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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 2024
Filed:
Oct. 15, 2021
Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Kazuki Honda, Mie, JP;
Masashi Nishida, Osaka, JP;
Junichi Ikeda, Kyoto, JP;
Ippei Kiyama, Hyogo, JP;
Abstract
A speaker includes: a diaphragm having a dome shape; a tubular member having the diaphragm disposed inside, and having an inner diameter increasing toward a front; and a phase plug. The phase plug includes: a front surface, a rear surface facing a central portion on a front surface of the diaphragm at a constant interval in parallel, and a side surface connecting the front surface and the rear surface. A front surface of the phase plug is larger than a rear surface of the phase plug as viewed in a front-rear direction of a speaker. At least a part of a side surface of the phase plug has an inclined surface extending outward while extending forward, faces an inner circumferential surface of the tubular member and a front surface of the diaphragm, and directs a sound wave generated from the diaphragm toward an inner circumferential surface of the tubular member.