# US 12,192,732 B2 · Acoustic devices and magnetic circuit assemblies thereof

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- Number: US 12,192,732 B2
- Document ID: US12192732B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 17/814,228
- Filed: 2022-07-21
- Published: 2022-11-10
- Granted: 2025-01-07
- Earliest claimed: 2020-04-29
- Assignees: Shenzhen Shokz Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: Shenzhen Shokz Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Liwei Wang; Lei Zhang; Fengyun Liao; Xin Qi; Junjiang Fu; Shuailin Xie; Chaowu Li
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12192732B2

## CPC

- H04R 9/06: Loudspeakers
- H04R 1/025: {Arrangements for fixing loudspeaker transducers, e.g. in a box, furniture}
- H04R 7/12: Non-planar diaphragms or cones
- H04R 7/18: at the periphery
- H04R 9/025: {Magnetic circuit}
- H04R 9/045: {Mounting (H04R9/043 takes precedence)}
- H04R 11/02: Loudspeakers
- 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 1/1083: {Reduction of ambient noise (active noise reduction per se G10K11/175; protective devices for the ear, e.g. providing acoustic protection A61F11/06)}
- H04R 2400/07: Suspension between moving magnetic core and housing
- 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

The present disclosure provides an acoustic device. The acoustic device may include a shell including a first accommodation cavity, a speaker configured in the first accommodation cavity. The speaker may include one or more magnetic circuit assemblies, a voice coil, a vibration assembly, and a vibration transmission plate. The one or more magnetic circuit assemblies may form a magnetic gap. One end of the voice coil may be arranged in a magnetic gap, and another end of the voice coil may be connected with the vibration assembly. The vibration assembly may be connected with the vibration transmission plate, and the vibration transmission plate may be connected with the shell.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An acoustic device, comprising:
a shell including a first accommodation cavity;
a speaker configured in the first accommodation cavity, the speaker including: one or more magnetic circuit assemblies, a voice coil, a vibration assembly, and a vibration transmission plate; the one or more magnetic circuit assemblies forming a magnetic gap; one end of the voice coil being arranged in a magnetic gap, the vibration assembly being connected with the vibration transmission plate, the vibration transmission plate being connected with the shell; wherein
the vibration assembly includes an inner support, an outer support, and a vibration diaphragm;
another end of the voice coil is connected with the inner support;
one end of the outer support is physically connected with both sides of the one or more magnetic circuit assemblies;
the vibration diaphragm is physically connected with the inner support and the outer support to limit a relative movement of the inner support and the outer support in a first direction; the first direction being a radial direction of the first accommodation cavity;
at least one of the inner support, the outer support, or the vibration diaphragm is connected with the vibration transmission plate to transmit vibration to the vibration transmission plate.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The acoustic device of claim 1, wherein:
the outer support and the inner support are movably connected with the vibration diaphragm to limit the relative movement of the outer support and the inner support in the first direction and allow a movement of the inner support and the vibration diaphragm relative to the outer support in a second direction; the second direction being an extension direction of the inner support and the outer support.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The acoustic device of claim 2, wherein:
a first convex column is configured on another end of the outer support, the vibration diaphragm has a first through hole, the first convex column movably connects the vibration diaphragm through the first through hole.

### Claim 4 (depends on 2)

The acoustic device of claim 2, wherein:
one end of the inner support is configured with a second convex column, the vibration diaphragm has a second through hole, the second convex column movably connects the vibration diaphragm through the second through hole.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The acoustic device of claim 4, wherein:
the speaker further includes an elastic shock absorber arranged between the vibration transmission plate and the one end of the inner support to slow down vibration of the inner support in the second direction.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The acoustic device of claim 5, wherein:
the second convex column includes a first column section and a second column section physically connected with the first column section, the second column section is configured above the first column section; the first column section is configured to pass through the second through hole, the second column is inserted in the vibration transmission plate;
the elastic shock absorber has a third through hole, the elastic shock absorber is sleeved on the second column section through the third through hole, and is supported on the first column section.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The acoustic device of claim 1, further including: a protection element;
the protection element includes a fitting part, an accommodation part, and a supporting part, and the fitting part and the accommodation part form a second accommodation cavity;
the vibration transmission plate is configured in the second accommodation cavity, the fitting part is fitted on an outer end surface of the vibration transmission plate, and the supporting part is connected with the second accommodation cavity, and arranged above the shell.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The acoustic device of claim 7, wherein:
an inner wall of the shell is configured with an annular bearing platform to support the supporting part and an elastic shock absorber.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The acoustic device of claim 1, wherein:
the one or more magnetic circuit assemblies include a set of magnetic elements and a magnetic conduction cover;
the magnetic conduction cover includes a cover bottom, a cover side, and a cylinder groove, the cylinder groove is formed by the cover bottom and the cover side;
the set of magnetic elements are configured in the cylinder groove and form the magnetic gap with the magnetic conduction cover.

### Claim 10 (depends on 1)

The acoustic device of claim 1, wherein:
the one or more magnetic circuit assemblies include a first magnetic circuit assembly and a second magnetic circuit assembly, the second magnetic circuit assembly surrounds the first magnetic circuit assembly to form the magnetic gap;
the first magnetic circuit assembly includes a first magnetic element and a second magnetic element, a magnetic field strength of a total magnetic field generated by the one or more magnetic circuit assemblies in the magnetic gap is greater than a magnetic field strength of the first magnetic element or the second magnetic element in the magnetic gap.

### Claim 11 (depends on 10)

The acoustic device of claim 10, wherein an angle between magnetization directions of the first magnetic element and the second magnetic element is between 150° and 180°.

### Claim 12 (depends on 10)

The acoustic device of claim 10, wherein the magnetization directions of the first magnetic element and the second magnetic element are both perpendicular to or parallel with a vibration direction of the voice coil in the magnetic gap.

### Claim 13 (depends on 10)

The acoustic device of claim 10, wherein:
the second magnetic circuit assembly includes a third magnetic element, the first magnetic circuit assembly includes a first magnetic conduction element;
the first magnetic conduction element is arranged between the first magnetic element and the second magnetic element, and at least a part of the third magnetic element surrounds the first magnetic element and the second magnetic element.

### Claim 14 (depends on 13)

The acoustic device of claim 13, wherein: a magnetization direction of the first magnetic element and a magnetization direction of the second magnetic element are perpendicular to a connection surface between the first magnetic element and the first magnetic conduction element, and the magnetization directions of the first magnetic element and the second magnetic element are opposite.

### Claim 15 (depends on 13)

The acoustic device of claim 13, wherein: an angle between a magnetization direction of the third magnetic element and a magnetization direction of the first magnetic element or the second magnetic element is between 60° and 120° or between 0° and 30°.

### Claim 16 (depends on 10)

The acoustic device of claim 10, wherein:
the second magnetic assembly includes a first magnetic conduction element and the first magnetic assembly includes a second magnetic conduction element;
the second magnetic conduction element is configured between the first magnetic element and the second magnetic element; at least a portion of the first magnetic conduction element surrounds the first magnetic element and the second magnetic element.

### Claim 17 (depends on 16)

The acoustic device of claim 16, wherein: a magnetization direction of the first magnetic element and a magnetization direction of the second magnetic element are perpendicular to a connection surface between the first magnetic element and the second magnetic conduction element, and the magnetization direction of the first magnetic element and the magnetization direction of the second magnetic element are opposite.

### Claim 18 (depends on 16)

The acoustic device of claim 16, wherein: the second magnetic conduction element surrounds the first magnetic element, the first magnetic element surrounds the second magnetic element.

### Claim 19 (depends on 16)

The acoustic device of claim 16, wherein: an upper surface of the second magnetic conduction element is connected with a lower surface of the first magnetic element, a lower surface of the second magnetic conduction element is connected with an upper surface of the second magnetic element.