The present specification is a U.S. National Stage of International Patent Application No. PCT/CN2015/094899, filed Nov. 18, 2015, which claims priority to and the benefit of Chinese Patent Application No. 201510240603.3, filed May 12, 2015, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.
The present invention relates to the technical field of electro-acoustic products, and more particularly, to a loudspeaker module.
The loudspeaker module is an important acoustical component of the portable electronic device, is used for transforming electrical signal and acoustical signal, and is an energy converter. The module housing of the loudspeaker module generally comprises an upper module housing and a lower module housing, which jointly enclose a module inner cavity for accommodating the loudspeaker unit.
The existing loudspeaker module generally comprises a module housing and a loudspeaker unit, and the module housing forms a module inner cavity for accommodating the loudspeaker unit. The module inner cavity is divided into a front acoustic cavity and a rear acoustic cavity by the loudspeaker unit. The module housing comprises an upper module housing and a lower module housing, and the loudspeaker unit is typically mounted at a position adjacent to the upper module housing. In order to increase the space of the vibration area of the vibration system of the loudspeaker unit, the mainstream solution of the existing micro loudspeaker is to replace the plastic housing above the vibration area with an injection-molded steel sheet structure on the plastic housing. The housing with such a structure allows to reduce the thickness of the housing in the case of satisfying the requirements on the strength of the housing, which relatively increases the volume of the inner cavity of the housing, thereby effectively expanding the vibration space of the vibration system. However, when the housing is provided with a steel sheet in an injection molding manner, the metal structure of the steel sheet will affect the application terminal of the loudspeaker, so that the matching between the application terminal of the loudspeaker and the loudspeaker is affected and is poor in stability, thereby decreasing the stability of the application terminal of the loudspeaker, and affecting the quality of the application terminal of the loudspeaker.
The technical problem sought to be solved by the present invention is to provide a loudspeaker module which is favorable for thinning of the loudspeaker module, and can ensure the matching stability between the loudspeaker and the application terminal.
In order to solve the above technical problem, the technical solution of the present invention is:
a loudspeaker module, comprising a module housing and a loudspeaker unit, wherein an inner cavity of the loudspeaker module for accommodating the loudspeaker unit is formed in the module housing, the module housing comprises an upper module housing and a lower module housing, the upper module housing is arranged at the outer side of a front cover of the loudspeaker unit, and the upper module housing is coupled with a metal sheet through injection molding, wherein a grounding terminal configured to be in grounding connection with an application terminal of the loudspeaker module is led out from the metal sheet.
Preferably, the grounding terminal is fixed on the upper module housing and is exposed to the outside of the upper module housing.
Preferably, the grounding terminal is electrically connected to the metal sheet through an electric connecting piece.
Preferably, the metal sheet, the electric connecting piece and the grounding terminal are coupled to the upper module housing through injection molding, and the grounding terminal is exposed to the outside.
Preferably, the metal sheet, the electric connecting piece and the grounding terminal are formed as an integral structure.
Preferably, the metal sheet is a steel sheet.
According to the technical solutions of the present invention, the advantageous effects of the present invention are described below.
In the loudspeaker module of the present invention, the upper module housing is coupled with a metal sheet through injection molding, and a grounding terminal configured to be in grounding connection with an application terminal of the loudspeaker module is led out from the metal sheet. When the loudspeaker module with this structure is mounted to the application terminal, it is possible to effectively suppress or eliminate the interference of the metal structure of the metal sheet to the application terminal, to ensure the matching stability between the loudspeaker module and the application terminal, thereby ensuring the quality of the application terminal of the loudspeaker module.
In the present invention, the grounding terminal is provided on the upper module housing, and is relatively firm, thereby facilitating the grounding connection of the grounding terminal of the metal sheet with the application terminal of the loudspeaker module.
In the drawings: 1, loudspeaker unit; 2, upper module housing; 3, steel sheet; 4, grounding terminal; 5, electric connecting piece; 6, lower module housing.
Hereinafter, the present invention is further described in detail with regard to accompanying drawings and embodiments in order to make the objectives, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention more clear. It will be understood that the discussed particular embodiments are only used for explaining the present invention, but not for limiting the present invention.
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The grounding terminal of the steel sheet 3 is fixed to the upper module housing 2 and is exposed to the outside of the upper module housing 2, which is relatively firm, thereby facilitating the grounding connection of the grounding terminal 4 of the steel sheet 3 with the application terminal of the loudspeaker module. The grounding terminal of the steel sheet 3 may employ a spot-welded structure, a screw-fixed structure, a riveted structure, a structure in which an elastic piece is used for connection in a contact way, a structure in which a conductive adhesive is used, and other fixedly connected structures to be connected to the ground of the application terminal of the loudspeaker module.
In the present embodiment, the grounding terminal 4 is electrically connected to the steel sheet 3 through the electric connecting piece 5. The steel sheet 3, the electric connecting piece 5 and the grounding terminal 4 are coupled to the upper module housing 2 through injection molding, and the grounding terminal 4 is exposed to the outside so as to facilitate the connection of the grounding terminal 4 of the steel sheet 3 to the application terminal when the loudspeaker module is mounted on the application terminal. The steel sheet 3, the electric connecting piece 5, and the grounding terminal 4 are formed as an integral structure, but are not limited to the integral structure.
In the loudspeaker module of the present embodiment, the upper module housing 2 is coupled with a steel sheet 3 through injection molding, and a grounding terminal 4 configured to be in grounding connection with an application terminal of the loudspeaker module is led out from the steel sheet 3. When the loudspeaker module with this structure is mounted to the application terminal, it is possible to effectively suppress or eliminate the interference of the metal structure of the steel sheet 3 to the application terminal, to ensure the matching stability between the loudspeaker module and the application terminal, thereby ensuring the quality of the application terminal of the loudspeaker module.
The foregoing is an example of a preferred embodiment of the present invention in which those not described in detail are well known to those skilled in the art. The scope of protection of the present invention is subject to the contents of the claims, and any equivalent transformation based on the technical enlightenment of the present invention also falls into the scope of protection of the present invention.
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