# US 12,114,129 B2 · Bone conduction microphone > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,114,129 B2 - Document ID: US12114129B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/664,875 - Filed: 2022-05-25 - Published: 2022-09-08 - Granted: 2024-10-08 - Earliest claimed: 2020-01-17 - Assignees: Shenzhen Shokz Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Shenzhen Shokz Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Wenbing Zhou; Yongshuai Yuan; Wenjun Deng; Xin Qi; Fengyun Liao - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12114129B2 ## CPC - H04R 1/46: Special adaptations for use as contact microphones, e.g. on musical instrument, on stethoscope (throat mountings H04R1/14) - H04R 7/10: comprising superposed layers in contact - H04R 1/083: {Special constructions of mouthpieces} - H04R 1/2876: {by means of damping material, e.g. as cladding (damping material for tuning desired resonances H04R1/2807, e.g. in vents H04R1/2823, H04R1/2846)} - H04R 17/02: Microphones - H04R 25/606: {acting directly on the eardrum, the ossicles or the skull, e.g. mastoid, tooth, maxillary or mandibular bone, or mechanically stimulating the cochlea, e.g. at the oval window} - H04R 2460/13: Hearing devices using bone conduction transducers - H04R: LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; ELECTRIC HEARING AIDS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS (producing sounds with frequency not determined by supply frequency G10K) ## Abstract A bone conduction microphone is provided. The bone conduction microphone may include a laminated structure formed by a vibration unit and an acoustic transducer unit. The bone conduction microphone may include a base structure configured to carry the laminated structure. At least one side of the laminated structure may be physically connected to the base structure. The base structure may vibrate based on an external vibration signal. The vibration unit may be deformed in response to the vibration of the base structure. The acoustic transducer unit may generate an electrical signal based on the deformation of the vibration unit. The bone conduction microphone may include at least one damping structural layer. The at least one damping structural layer may be arranged on an upper surface, a lower surface, and/or an interior of the laminated structure, and the at least one damping layer may be connected to the base structure. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A bone conduction microphone, comprising: a laminated structure formed by a vibration unit and an acoustic transducer unit; a base structure configured to carry the laminated structure, at least one side of the laminated structure being physically connected to the base structure, wherein the base structure vibrates based on an external vibration signal, the vibration unit is deformed in response to the vibration of the base structure, the acoustic transducer unit generates an electrical signal based on the deformation of the vibration unit; and at least one damping structural layer which is arranged on an upper surface, a lower surface, and/or an interior of the laminated structure, and connected to the base structure, wherein the base structure includes an inner-hollow frame structure, one end of the laminated structure is connected to the base structure or the at least one damping structural layer, and the other end of the laminated structure is suspended in a hollow position of the base structure. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The bone conduction microphone of claim 1, wherein a material of the at least one damping structural layer includes polyurethane, epoxy resin, acrylate, polyvinyl chloride, butyl rubber, or silicone rubber. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The bone conduction microphone of claim 2, wherein a Young's modulus of the material of the at least one damping structural layer is in a range of 106 Pa˜1010 Pa. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The bone conduction microphone of claim 2, wherein a density of the material of the at least one damping structural layer is in a range of 0.7×103 kg/m3˜2×103 kg/m3. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) The bone conduction microphone of claim 2, wherein a Poisson's ratio of the material of the at least one damping structural layer is in a range of 0.4˜0.5. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The bone conduction microphone of claim 1, wherein a thickness of the at least one damping structural layer is in a range of 0.1 um˜80 um. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The bone conduction microphone of claim 1, wherein a loss factor of the at least one damping structural layer is in a range of 1-20. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The bone conduction microphone of claim 1, wherein the vibration unit includes a suspended film structure, and the acoustic transducer unit includes a first electrode layer, a piezoelectric layer, and a second electrode layer that are arranged in sequence from top to bottom, wherein the suspended film structure is connected with the base structure through a peripheral side of the suspended film structure, and the acoustic transducer unit is arranged on an upper surface or a lower surface of the suspended film structure. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The bone conduction microphone of claim 8, wherein the suspended film structure includes a plurality of holes, and the plurality of holes are arranged along a circumference of the acoustic transducer unit. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The bone conduction microphone of claim 8, wherein the vibration unit further includes a mass element, and the mass element is arranged on the upper surface or the lower surface of the suspended film structure. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The bone conduction microphone of claim 10, wherein the acoustic transducer unit and the mass element are arranged on different sides of the suspended film structure, respectively. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The bone conduction microphone of claim 10, wherein the acoustic transducer unit and the mass element are arranged on the same side of the suspended film structure, wherein the acoustic transducer unit is a ring-shaped structure, the ring-shaped structure is arranged along a circumference of the mass element. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The bone conduction microphone of claim 1, wherein the vibration unit includes at least one support arm and a mass element, and the mass element is connected to the base structure via the at least one support arm. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The bone conduction microphone of claim 13, wherein the acoustic transducer unit is arranged on an upper surface, a lower surface, or an interior of the at least one support arm. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The bone conduction microphone of claim 14, wherein the acoustic transducer unit includes a first electrode layer, a piezoelectric layer, and a second electrode layer that are arranged in sequence from top to bottom, and the first electrode layer or the second electrode layer is connected to the upper surface or the lower surface of the at least one support arm. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The bone conduction microphone of claim 15, wherein the mass element is arranged on an upper surface or a lower surface of the first electrode layer or the second electrode layer. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The bone conduction microphone of claim 16, wherein an area of the first electrode layer, the piezoelectric layer, and/or the second electrode layer is not greater than an area of the support arm, and part or all of the first electrode layer, the piezoelectric layer, and/or the second electrode layer cover the upper surface or the lower surface of the at least one support arm. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The bone conduction microphone of claim 17, wherein the first electrode layer, the piezoelectric layer, and the second electrode layer of the acoustic transducer unit are close to a connection between the mass element or/and the support arm and the base structure. ### Claim 19 (depends on 14) The bone conduction microphone of claim 14, wherein the at least one support arm includes at least one elastic layer, and the at least one elastic layer is arranged on an upper surface and/or a lower surface of a first electrode layer or a second electrode layer.