# US 2019/0174233 A1 · Bone conduction speaker unit

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- Number: US 2019/0174233 A1
- Document ID: US20190174233A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 16/322,206
- Filed: 2018-03-23
- Published: 2019-06-06
- Earliest claimed: 2017-04-21
- Assignees: Temco Japan Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: Temco Japan Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Mikio FUKUDA
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20190174233A1

## CPC

- H04R 9/06: Loudspeakers
- H04R 1/00: Details of transducers, {loudspeakers or microphones}
- H04R 1/023: {Screens for loudspeakers}
- H04R 1/025: {Arrangements for fixing loudspeaker transducers, e.g. in a box, furniture}
- H04R 9/025: {Magnetic circuit}
- H04R 1/021: {incorporating only one transducer}
- H04R 2400/03: Transducers capable of generating both sound as well as tactile vibration, e.g. as used in cellular phones
- 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

Provided is a bone conduction speaker unit with which the possibility of adsorption of fine iron powder and dirt and dust, entrance of moisture, or the like, has been eliminated, and further the level of the sound leakage from the bone conduction speaker unit as a single element is satisfactorily low over a frequency range that is crucial for good sound transmission using a bone conduction speaker. The bone conduction speaker unit is of magnetic type, having a bone conduction speaker being housed in a unit casing the top of which is opened, with a contact plate for vibration transmission being disposed above a diaphragm of the bone conduction speaker, the top opening of the unit casing being blocked with an elastic membrane that is breathable.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A magnetic type bone conduction speaker unit comprising:
a unit casing, the top face thereof being opened, a bone conduction speaker, being housed in said unit casing, a diaphragm, being provided in said bone conduction speaker, and a contact plate for transmitting vibration, being disposed above said diaphragm,
the top face opening of said unit casing being blocked with an elastic membrane that is breathable.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The bone conduction speaker unit according to claim 1, wherein said elastic membrane has a water proofing property and a dustproof property.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The bone conduction speaker unit according to claim 1, wherein said elastic membrane is a nonwoven fabric or a mesh sheet.

### Claim 4

A magnetic type bone conduction speaker unit comprising a unit casing, the top face thereof being opened, a bone conduction speaker, being housed in said unit casing, a diaphragm, being provided in said bone conduction speaker, and a contact plate for transmitting vibration, being disposed above said diaphragm,
a foamed resin material that is breathable being disposed between the entire circumference of the top face of said unit casing and the back face of said contact plate, and with said foamed resin material, said unit casing being brought into a blocked state.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The bone conduction speaker unit according to claim 4, wherein said foamed resin material is a low-foaming, high-density, and high-resilience material that is breathable, having a continuous foaming structure, and that has been subjected to a water repellency providing treatment.