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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2013
Applicant:
Kyocera Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Inventor:
Seiji Horii, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
KYOCERA Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 3/00 (2006.01); H04R 17/00 (2006.01); H04R 7/04 (2006.01); H04R 3/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 17/005 (2013.01); H04R 3/04 (2013.01); H04R 7/045 (2013.01); H04R 3/00 (2013.01); H04R 17/00 (2013.01); H04R 2217/01 (2013.01); H04R 2400/03 (2013.01); H04R 2499/11 (2013.01);
Abstract
A sound generator includes a vibration unit () having a piezoelectric element () and also includes a weight () for applying a load to the vibration unit (). The vibration unit () deforms based on a sound signal while receiving the load from the weight (), thereby vibrating a contact surface () in contact with the sound generator () and generating a sound from the contact surface ().