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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2024
Filed:
Jun. 22, 2023
Applicant:
Denso Ten Limited, Kobe, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
DENSO TEN Limited, Kobe, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 3/00 (2006.01); H04R 1/22 (2006.01); H04R 7/04 (2006.01); H04R 17/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 7/045 (2013.01); H04R 1/22 (2013.01); H04R 3/007 (2013.01); H04R 17/10 (2013.01); H04R 2440/05 (2013.01);
Abstract
A panel-type speaker includes a panel and an actuator and is configured to vibrate the panel by the actuator so as to output sound waves from the panel, the actuator includes: a vibrating plate; and a piezoelectric element arranged on at least one surface of the vibrating plate, the piezoelectric element has, at a central portion of the piezoelectric element in a plan view, an opening from which the vibrating plate is exposed, and at a portion of the vibrating plate exposed from the opening, the vibrating plate is coupled to the panel.