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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 05, 2007
Ukyo Mori, Tokyo, JP;
Ukyo Mori, Tokyo, JP;
NEC Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Provided is a piezoelectric speaker () including: a piezoelectric element () that deforms in response to an input signal; a diaphragm () that is set in bending motion by the piezoelectric element () to generate sound; and a resilient portion () that holds at least a part of an outer edge of the diaphragm (). The piezoelectric speaker further includes a lock portion () arranged to block extension of the diaphragm () by coming into contact with a part of a vibration plane of the diaphragm () when an input signal is not input to obtain a lock state and to release the lock state immediately after the input signal is input. Consequently, bending motion of the diaphragm () can be started quickly and movement of the diaphragm is not obstructed after starting of the bending motion.