US5625699A
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Speaker device
Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corp
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Filing: 1993-12-28
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Granted: 1997-04-29
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Expires: 2013-12-28
Abstract
Abstract In a speaker device equipped with a crossover network according to the present invention, which is used mainly in an automobile sound reproducing system or the like, a capacitor for the crossover network is accommodated within a pole piece of the speaker unit itself to eliminate bulkiness based on an external form of the network unit, thereby permitting the speaker device to be installed in a short time during manufacture of a vehicle or the like.
Inventors
- 👤 Teruho Yamada
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-01 19:26
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04R; H04R3/00; H04R3/12; H04R3/14; H04R9/00; H04R9/06; H04R2201/00; H04R2201/34; H04R2400/00; H04R2400/11; H04R2499/00; H04R2499/10; H04R2499/13
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
196 words
A speaker device comprising: a pole piece having a magnet attached thereto; a voice coil disposed so as to undergo a predetermined electromagnetic force in a magnetic field induced by said pole piece; a diaphragm connected to said voice coil and adapted to oscillate together with the voice coil under the action of said electromagnetic force, thereby producing a sound; a capacitor for a crossover network inserted to form a high-pass filter or a low-pass filter on an input signal line which inputs an audio signal to said voice coil; and a protective cover covering an end portion of said pole piece, said speaker device mainly reproducing only a high or low frequency range of said audio signal, wherein a printed circuit board having a shape similar to said protective cover and having a conductive pattern serving as a part of said input signal line formed on an inner surface thereof, is disposed on an end face of said pole piece, said capacitor is surface-mounted on the inner-surface of said printed circuit board, and an electrical connection of said capacitor to said input signal line is formed on the conductive pattern of said printed circuit board.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
196 words
A speaker device comprising: a pole piece having a magnet attached thereto; a voice coil disposed so as to undergo a predetermined electromagnetic force in a magnetic field induced by said pole piece; a diaphragm connected to said voice coil and adapted to oscillate together with the voice coil under the action of said electromagnetic force, thereby producing a sound; a capacitor for a crossover network inserted to form a high-pass filter or a low-pass filter on an input signal line which inputs an audio signal to said voice coil; and a protective cover covering an end portion of said pole piece, said speaker device mainly reproducing only a high or low frequency range of said audio signal, wherein a printed circuit board having a shape similar to said protective cover and having a conductive pattern serving as a part of said input signal line formed on an inner surface thereof, is disposed on an end face of said pole piece, said capacitor is surface-mounted on the inner-surface of said printed circuit board, and an electrical connection of said capacitor to said input signal line is formed on the conductive pattern of said printed circuit board.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
120 words
A speaker device comprising: a pole piece having a magnet attached thereto; a voice coil disposed so as to undergo a predetermined electromagnetic force in a magnetic field induced by said pole piece; a diaphragm connected to said voice coil and adapted to oscillate together with the voice coil under the action of said electromagnetic force, thereby producing a sound; and a capacitor for a crossover network inserted to form a high-pass filter or a low-pass filter on an input signal line which inputs an audio signal to said voice coil, said speaker device mainly reproducing only a high or low frequency range of said audio signal, wherein said capacitor is accommodated within a hole formed in said pole piece.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
120 words
A speaker device comprising: a pole piece having a magnet attached thereto; a voice coil disposed so as to undergo a predetermined electromagnetic force in a magnetic field induced by said pole piece; a diaphragm connected to said voice coil and adapted to oscillate together with the voice coil under the action of said electromagnetic force, thereby producing a sound; and a capacitor for a crossover network inserted to form a high-pass filter or a low-pass filter on an input signal line which inputs an audio signal to said voice coil, said speaker device mainly reproducing only a high or low frequency range of said audio signal, wherein said capacitor is accommodated within a hole formed in said pole piece.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
58 words
A speaker device according to claim 2, wherein a printed circuit board having a conductive pattern serving as a part of said input signal line is disposed on an end face of said pole piece, and an electrical connection of said capacitor to the input signal line is formed on the conductive pattern of said printed circuit board.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
59 words
A speaker device according to claim 2, wherein a protective cover having a conductive pattern serving as a part of said input signal line is disposed so as to cover an end portion of said pole piece, and an electrical connection of said capacitor to the input signal line is formed on a conductive pattern of said protective cover.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
25 words
A speaker device according to claim 2, wherein said hole for accommodating said capacitor therein is formed on a central axis of said pole piece.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
26 words
A speaker device according to claim 4 or claim 1, wherein said protective cover or said printed circuit board is formed using a high-permeable magnetic material.
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