US 2006/0286998 A1 · Portable telephone using bone conduction device

Abstract

A portable telephone using a bone conduction speaker, enabling production of high output without any increase in thickness of a housing of a telephone body and having no problem in use in a noisy environment. In the telephone: a bone conduction speaker (1) is used as a speaker; a concave portion (3) having a diameter larger than that of the bone conduction speaker (1) is provided in a housing (2) of a telephone body; a cushioning material (4) is installed between the inner surface of the concave portion (3) and the outer surface of the bone conduction speaker (1); the bone conduction speaker (1) is supported on the cushioning material (4) to provide a gap between the speaker and the bottom of the depression (3); and, the vibration surface of the speaker is flush with or slightly extended outward from the surface of the housing (2).

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Dependent claims

A portable telephone using a bone conduction device serving as a speaker and/or a microphone, characterized in that:

a concave portion, which is larger in diameter than said bone conduction device, is formed in a housing of a main body of the telephone;
a cushioning material is disposed between an inner surface of said concave portion and an outer surface of said bone conduction device;
and, a gap is formed and kept effective between said bone conduction device and a bottom surface of said concave portion by means of said cushioning material, through which material said bone conduction device is supported and has its vibration surface slightly extended outward from a surface of said housing.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Portable telephone using bone conduction device

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Portable telephone using bone conduction device

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Abstract

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