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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2015
Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Takafumi Yuasa, Osaka, JP;
Kenji Yamauchi, Mie, JP;
Satoshi Takayama, Mie, JP;
Koichi Nakayama, Okayama, JP;
Ryo Kuribayashi, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A loudspeaker includes a light-emitting element, a frame, a magnetic circuit provided with a magnetic gap, a diaphragm, a voice coil bobbin, and a voice coil. The diaphragm includes an inner peripheral end portion having an end face to which a light-emitting element is coupled, a light-guide portion, a reflective surface, and an outer peripheral end portion coupled to the frame. The first end of the voice coil bobbin is coupled to the inner peripheral end portion of the diaphragm, and the second end thereof is inserted into the magnetic gap. A voice coil is wound on the second end of the voice coil bobbin.