# US 7,610,670 B2 · Method for manufacturing a diaphragm assembly

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- Number: US 7,610,670 B2
- Document ID: US7610670B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 11/477,925
- Filed: 2006-06-30
- Published: 2006-11-30
- Granted: 2009-11-03
- Earliest claimed: 2006-06-30
- Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Audio-Technica
- Inventors: Hiroshi Akino
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US7610670B2

## CPC

- H04R 31/003: {for diaphragms or their outer suspension}
- H04R 7/125: {comprising a plurality of superposed layers in contact}
- H04R 2307/027: Diaphragms comprising metallic materials
- H04R 2307/029: Diaphragms comprising fibres
- Y10T 29/49005: Acoustic transducer
- Y10T 29/4908: Acoustic transducer
- Y10T 29/49208: by assembling plural parts
- Y10T 29/4921: with bonding
- Y10T 29/49226: Electret making
- 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)
- Y10T: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION

## Abstract

A diaphragm assembly used for a condenser microphone has a diaphragm made of a resin film including a metallized film on one surface of a supporter ring. The diaphragm is made by a first step of bonding a ring jig of a larger diameter than the supporter ring to the resin film having the metallized film composed of a ductile metallic material on the one surface via an adhesive without exerting tension on the resin film; a second step of heating and contracting the resin film bonded to the ring jig without applying the tension at a temperature over a glass transition point of a film material; and a third step of bonding the supporter ring to the resin film via an adhesive in a state of exerting predetermined tension on the resin film. The diaphragm assembly is cut out of the resin film after the adhesive becomes hardened.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A method for manufacturing a diaphragm assembly used for a condenser microphone and having a diaphragm made of a resin film including a metallized film on one surface set up on a supporter ring, comprising:
a first step of bonding a ring jig of a larger diameter than the supporter ring to the resin film having the metallized film composed of a ductile metallic material on one surface via an adhesive without exerting tension on the resin film;
a second step of heating and contracting the resin film bonded to the ring jig without applying the tension at a temperature over a glass transition point of a film material; and
a third step of bonding the supporter ring to the resin film via an adhesive in a state of exerting predetermined tension on the resin film and cutting the diaphragm assembly out of the resin film after waiting for hardening of the adhesive,
wherein the resin film is heated at a predetermined temperature after bonding the resin film to the supporter ring and before cutting the resin film in the third step.

### Claim 2

A method for manufacturing a diaphragm assembly used for a condenser microphone, comprising:
preparing a diaphragm made of a resin film including a metallized film composed of a ductile metallic material on one surface;
bonding a ring jig to the resin film having the metallized film by an adhesive without exerting tension on the resin film;
cutting the resin film outside the ring jig;
heating and contracting the resin film bonded to the ring jig without applying tension at a temperature over a glass transition point of a film material;
applying tension equally to the resin film inside the ring jig;
bonding a supporter ring only to the resin film with the tension being applied by an adhesive, said supporter ring having a diameter smaller than that of the ring jig so that the supporter ring is disposed inside the ring jig; and
cutting the resin film along the supporter ring after waiting for hardening of the adhesive.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The method for manufacturing a diaphragm assembly according to claim 2, wherein the resin film is heated at a predetermined temperature for hardening the adhesive after bonding the resin film to the supporter ring and before cutting the resin film.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The method for manufacturing a diaphragm assemble according to claim 3, wherein in applying tension to the resin film inside the ring jig, the resin film with the ring jig is placed on a table having a diameter smaller than that of the ring jig, and a weight is placed on the ring jig.