Speaker Module Air-Permeable Insulation Assembly

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current speaker modules face challenges in forming and installing air-permeable insulation assemblies with irregular shapes, leading to issues like mesh breakage and deviation, which reduce production yield.

Innovation Solution

The speaker module incorporates a support frame with a mesh cloth fixed using a double-sided adhesive, and a clamping wall with elastic pads to securely attach the air-permeable insulation assembly, preventing mesh deviation and breakage while accommodating irregular shapes.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of manufacture

If mesh cloth is injected onto support frame using injection molding, then air-permeable insulation assembly can be formed, but mesh breakage and mesh deviation occur leading to low production yield

Engineering Contradiction:
ImproveFormation of air-permeable insulation assemblyVSAvoidMesh positioning accuracy
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of manufactureVSManufacturing precision

Solution Approach 1:

The invention divides the air-permeable insulation assembly into two separate components: a support frame and a mesh cloth. The support frame is formed separately via injection molding, and the mesh cloth is separately positioned and fixed onto the support frame. This segmentation allows each component to be manufactured and assembled independently, avoiding the mesh breakage and deviation issues that occur when attempting to inject mesh cloth directly onto the support frame as a single integrated component.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

2Adaptability or versatility

If air-permeable insulation assembly is formed with irregular shape, then acoustic performance can be optimized, but molding process becomes difficult and yield decreases

Engineering Contradiction:
ImproveIrregular shape accommodationVSAvoidMolding process complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSEase of manufacture

Solution Approach 1:

By segmenting the air-permeable insulation assembly into a support frame and mesh cloth, the invention enables the support frame to be manufactured with complex irregular shapes via injection molding without affecting the mesh cloth. The mesh cloth can then be conformally attached to the irregularly shaped support frame, achieving optimized acoustic performance while maintaining manufacturing feasibility.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The support frame serves as an intermediary component that bridges the manufacturing process and the final irregular shape requirement. The support frame is first formed with the desired irregular shape through injection molding, then the mesh cloth is positioned and fixed onto this pre-formed support frame, allowing the mesh to conform to the irregular shape without direct injection molding of the mesh itself.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

3Productivity

If mesh cloth is directly injected onto support frame, then assembly can be formed, but mesh breakage occurs during injection process

Engineering Contradiction:
ImproveAssembly formation efficiencyVSAvoidMesh integrity
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The invention segments the assembly process into separate steps: first forming the support frame via injection molding, then separately positioning and fixing the mesh cloth onto the support frame. This eliminates the direct injection of mesh cloth onto the support frame, thereby preventing mesh breakage while maintaining productivity through efficient sequential assembly.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

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 solution effectively fixes the mesh cloth to the support frame, preventing breakage and deviation, and allows for efficient assembly of irregularly shaped air-permeable insulation assemblies, thereby improving production yield and acoustic performance.

Implementation Method 1

a mesh cloth adhered and fixed to the support frame by means of a back adhesive

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectAdhesive: Adhesive

Implementation Method 2

the elastic pad is compressed when the air-permeable insulation assembly is inserted into the clamping wall to seal the air-permeable insulation assembly and the clamping wall

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectElasticity: Elasticity

Implementation Method 3

after the current is input into the voice coil, it vibrates under the ampere force of the magnetic field formed by the magnetic circuit assembly, and in turn drives the diaphragm to vibrate and produce the sound

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectAmpere force: Ampère's Force Law

Implementation Method 4

sound-absorbing materials are arranged in the rear acoustic cavity

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectAcoustic absorption: Acoustic Absorption

Data Source

PatentUS11564040B2Speaker module
Publication Date: 2023.01.24 GOERTEK INC
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AI summary

The present disclosure discloses a speaker module, comprising a module housing and a speaker unit disposed in the module housing, wherein the speaker unit divides a cavity enclosed by the module housing into a front acoustic cavity and a rear acoustic cavity, the module housing is further provided with an air-permeable insulation assembly which divides the rear acoustic cavity into a first chamber and a second chamber, and the second chamber is filled with a sound-absorbing material, and wherein the air-permeable insulation assembly comprises a support frame and a mesh cloth adhered and fixed to the support frame by means of a back adhesive. The present disclosure can be used to prevent the problems of mesh breakage and mesh deviation that are likely to occur when the mesh cloth is being installed at the air-permeable insulation assembly, thereby improving the production yield of the air-permeable insulation assembly.