodation room is provided with an annular partition. An exterior of the annular partition is formed with a first rear cavity. A second rear cavity is formed between an exterior of the annular partition and an inner wall of the earphone casing. The sounding module comprises a main body and a loudspeaker assembly mounted in the main body.
The main body has a baseboard portion and a first annular portion connected to each other. The baseboard portion and the first annular portion jointly define a front cavity surrounded therebetween. The baseboard portion is formed with a through hole penetrating two sides of the baseboard portion and the front cavity. The loudspeaker assembly comprises a yoke, a magnet, a washer, a voice coil, and a diaphragm. The yoke, the magnet, the washer, and the voice coil are mounted corresponding to the through hole. The diaphragm is connected on the voice coil and located in the front cavity.
The baseboard portion is further formed with more than one first auxiliary air hole. The first auxiliary air holes are located beside the through hole and corresponding to an outer side of the voice coil. The first annular portion is formed with more than one second auxiliary air hole communicating with the outside. The first auxiliary air holes and the second auxiliary air holes are covered with a piece of soundproof paper, respectively.
The sounding module is installed in the accommodation room. The main body is disposed on top of the annular partition. The through hole is aligned with the first rear cavity inside the annular partition. The second auxiliary air holes are in communication with the second rear cavity. The annular partition is located between the first auxiliary air holes and the second auxiliary air holes. A frequency division cavity is formed among an outer side of the main body, the annular partition, and the inner wall of the earphone casing. The frequency division cavity is formed with a third auxiliary air hole at the front end opening of the earphone casing.
A bass or low-frequency-division headphone according to another embodiment of the invention comprises a main body and a loudspeaker assembly mounted in the main body. The main body has a baseboard portion and a first annular portion connected to each other. The baseboard portion and the first annular portion jointly define a front cavity surrounded therebetween. The baseboard portion is formed with a first through hole penetrating front and rear sides of the baseboard portion and the front cavity. The loudspeaker assembly comprises a yoke, a magnet, a washer, a voice coil, and a diaphragm. The yoke, the magnet, the washer, and the voice coil are mounted corresponding to the first through hole. The diaphragm is connected on the voice coil and located in the front cavity.
The baseboard portion is further formed with more than one first auxiliary air hole penetrating the front and rear sides of the baseboard portion. The first auxiliary air holes are located beside the first through hole and corresponding to an outer side of the voice coil. The first annular portion is formed with more than one second auxiliary air hole penetrating the front cavity to communicate with the outside. The second auxiliary air holes are located behind the first auxiliary air holes in an anterior-posterior direction. The first auxiliary air holes and the second auxiliary air holes are covered with soundproof paper, respectively.
It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are exemplary and explanatory and are intended to provide further explanation of embodiments of the invention as claimed.
The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a further understanding of embodiments of the invention and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments of the invention and together with the description serve to explain the principles of embodiments of the invention.
Reference will now be made in detail to the preferred embodiments of the invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
The sounding module 1 comprises a main body 10 and a loudspeaker assembly mounted in the main body 10.
The main body 10 includes a baseboard portion 11 and a first annular portion 12 connected to each other. The rear end face of the baseboard portion 11 of the main body 10 is formed with an installation rough 1101. The installation trough 1101 is 25 provided with a printed circuit board 1102 therein. The baseboard portion 11 and the first annular portion 12 jointly define a front cavity surrounded therebetween. The baseboard portion 11 is formed with a through hole 15 penetrating two sides of the baseboard portion 11 and the front cavity.
The loudspeaker assembly comprises a yoke 30, a magnet 40, a washer 50, a piece of circular soundproof 60, a voice coil 70, 30 and a diaphragm 80. The yoke 30, the magnet 40, the washer 50, and the voice coil 70 are mounted corresponding to the through hole 15. The diaphragm 80 is connected on the voice coil 70 and located in the front cavity. The front end of the first annular portion 12 is mounted with an upper cover 20. The upper cover 20 is formed with a plurality of sound holes. The loudspeaker assembly is covered by the upper cover 20 to be inside the main body 10.
The baseboard portion 11 is further formed with more than one first auxiliary air hole 16. The first auxiliary air holes 16 are located beside the through hole 15 and corresponding to the outer side of the voice coil 70. The first annular portion 12 is formed with more than one second auxiliary air hole 17 communicating with the outside. The first auxiliary air holes 16 and the second auxiliary air holes 17 are covered with a piece of soundproof paper, respectively. The outer side of the first annular portion 12 is formed with an annular recess 19 corresponding to the second auxiliary air holes 17. The piece of soundproof paper corresponding to the second auxiliary air holes 17 is designed to be a piece of an integral curved soundproof paper 91. The piece of integral curved soundproof paper 91 is disposed in the annular recess 19. The piece of soundproof paper corresponding to the first auxiliary air holes 16 is designed to be a piece of integral annular soundproof paper 92. The piece of integral annular soundproof paper 92 is to cover all the first auxiliary air holes 16.
The sounding module 1 is installed in the accommodation room 101. The main body 10 is disposed on top of the annular partition 102. The through hole 15 is aligned with the first rear cavity 103 inside the annular partition 102. The second auxiliary air holes 17 are in communication with the second rear cavity 104. The annular partition 102 is located between the first auxiliary air holes 16 and the second auxiliary air holes 17. A frequency division cavity is formed among the outer side of the main body 10, the annular partition 102, and the inner wall of the earphone casing 100. The frequency division cavity is formed with a third auxiliary air hole 105 at the front end opening of the earphone casing 100.
An annular stop board 106 is provided in front of the third auxiliary air hole 106. The annular stop board 106 is formed with more than one fourth auxiliary air hole 107 in communication with the third auxiliary air hole 105 and the frequency-division cavity. The fourth auxiliary air holes 107 are also covered with a piece of soundproof paper. The front end of the earphone casing 100 is provided with an earmuff 116. The earmuff 116 is connected to the annular stop board 106. The annular stop board 106 is locked to the front end of the earphone casing 100. The sounding module 1 is pressed and confined between the annular stop board 106 and the annular partition 102. The outer side of the annular stop board 106 is formed with a buckle groove 108. The rear end of the earmuff 116 is formed with an elastic buckle portion 109. The elastic buckle portion 109 is engaged in the buckle groove 108.
The front and rear end faces of the baseboard portion 11 are provided with a second annular portion 13 and a third annular portion 14, respectively. The through hole 15 penetrates the interiors of the second annular portion 13 and the third annular portion 14. The first auxiliary air holes 16 penetrate the exterior of the second annular portion 13 and the interior of the third annular portion 14. A plurality of reinforcement ribs 18 are provided and connected between the second annular portion 13 and the baseboard portion 11. Each of the first auxiliary holes 16 is disposed between every adjacent two of the reinforcement ribs 18. The first auxiliary holes 16 and the second auxiliary holes 17 are arranged annularly, which can be arranged in other forms, not limited thereto. Between the outer side of the second annular portion 13 and the front end face of the baseboard portion 11 is a frustum configuration which is gradually enlarged from front to back. The first auxiliary holes 16 are disposed on the frustum configuration. The third annular portion 14 extends into the annular partition 102. A soundproof sleeve 110 is provided beneath the baseboard portion 11 corresponding to the third annular portion 14. The soundproof sleeve 110 has a sleeve body portion 111 and an inner stop portion 112 integrally connected to the lower end of the sleeve body portion 111. The inner stop portion 112 is formed with a voice convergence hole 113 corresponding in position to the through hole 15. The sleeve body portion 111 extends rearward beyond the rear end of the annular partition 102.
The baseboard portion 11 is further formed with more than one first auxiliary air hole 16 penetrating the front and rear sides of the baseboard 11. The first auxiliary air holes 16 are located beside the first through hole 15 and corresponding to the outer side of the voice coil 70. The first annular portion 12 is formed with more than one second auxiliary air hole 17 penetrating the front cavity to communicate with the outside. The second auxiliary air holes 17 are located behind the first auxiliary air holes 16 in the anterior-posterior direction. This design can prevent much airflow from flowing out from the second auxiliary air holes 17 to cause a loss of high-frequency signals. Thus, on the premise to accomplish frequency division of low-frequency signals, this can retain and enhance intermediate-frequency signals effectively, in particular high-frequency signals so as to adjust and improve tri-frequency balance. The first auxiliary air holes 16 and the second auxiliary air holes 17 are covered with soundproof paper, respectively. The outer side of the first annular portion 12 is formed with an annular recess 19 corresponding to the second auxiliary air holes 17. The soundproof paper corresponding to the second auxiliary air holes 17 is designed to be integral curved soundproof paper 91. The integral curved soundproof paper 91 is disposed in the annular recess 19. The soundproof paper corresponding to the first auxiliary air holes 16 is designed to be integral annular soundproof paper 92. The integral annular soundproof paper 92 is to cover all the first auxiliary air holes 16. In general, the curved soundproof paper 91 is more sparse in material than the annular soundproof paper 92.
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The headphone module according to an embodiment of the present invention includes with the first and second auxiliary air holes. The second auxiliary air holes accomplish frequency division of low-frequency signals. The first auxiliary air holes are disposed in front of the second auxiliary air holes to retain and enhance intermediate-frequency signals effectively, in particular high-frequency signals, so as to adjust and improve tri-frequency balance and to improve the audio quality of the earphone. The headphone module according to an embodiment of the present invention is beneficial for production and assembly. Thus, the headphone module according to an embodiment of the present invention can be widely applied to headphone products. Furthermore, through the audio cavity adjustment member, the diaphragm has better transient characteristics and high sensitivity.
The headphones according to an embodiment of the present invention have obvious advantages and beneficial effects. For example, the main body of the sounding module is formed with the first and second auxiliary air holes. The earphone casing comprises the annular partition therein. The annular partition partitions the conventional rear cavity into a first rear cavity and a second rear cavity, such that most bass enters the second rear cavity through the second auxiliary holes. Most of low-frequency signals are clearly separated to provide a better frequency division effect and to improve the bass effect and the audio quality of the earphone. The present invention can effectively solve the problem that all low-frequency signals, intermediate-frequency signals and high-frequency signals of the prior art are mixed in the rear cavity to cause a worse bass effect. The headphone according to an embodiment of the present invention meets the requirements for a bass effect.
In addition, the headphones according to another embodiment of the present invention include first and second auxiliary air holes. The second auxiliary air holes accomplish frequency division of low-frequency signals. The first auxiliary air holes are disposed in front of the second auxiliary air holes to retain and enhance intermediate-frequency signals effectively, in particular high-frequency signals, to adjust and improve tri-frequency balance and to improve the audio quality of the earphone.
Further, the headphone module according to an embodiment of the present invention is beneficial for production and assembly. Thus, the headphone module can be widely applied to headphone products. Furthermore, through the audio cavity adjustment member, the diaphragm has better transient characteristics and high sensitivity.
It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made in the headphone and the headset of embodiments of the invention without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention. Thus, it is intended that embodiments of the invention cover the modifications and variations of this invention provided they come within the scope of the appended claims and their equivalents.
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