Sound Generating Module with Segmented Units and Reinforcement Plate

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Solution Overview

Problem

The development trend of electronic products towards thinner and smaller designs poses a challenge for sound generating device modules, as it compromises acoustic performance and fails to meet sound quality requirements.

Innovation Solution

The sound generating device module incorporates a housing with a cavity, a frame supporting high-pitch and low-pitch sound generating units on opposite sides, a baffle plate for side sound output, and a reinforcement plate for structural stability, optimizing space usage and acoustic performance.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Volume of moving object

If the sound generating device module is made thinner and smaller, then the volume of electronic components is reduced, but the acoustic performance deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvevolume of sound generating device moduleVSAvoidacoustic performance
Core Design Contradiction:
Volume of moving objectVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The sound generating device is segmented into distinct high-pitch and low-pitch sound generating units, each with dedicated magnetic circuits and diaphragms. This segmentation allows optimized space utilization for each frequency range while maintaining overall compactness, resolving the contradiction between reduced volume and preserved acoustic performance.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent employs a planar arrangement where high-pitch and low-pitch sound generating units are positioned on opposite sides of a frame within the same housing cavity. This dimensional optimization allows both units to coexist in a thin profile without compromising their acoustic performance, effectively addressing the volume-performace trade-off.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #17Another dimension (Dimensionality change)

2Volume of moving object

If multiple sound generating units are integrated in a limited space, then the device becomes more compact, but the structural stability deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinternal volume of loudspeakerVSAvoidstructural stability
Core Design Contradiction:
Volume of moving objectVSStability of the object's composition

Solution Approach 1:

The high-pitch and low-pitch sound generating units share common structural elements including the housing cavity, frame, and reinforcement plate. This merging of structural support systems reduces overall volume while the reinforcement plate provides centralized stability for both units, resolving the contradiction between compactness and structural stability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The reinforcement plate acts as an intermediary structural element positioned between the high-pitch and low-pitch sound generating units. It provides mechanical support and stability to both units while allowing them to be integrated in a limited space, effectively mediating between the requirements for compactness and structural integrity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Applied Scientific Principles

This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.

Function Achieved in This Case

This configuration reduces the internal volume of the loudspeaker while maintaining high sound quality, ensuring that the module meets the requirements for sound quality and is applicable to various electronic devices.

Implementation Method 1

a coil and a diaphragm, the magnet is disposed in the accommodation groove and is fixed on the reinforcement plate, the diaphragm is disposed on the housing at an opposite side of an opening of the accommodation groove, a magnetic gap is provided between the magnet and a wall of the accommodation groove, the coil is connected with the diaphragm, and the coil is located in the magnetic gap

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectLorentz force: Lorentz Force

Data Source

PatentUS12342145B2Sound generating device module
Publication Date: 2025.06.24 GOERTEK INC
  • US12342145B2 patent drawing

AI summary

The present application discloses a sound generating device module, comprising: a housing having a cavity therein; a frame fixedly provided in the cavity, a high-pitch sound generating unit and a low-pitch sound generating unit are respectively provided on two opposite sides of the frame; a baffle plate is provided on a side of the housing corresponding to the high-pitch sound generating unit, and the baffle plate and the housing together form a side sound output port corresponding to the high-pitch sound generating unit; the sound generating device module is configured to form a front sound output structure for the low-pitch sound generating unit; and a reinforcement plate is provided in the frame, and the reinforcement plate is interposed between the high-pitch sound generating unit and the low-pitch sound generating unit.