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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 10993018 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 2021

Filed:

Nov. 09, 2015

Speaker apparatus

Applicant:

Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Kohei Kikuchi, Saitama, JP;

Yohei Fukuma, Chiba, JP;

Nobukazu Suzuki, Kanagawa, JP;

Kazuhiro Matsutani, Chiba, JP;

Yoshio Ohashi, Kanagawa, JP;

Yasuo Kawabata, Kanagawa, JP;

Assignee:

SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:

Chip Law Group

Primary Examiner:

Davetta W Goins

Assistant Examiner:

Kuassi A Ganmavo

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 1/24 (2006.01); H04R 1/06 (2006.01); H04R 17/00 (2006.01); H04R 7/12 (2006.01); F21V 3/00 (2015.01); F21V 23/00 (2015.01); F21V 33/00 (2006.01); H04R 1/02 (2006.01); H04R 1/26 (2006.01); H04R 1/32 (2006.01); H04R 3/14 (2006.01); H04R 1/34 (2006.01); H04R 1/28 (2006.01); F21Y 115/10 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 1/24 (2013.01); F21V 3/00 (2013.01); F21V 23/001 (2013.01); F21V 33/0056 (2013.01); H04R 1/025 (2013.01); H04R 1/06 (2013.01); H04R 7/12 (2013.01); H04R 17/00 (2013.01); F21Y 2115/10 (2016.08); H04R 1/02 (2013.01); H04R 1/26 (2013.01); H04R 1/2834 (2013.01); H04R 1/323 (2013.01); H04R 1/345 (2013.01); H04R 3/14 (2013.01);
Abstract

Generation of a secondary sound source is inhibited, and a sound quality is improved. Included are a support fixed to a mount base, a speaker unit including a portion to be fixed, and a base casing holding the speaker unit, and the speaker unit is fixed to the support and the base casing with the portion to be fixed being sandwiched between the support and the base casing. With this configuration, the speaker unit will be held stably, a great oscillation from a diaphragm of the speaker unit is less transmitted to the parts other than the diaphragm of the speaker unit, to the member holding the speaker unit, or the like. Generation of a secondary sound source is inhibited, and a sound quality can be improved.

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