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US 10,567,876 B2Granted
Microphone unit and audio apparatus
AssigneeYamaha Corporation
InventorFumiyasu Tanoue
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Abstract
A microphone unit includes: a case having an interior space; a unidirectional microphone held in the interior space of the case; a first opening provided in the case; and a second opening provided in the case, wherein the first opening and the second opening are arranged opposite to each other across the microphone and are arranged in a straight line parallel to an axis of sensitivity of the microphone.
Claims6
A microphone unit comprising:
- a case having an interior space;
- a microphone held in the interior space of the case;
- a first opening provided in the case;
- and
- a second opening provided in the case,
- wherein the first opening and the second opening are arranged opposite to each other across the microphone and are arranged in a straight line parallel to an axis of sensitivity of the microphone,
- wherein the case comprises a main body and a lid,
- wherein the main body comprises:
- a bottom part;
- a wall part surrounding peripheries of the bottom part;
- a holder holding the microphone and dividing the interior space into two spaces, wherein the interior space is defined by the bottom part and the wall part;
- and
- a third opening at a side opposite to the bottom part,
- wherein the lid covers a part of the third opening of the main body and is in contact with the holder,
- wherein the first opening is a part of the third opening and is a gap between the lid and the wall part located at a first side in a longitudinal direction of the main body, and
- wherein the second opening is a part of the third opening and is a gap between the lid and the wall part located at a second side in the longitudinal direction of the main body, the second side being opposite to the first side.
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