Patent Grant
11317218
This application is a National Stage of International Application No. PCT/CN2018/123301, filed on Dec. 25, 2018, which claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No. 201810163309.0, filed on Feb. 26, 2018, both of which are hereby incorporated by reference in their entireties.
The present invention relates to the technical field of sound generating device.
A sound generating device is an important component among electronic products and is used to convert electrical signals into acoustic signals. The electronic products have a development trend of getting thinner and thinner and tend to have more and more components contained therein in order to realize more functions, as such, space reserved therein for the sound generating device is bound to become smaller and smaller. In addition, more and more attention has been drawn to users' music experience from electronic products, and the sound generating device is required to have better sound quality.
In order to improve performance on music experience, prior art sound generating devices have a sound generator installed in a box with a certain volume. The sound generator includes a shell, as well as a magnetic circuit system and a vibration system accommodated and fixed in the shell. A rear cavity is formed between the sound generator and the box. The larger the rear cavity, the lower the low-frequency resonance frequency of the product, thereby the low-frequency performance of the product is improved. The sound generating device in the prior art typically has a structure with an accommodating cavity for accommodating a sound generator in the box, and a rear cavity on a side of the sound generator. Although forming the rear cavity on the side of the sound generator can realize the largest possible rear cavity volume, but at the same time, it also leads to a larger space occupation by the entire sound generating device in a horizontal direction, which is not conducive to the miniaturization of the product.
Furthermore, the sound generating device of the prior art is irregular in the shape of the rear cavity, and the airflow from the sound generator into the rear cavity is not stable enough, which is easy to cause problems such as polarization and distortion, resulting in an unsatisfactory acoustic effect.
If the volume of the sound generating device of the existing structure is reduced, the volume of the rear cavity of the sound generating device is bound to be reduced. Therefore, it is necessary to provide a novel structured sound generating device with a small volume while maintaining good performance to meet the development needs of electronic products.
The embodiment of the invention provides a sound generator, which can meet the requirements of small volume while having good performance.
The invention further provides a sound generator, comprising a shell, a vibration system and a magnetic circuit system; wherein the shell sequentially accommodates and fixes the vibration system and the magnetic circuit system from top to bottom; the magnetic circuit system comprises a magnetic conductive yoke, and a central magnetic circuit portion and a side magnetic circuit portion that are mounted on an upper surface of the magnetic conductive yoke; a magnetic gap is formed between the central magnetic circuit portion and the side magnetic circuit portion; and at least one of the central magnetic circuit portion and the side magnetic circuit portion is provided with a permanent magnet; the magnetic circuit system is provided with a rear sound hole; a rear cavity in communication with the rear sound hole is provided directly below the magnetic circuit system; the shell further comprises a lower cover plate located at a bottom of the sound generator, the lower cover plate is configured to close the rear cavity; at least one support foot extending toward the lower cover plate is provided on the magnetic conductive yoke.
Optionally, the magnetic conductive yoke is rectangular, and a corner of the magnetic conductive yoke is provided with a first rear sound hole in communication with the magnetic gap and the rear cavity; the rear sound hole comprises the first rear sound hole.
Optionally, the central magnetic circuit portion comprises a central magnet and a central magnetic conductive plate provided on a top surface of the central magnet; at the central magnetic circuit portion, the magnetic circuit system is provided with a through hole that sequentially penetrates the magnetic conductive yoke and the central magnet as a part of the rear cavity, and a second rear sound hole in communication with the through hole is provided on the central magnetic conductive plate; the rear sound hole comprises the second rear sound hole.
Optionally, the through hole is composed of a central hole of the magnetic conductive yoke and a central hole of the central magnet, and the support foot is provided at a peripheral position of the central hole of the magnetic conductive yoke.
Optionally, the support foot is formed by stamping a material located at the central hole of the magnetic conductive yoke before the magnetic conductive yoke is holed.
Optionally, there is a gap between the support foot and the lower cover plate.
Optionally, the lower cover plate is made of metal.
Optionally, the shell comprises a straight cylinder-shaped shell body portion with openings at two ends, and the shell body portion accommodates and fixes the vibration system and the magnetic circuit system; the vibration system comprises a diaphragm and a voice coil fixed below the diaphragm, the diaphragm being fixed on an end surface of a first end opening of the shell body portion; the voice coil is suspended in the magnetic gap; the shell body portion comprises a first portion corresponding to the vibration system and the magnetic circuit system, and a second portion integrally extending downward from the first portion beyond a bottom surface of the magnetic circuit system; the lower cover plate is mounted at a second end opening of the shell body portion; and a rear cavity is formed between the second portion of the shell body portion, the bottom surface of the magnetic circuit system and the lower cover plate.
Optionally, an outer side of the magnetic circuit system is disposed in close contact with an inner wall of the shell body portion.
Optionally, the shell is of a rectangular structure.
Optionally, the lower cover plate is of a flat plate shape; or, the lower cover plate is of a bowl-shaped structure provided with a bottom wall and a side wall.
Optionally, the lower cover plate is made of a metal; an inner side of an end surface of the second end opening of the shell body portion is provided with a recessed second stepped end surface, the second stepped end surface is provided with a top surface and a side surface for mounting the lower cover plate; the lower cover plate is of a flat plate shape, an edge of the lower cover plate is provided with a recessed portion recessed toward the rear cavity, the recessed portion abuts on the top surface of the second stepped end surface, a first glue holding groove is formed between the recessed portion and the side surface of the second stepped end surface, and the first glue holding groove is coated with glue to fix the lower cover plate on the shell body portion; or, the lower cover plate is of a bowl-shaped structure provided with a bottom wall and a side wall, an end of the side wall of the lower cover plate is bent outward to provide a mounting edge, the mounting edge abuts on the top surface of the second stepped end surface, a second glue holding groove is formed between the mounting edge and the side surface of the second stepped end surface, and the second glue holding groove is coated with glue to fix the lower cover plate on the shell body portion; or a plastic edge is injection-molded on a periphery of the lower cover plate, and the plastic edge is ultrasonically welded to the second end opening of the shell body portion.
Optionally, the rear sound hole is provided with a breathable spacer, and the rear cavity is filled with a sound absorbing material.
In the technical solution provided in the embodiment of the invention, the shell sequentially accommodates and fixes the vibration system and the magnetic circuit system from top to bottom, and the rear cavity directly below the magnetic circuit system is closed by the lower cover plate of the shell. Compared with the prior art, the invention directly forms a sufficiently large rear cavity space from the lower end portion of the sound generator and the space directly below the magnetic circuit system. Firstly, there is no need to additionally configure the box structure forming the rear cavity, thus it will not increase the occupied space in the horizontal direction, and the peripheral area of the shell of the sound generator determines the size of the space occupied by the entire sound generating device in the electronic product, which helps to achieve miniaturization of the product, and on the basis of miniaturization, it can take into account both the volume of the magnetic circuit system and the volume of the rear cavity, thereby ensuring acoustic performance. Secondly, a rear cavity is arranged directly below the magnetic circuit system, and the rear cavity has a regular shape and is close to the rear acoustic hole. Compared with the prior art, the same large rear cavity volume can achieve a better acoustic effect. In addition, the support foot extending toward the lower cover plate on the magnetic conductive yoke can prevent the lower cover plate from being deformed under excessive pressure.
Other features and advantages of the invention will become clear from the following detailed description of exemplary embodiments of the invention with reference to the drawings.
The drawings that form a part of the description describe embodiments of the invention, and together with the description serve to explain the principles of the invention.
Various exemplary embodiments of the invention will now be described in detail with reference to the drawings. It should be noted that: unless specifically stated otherwise, the relative arrangement of components and steps, numerical expressions, and numerical values set forth in these embodiments do not limit the scope of the invention. The following description of at least one exemplary embodiment is actually merely illustrative, and in no way serves as any limitation on the invention and its application or use.
Techniques and devices known to those of ordinary skill in the related art may not be discussed in detail, but where appropriate, the techniques and devices should be considered as part of the description. In all examples shown and discussed herein, any specific values should be interpreted as exemplary only and not as limitations. Therefore, other examples of the exemplary embodiment may have different values. It should be noted that: Similar reference numerals and letters indicate similar items in the following drawings. Therefore, once an item is defined in one drawing, there is no need to discuss it further in subsequent drawings.
In the technical solution provided in the embodiment of the invention, the shell sequentially accommodates and fixes the vibration system and the magnetic circuit system from top to bottom, and the rear cavity directly below the magnetic circuit system is closed by the lower cover plate of the shell. Compared with the prior art, the invention directly forms a sufficiently large rear cavity space from the lower end portion of the sound generator and the space directly below the magnetic circuit system. Firstly, there is no need to additionally configure the box structure forming the rear cavity, thus it will not increase the occupied space in the horizontal direction, and the peripheral area of the shell of the sound generator determines the size of the space occupied by the entire sound generating device in the electronic product, which helps to achieve miniaturization of the product, and on the basis of miniaturization, it can take into account both the volume of the magnetic circuit system and the volume of the rear cavity, thereby ensuring acoustic performance. Secondly, a rear cavity is arranged directly below the magnetic circuit system, and the rear cavity has a regular shape and is close to the rear acoustic hole. Compared with the prior art, the same large rear cavity volume can achieve a better acoustic effect. In addition, the support foot extending toward the lower cover plate on the magnetic conductive yoke can prevent the lower cover plate from being deformed under excessive pressure.
It should be noted that when the sound generator is assembled with the electronic device terminal, a certain pressure is applied to the lower cover plate of the sound generator, so that the sound generator and the electronic device terminal (such as the mobile phone end) are sealed. In the technical solution provided by the present invention, the support foot extending in the direction of the magnetic conductive yoke towards the lower cover plate limits the deformation of the lower cover plate to a certain extent, and prevent the sound generator from being deformed seriously from pressure and affecting the normal use of the sound generator.
Further, as shown in
During the specific implementation, one of the following methods can be used to set the metal sheet 200:
Method One: as shown in
Method Two: as shown in
In the Method Two, the metal sheet 200 can be combined with the side wall of the shell 10 through a glue body, or a groove 201 is provided on the side wall of the shell 10 at a position corresponding to the metal sheet 200 (as shown in
Further, as shown in
In an achievable solution, as shown in
In order to further increase the volume of the rear cavity to improve the acoustic characteristics of the sound generator, another embodiment of the present invention proposes to provide a through hole in the magnetic circuit system, and use the through hole as a part of the rear cavity to increase the volume of the rear cavity. Specifically, as shown in
As the four first rear acoustic holes 401 at the four corners of the magnetic conductive yoke 31 cannot achieve the best air circulation effect with the rear cavity 60, thus in this embodiment, a second rear sound hole 402 in communication with the through holes in the magnetic conductive yoke 31 and the central magnet 32 is provided on the central magnetic conductive plate 33 as a fifth rear sound hole. The four first rear sound holes 401 and the second rear sound hole 402 together constitute the rear sound hole 40 provided on the magnetic circuit system. The No. 5 rear sound hole not only can play the role of expanding the capacity of the rear cavity 60, but also can solve the problem of the degradation of the stability of the vibration system due to the increase of the acoustic resistance of the vibration caused by the small distance between the vibration system and the magnetic circuit of the miniaturized device.
Additional explanation to be made here is that the central area of the central magnet 32 contributes less to the BL of the sound generator (a parameter which measures the strength of the driving system in the sound generator) than the boundary area. Therefore, when the volume of the rear cavity 60 is limited, the center area of the central magnet 32 is hollowed-out to increase the volume of the rear cavity, which helps to improve the performance of the product. Although influence of the hollowed-out area of the central magnet 32 on the BL value of the magnetic circuit system 30 is small, the influence is somewhat unneglectable. If the hollowed-out area of the central magnet 32 is too large, its influence on the BL value of the magnetic circuit system 30 cannot be ignored. If the hollowed-out area is too large, the BL value of the magnetic circuit system 30 will be smaller, and the performance of the product will be lower. Therefore, it is necessary to find a balance range such that the increase of the volume of the rear cavity 60 since the center magnet 32 is hollowed-out improves the product performance more than the reduction in the BL value of the magnetic circuit system reduces the product performance, thereby optimizing the product performance. Through simulation, it is known that when the hollowed-out volume of the center magnet 32 accounts for less than 35% of the original volume of the center magnet, the product performance is improved. When the hollowed-out volume of the center magnet 32 exceeds this range, the BL value of the magnetic circuit system 30 sharply decreases. At this time, the increase in the space of the rear cavity 60 has a lower performance improvement effect than the product performance reduction effect caused by the decrease of the BL value of the magnetic circuit system, and the overall performance is the reduction of product performance. Therefore, in the above technical solution provided by the invention, the opening volume of the center magnet should satisfy: the ratio of the opening volume of the center magnet 32 to the volume of the center magnet 32 before opening is less than or equal to 35%, and can be further controlled to 5%-30%.
In an achievable solution, the through hole is composed of the central hole of the magnetic conductive yoke 31 and the central hole of the central magnet 32, and the support foot 310 is arranged at a peripheral position of the central hole of the magnetic conductive yoke 31. The support foot 310 is arranged at the peripheral position of the central hole of the magnetic conductive yoke 31 such that it can effectively prevent the lower cover plate 50 from being forced to produce a large amount of deformation.
The support foot 310 may be an individual component and fixed on the magnetic conductive yoke 31 by welding or gluing; or, the support foot 310 and the magnetic conductive yoke 31 may be an integral structure, specifically, as shown in
Further, in the above sound generator, a gap is between the support foot 310 and the lower cover plate 50. Since the elastic deformation of the lower cover plate under relatively small pressure will recover itself after the pressure is removed, there is a gap between the support foot 310 and the lower cover plate 50, which will not affect the function of preventing excessive deformation of the support foot 310, and can also reduce the amount of material used for the support foot 310.
In an achievable solution, the lower cover plate 50 can be made of a metal, and the metal material can be made thinner and occupy a smaller space.
Further, as shown in
In order to reduce the volume of the sound generator and maximize the magnetic circuit system, as shown in
Compared with the prior art, the technical solution provided by the embodiments of the invention directly forms a sufficiently large rear cavity space from the lower end portion of the shell of the sound generator. There is no need to additionally configure the box structure forming the rear cavity, thus it will not increase the occupied space in the horizontal direction, and the peripheral area of the shell of the sound generator determines the size of the space occupied by the entire sound generating device in the electronic product, which helps to achieve miniaturization of the product, and on the basis of miniaturization, it can take into account both the volume of the magnetic circuit system and the volume of the rear cavity, thereby ensuring acoustic performance. Secondly, a rear cavity is arranged directly below the vibration system and the magnetic circuit system, and the rear cavity has a regular shape and is close to the rear acoustic hole. Compared with the prior art, the same large rear cavity volume can achieve a better acoustic effect. In addition, the technical solution provided by the embodiments of the invention is only to lengthen the design of the shell of the sound generator, the structure is simple, and there is no need to perform fabrication between the sound generator and the box or the box structure, which can simplify the manufacturing process and mounting process and increase the production efficiency.
Further, the lower cover plate is of a flat plate shape (not shown). Or, as shown in
In the embodiment in which the lower cover plate 50 is of a bowl-shaped structure, the lower cover plate 50 being of the bowl-shaped structure has higher strength and occupies a small space, and the existence of the side wall 502 forms a part of the rear cavity space. Therefore, the height of the shell 10 can be reduced to avoid the problem that the wall thickness of an excessively high plastic shell needs to be increased to ensure the overall structural strength, which will increase the space occupied, and is more conducive to product miniaturization.
In the sound generator provided in this embodiment, when the lower cover plate 50 is made of a metal, the following two ways can be adopted to realize the connection of the lower cover plate and the second end opening of the shell body portion. Of course, the embodiments of the present invention are not limited to the following connection ways.
In the first way, as shown in
In the second way, a plastic edge (not shown) is injection-molded on a periphery of the lower cover plate 50, and the plastic edge is ultrasonically welded to the second end opening of the shell body portion.
Further, as shown in
More specifically, the sound generator provided by the embodiment of the present invention may further include: as shown in
Further, as shown in
Further, as shown in
Although some specific embodiments of the invention have been demonstrated in detail by way of examples, it should be understood by a person skilled in the art that the above examples are only intended to be illustrative rather than to limit the scope of the invention. It should be understood by a person skilled in the art that the above embodiments can be amended without departing from the scope and spirit of the present invention. The scope of the present invention is defined by the attached claims.
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