273results about "Ceramic diaphragms" patented technology

A display device includes a display panel having first, second, and third areas; at least three sound generating actuators including first, second, and third actuators each spaced apart from the other two in a long axis direction of the display panel, wherein the first, second, and third actuators each contact the display panel at the first, second, and third areas, respectively, to generate sound by vibrating the display panel; and a support structure at a rear side of the display panel configured to support the at least three sound generating actuators.

A system, method, and wireless earpiece. The wireless earpiece includes a frame supporting circuitry of the wireless earpiece. The frame includes a graphene speaker and a graphene microphone with a sleeve portion of the frame configured to fit in to an ear canal of a user. The wireless earpiece may further include a processor for executing a set of instructions and a memory for storing the set of instructions, wherein the set of instructions are executed to process the first electronic signals for playback by the graphene speaker; and process the second electronic signals received from the graphene microphone.

The invention relates to a display device. The display device comprises a display panel, which is configured to display images; a plurality of sound generation exciters, which are arranged in a plurality of sound outputting areas and are configured to vibrate the display panel to generate sounds; and partition parts, which are arranged between every two sound outputting areas and surround at leastone of the sound outputting areas.

The invention aims to provide a woven / knitted fabric containing a conductive fiber preferably usable especially for a diagram for a speaker, and a diaphragm for a speaker and a speaker using the woven / knitted fabric. A woven / knitted fabric comprising a conductive fiber and a non-conductive fiber, wherein the woven / knitted fabric has a woven structure or a knitted structure of said non-conductive fiber and a continuous wiring forming a coil of the conductive fiber.

Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to an organic light emitting display device which directly vibrates an organic light emitting display panel to generate sound, and includes: an organic light emitting display panel including a light emitting layer including an organic light emitting material layer and an encapsulation layer disposed at one side of the light emitting layer; and a sound generating actuator in direct contact with the organic light emitting display panel to vibrate the organic light emitting display panel to generate sound. Especially, the organic light emitting display panel is a bottom emission type device, and thus can prevent generation of a weighted color mixing phenomenon in a wide viewing angle at the time of panel vibration and reduce the thickness or weight of the panel to thereby enhance the sound generation characteristic.

The present invention provides diamond tools, and methods for the formation thereof, using CVD techniques. In one aspect, a mold is provided which has an interface surface configured to inversely match a configuration intended for the working surface of a diamond layer in a tool. An adynamic diamond mass or layer is then deposited upon the diamond interface surface of the mold, and a support layer is joined to the growth surface of the adynamic diamond layer. At least a portion of the mold is then removed to expose the working surface of the diamond which has received a shape which inversely corresponds to the configuration of the mold's diamond interface surface.

Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to an organic light emitting display device which directly vibrates an organic light emitting display panel to generate sound, and includes: an organic light emitting display panel including a light emitting layer including an organic light emitting material layer and an encapsulation layer disposed at one side of the light emitting layer; and a sound generating actuator in direct contact with the organic light emitting display panel to vibrate the organic light emitting display panel to generate sound. Especially, the organic light emitting display panel is a bottom emission type device, and thus can prevent generation of a weighted color mixing phenomenon in a wide viewing angle at the time of panel vibration and reduce the thickness or weight of the panel to thereby enhance the sound generation characteristic.

An improved electrically conductive membrane pump / transducer. The electrically conductive pump / transducer includes an array of electrically conductive membrane pumps that combine to generate a desired sound by moving a membrane (such as a membrane of PDMS), a piston, and / or by the use of pressurized airflow in the absence of such a membrane or piston. The electrically conductive membranes in the array can be, for example, graphene-polymer membranes. The electrically conductive pump can include mid-range, tweeter, and sub-woofer speakers.

A piezoelectric electroacoustic transducer includes a substantially rectangular piezoelectric diaphragm having an internal electrode, a plurality of laminated piezoelectric ceramic layers having the internal electrode interposed between two of the piezoelectric ceramic layers, principal-surface electrodes disposed on top and bottom principal surfaces of the piezoelectric diaphragm, the piezoelectric diaphragm generating surface bending-vibrations in response to application of an alternating signal between the principal-surface electrodes and the internal electrode, a resin film that is larger than the piezoelectric diaphragm and having the piezoelectric diaphragm affixed onto substantially a central portion of a front surface thereof, and a housing having a support for supporting the outer periphery of the resin film. The resin film has heat resistance at least a reflow-soldering temperature and at least one undulated portion bending in the front and rear directions thereof and formed in the outer periphery thereof, and the perimeter of the resin film including the four corners thereof is fixed to the support of the housing by adhesion.

Disclosed is a display device that includes a display panel, sound generating actuators including a first sound generating actuator in a first area of the display panel and a second sound generating actuator in a second area of the display panel, the first and second sound generating actuators configured to vibrate the display panel to generate sound, and a partition between the first sound generating actuator and the second sound generating actuator.

Provided are an electroacoustic transduction film capable of reproducing a sound with a sufficient sound volume at a high conversion efficiency, a manufacturing method thereof, an electroacoustic transducer, a flexible display, a vocal cord microphone, and a sensor for a musical instrument. The electroacoustic transduction film includes: a polymer composite piezoelectric body in which piezoelectric body particles are dispersed in a viscoelastic matrix formed of a polymer material having viscoelasticity at a normal temperature; two thin film electrodes laminated on both surfaces of the polymer composite piezoelectric body; and two protective layers respectively laminated on the two thin film electrodes, in which an intensity ratio α1=(002) plane peak intensity / ((002) plane peak intensity+(200) plane peak intensity) between a (002) plane peak intensity and a (200) plane peak intensity derived from the piezoelectric body particles in a case where the polymer composite piezoelectric body is evaluated by an X-ray diffraction method is more than or equal to 0.6 and less than 1.

An improved compact electroacoustic transducer and loudspeaker system. The electroacoustic transducer (or array of electroacoustic transducers) can generate the desired sound by the use of pressurized airflow. The electroacoustic transducer uses a shared stator with an array of vent support fingers and metal frame instead of two stators per electroacoustic transducer.

The invention relates to a carbon fiber globe-roof, and the globe-roof comprises a foam material layer, a first carbon fiber layer located on the upper end face of the foam material layer and / or a second carbon fiber layer located on the lower end face of the foam material layer. The first carbon fiber layer and / or the second carbon fiber layer respectively comprise / comprises one carbon fiber unidirectional prepreg layer or many carbon fiber unidirectional prepreg layers. The invention also relates to a manufacturing method for the carbon fiber globe-roof. The method comprises the steps: presoaking a unidirectional carbon fiber belt through presoak resin; and pasting the presoaked unidirectional carbon fiber belt on the upper end face and / or the lower end face of the foam material layer. According to the invention, the carbon fiber unidirectional prepreg is used for replacing aluminium foil, thereby improving the strength, reducing the thickness, enabling the sound quality to be improved, enabling the unidirectional carbon fiber belt to be closely attached to a foam material through the solidifying process of the prepreg, avoiding the interlayer separation, and guaranteeing the service life.

A component that is rigid and three-dimensional and has a relatively low mass. The component has a foil body formed of a metal or metal alloy matrix that is embedded with ultra-hard particles or grit, such as diamond and / or cBN. It can be used in applications where a combination of high rigidity and low mass is required, such as in audio applications, for example.

Provided are an actuator fixing device and a panel vibration type sound-generating display device including the same. A display device includes: a display panel configured to display an image, a cover bottom configured to cover the display panel, and a plurality of sound-generating actuators supported by the cover bottom, the sound-generating actuators being configured to vibrate the display panel to generate sound, at least two of the sound-generating actuators being adjacent to each other.

An improved electrically conductive membrane pump / transducer. The electrically conductive pump / transducer includes an array of electrically conductive membrane pumps that combine to generate a desired sound by moving a membrane (such as a membrane of PDMS), a piston, and / or by the use of pressurized airflow in the absence of such a membrane or piston. The electrically conductive membranes in the array can be, for example, graphene-polymer membranes. The electrically conductive pump can include mid-range, tweeter, and sub-woofer speakers.

A composite membrane acoustic transducer structure comprising a magnet assembly is arranged adjacent the composite membrane material. The magnet assembly is arranged to produce a flux field. A first layer of thin, elongate composite membrane material is held under tension. A second conductive layer is attached to the first layer of composite membrane material wherein the first and second layers of membrane material are arranged adjacent, generally parallel and offset from the magnet assembly. The assembly is arranged to produce the flux field through at least part of the first layer and the second layer.

The present invention relates to an anti-impact silicon based MEMS microphone, a system and a package with the same, the microphone comprises: a silicon substrate provided with a back hole therein; a compliant diaphragm supported on the silicon substrate and disposed above the back hole thereof; a perforated backplate disposed above the diaphragm with an air gap sandwiched in between, and further provided with one or more first thorough holes therein; and a stopper mechanism, including one or more T-shaped stoppers corresponding to the one or more first thorough holes, each of which has a lower part passing through its corresponding first thorough hole and connecting to the diaphragm and an upper part being apart from the perforated backplate and free to vertically move, wherein the diaphragm and the perforated backplate are used to form electrode plates of a variable condenser. In the anti-impact microphone, the stopper mechanism may help to restrain the fragile and brittle diaphragm from large movement induced by sound pressure impact in a drop test and thus prevent the diaphragm from being damaged.

A piezoelectric electroacoustic transducer eliminates the need for the interconnection between main surface electrodes and internal electrodes, and is capable of constructing a bimorph diaphragm using a simple connection structure. The piezoelectric electroacoustic transducer includes a laminated body formed by laminating two or three piezoelectric ceramic layers, main surface electrodes each provided on the top and bottom main surfaces, and an internal electrode provided between any adjacent two piezoelectric ceramic layers. In the piezoelectric electroacoustic transducer, all ceramic layers are polarized in the same direction with respect to the thickness direction, and by applying an alternating voltage across the main surface electrodes and the internal electrode, the laminated body generates a bending vibration in its entirety.

The invention relates to audio transducers, such as loudspeaker, microphones and the like, and includes improvements in or relating to hinge systems for rotational action audio transducers. The hinge systems of the invention being configured to operatively support a diaphragm in use, and comprising a hinge assembly having one or more hinge joints, wherein each hinge joint comprises a hinge element and a contact member. The contact member comprises a contact surface and the configuration is such that during operation each hinge joint is configured to allow the hinge element to move relative to the associated contact member, while maintaining a substantially consistent physical contact with the contact surface. The hinge assembly biases the hinge element towards the contact surface. Preferably the hinge assembly is configured to apply a biasing force to the hinge element of each joint toward the associated contact surface, compliantly. Various applications and implementations are described and envisaged for the audio transducer embodiments including, for example, personal audio devices such as headphones, earphones and the like.

A speaker assembly includes a speaker housing with a closed top wall, an opposed open end and first, second, third and fourth sidewalls extending downwardly from the closed top wall. The closed top wall is substantially planar and forms a support surface. First and second midrange drivers and first and second high frequency drivers are mounted within the housing, wherein the first midrange driver and the first tweeter are mirror images of second midrange driver and the second tweeter. A first support bracket supports the first midrange driver and first tweeter along a first side of the closed top wall adjacent the first sidewall of the speaker housing. The first support bracket includes a planar support surface which is obliquely oriented relative to a plane in which the closed top wall lies. A second support bracket supports the second midrange driver and the second tweeter along a second side of the closed top wall adjacent the third sidewall of the speaker housing. The first support bracket includes a planar support surface which is obliquely oriented relative to the plane in which the closed top wall lies.

A diaphragm includes a carbon nanotube film structure and an amorphous carbon structure composited with the carbon nanotube structure to form a stratiform composite structure. The carbon nanotube film structure defines a plurality of micropores therein. The amorphous carbon structure comprises a plurality of amorphous carbon particles received in the micropores.

A piezoelectric electro-acoustic transducer includes a piezoelectric vibration plate having a plurality of piezoelectric ceramic layers laminated to each other with an internal electrode being interposed between the ceramic layers, and main surface electrodes provided on the front and back surfaces thereof, whereby area bending vibration is produced by applying an AC signal between the main surface electrodes and the internal electrode, respectively, a resin film having a size that is greater than the piezoelectric vibration plate and having the piezoelectric vibration plate bonded substantially to the central portion of the surface thereof, and a casing which accommodates the piezoelectric vibration plate and the resin film. The piezoelectric vibration plate has an area of about 40% to about 70% of that of the resin film. The inner peripheral surface of the case is provided with a supporting portion having a frame shape that is larger than that of the piezoelectric vibration plate, and the outer peripheral portion of the resin film having no piezoelectric vibration plate bonded thereto is supported by the supporting portion of the case.

A diaphragm includes a central portion and an edge portion around the central portion. The central portion includes a plurality of carbon nanotubes therein. The central portion is a carbon nanotube structure or a carbon nanotube composite structure. A loudspeaker using the diaphragm is also disclosed. The loudspeaker includes the diaphragm and a voice coil connected to the diaphragm. The voice coil is connected to an outer periphery of the central portion or a joint portion between the central portion and the edge portion.

A flat panel piezoelectric loudspeaker includes a piezoelectric element, a first electrode and a second electrode. The piezoelectric element includes a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The first electrode is electrically connected to the piezoelectric element and disposed on the first surface. The second electrode is electrically connected to the piezoelectric element and disposed on the second surface. At least one of the first electrode and the second electrode includes a carbon nanotube structure. The carbon nanotube structure includes a plurality of carbon nanotubes approximately aligned along a same direction.

The invention discloses a micro-sound detection analysis device and an array audio signal processing method based on the same, belongs to the field of micro-sound detection, and solves problems that a conventional capacitive-type micro-sound detector is higher in lower limit of the sound intensity detection, and the recognition and positioning of a sound source detected by the micro-sound detector cannot be carries out at the same time based on a conventional audio signal processing method. The device employs a micro-sound sensing unit based on a graphene film to sense sound pressure. The method comprises the steps: separating noise signal in an audio signal, extracting the audio feature information and sound source position information in the audio signal, comparing the audio signal comprising the audio feature information and sound source position information with a plurality of target sound sources stored in the signal storage unit, judging whether there is a matched target source or not, and carrying the positioning of the sound source according to the sound source position information. The device is suitable for the micro-sound detection and the recognition and positioning of the detected sound source.

A method for forming diamond tools using CVD techniques. In one aspect, a mold is provided which has an interface surface configured to inversely match a configuration intended for the working surface of a diamond layer in a tool. An adynamic diamond mass or layer is then deposited upon the diamond interface surface of the mold, and a support layer is joined to the growth surface of the adynamic diamond layer. At least a portion of the mold is then removed to expose the working surface of the diamond which has received a shape which inversely corresponds to the configuration of the mold's diamond interface surface.