Dual Core Speaker Adapter Cavity Vibration Damping

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Solution Overview

Problem

Traditional externally coupled subwoofer speakers experience package working vibration and noise, which affects the service life of plastic parts and increases costs and production complexity, necessitating a solution that reduces vibration and noise while minimizing space and cost.

Innovation Solution

A dual core speaker assembly with a speaker adapter featuring a main body with symmetric mounting portions, a bottom base for support, and an inner cavity that can be evacuated, filled with foam, or filled with air, allowing for reduced vibration and noise, extended plastic part service life, and improved acoustic performance.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Object-affected harmful factors

If foam is filled into the adapter to reduce vibration, then vibration and noise are reduced, but cost and production process complexity increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvevibration and noiseVSAvoidproduction process complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Object-affected harmful factorsVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent extracts the vibration reduction function from the foam filling approach and relocates it to the adapter structure design itself. The adapter incorporates a cavity structure that inherently absorbs vibration without requiring additional foam materials, thereby eliminating the complex production process of foam filling while maintaining vibration reduction effectiveness.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

The adapter cavity acts as an intermediary vibration absorption mechanism between the speaker and the mounting surface. This cavity structure serves as a built-in damping element that mediates vibration without requiring external foam materials, simplifying the overall system while maintaining vibration reduction performance.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Object-affected harmful factors

If foam is filled into the adapter to reduce vibration, then vibration and noise are reduced, but cost increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvevibration and noiseVSAvoidcost
Core Design Contradiction:
Object-affected harmful factorsVSEase of manufacture

Solution Approach 1:

The patent eliminates the need for foam materials by integrating vibration reduction functionality directly into the adapter structure. The cavity design provides vibration absorption without requiring additional costly foam fillings, thereby reducing material costs and simplifying the manufacturing process.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

The adapter structure itself provides the vibration reduction function through its cavity design, making the system self-sufficient without requiring external foam materials. This self-service approach eliminates the need for additional vibration damping materials and simplifies the manufacturing process.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

3Reliability

If a dual core speaker assembly is used, then vibration and noise are reduced and service life is extended, but device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveservice lifeVSAvoidspeaker assembly structure
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent merges two speakers into a single integrated assembly mounted on a common adapter structure. This combination allows the speakers to work together to reduce vibration and noise while extending service life, and the unified adapter design simplifies the overall installation process despite the increased complexity of having two speakers.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

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

The dual core speaker assembly effectively reduces package working vibration and noise, extends the service life of plastic parts, decreases space and cost requirements, and enhances acoustic performance with increased deep base level and sensitivity compared to traditional one-core ECS speakers.

Implementation Method 1

there may exist a package working vibration that causes noise and affects plastic part service life

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectVibration damping: Damping

Data Source

PatentUS11924604B2Speaker adapter, and dual core speaker assembly
Publication Date: 2024.03.05 HARMAN INT IND INC
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  • US11924604B2 patent drawing
  • US11924604B2 patent drawing

AI summary

The present disclosure provides a speaker adapter, and a dual core speaker assembly. The speaker adapter includes: a main body, symmetrically provided with two mounting portions at both sides for matching with speakers respectively; a bottom base, extending from and around the main body, for supporting the main body; and an inner cavity formed within the main body.