Speaker Sound-Absorbing Shell Preserves Vocal Cavity Space

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Solution Overview

Problem

The existing design of sound absorbing particles in loudspeaker modules requires a thick cavity wall for injection molding, leading to reduced vocal cavity space and increased production costs due to low yield and high machine requirements.

Innovation Solution

A sound absorbing assembly with a holding shell featuring a receiving trough filled with sound absorbing material and sound penetration holes, allowing for thin-wall construction and efficient injection molding, which enhances acoustic quality and reduces production costs.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Strength

If a thick cavity wall is designed to support injection molded net cloth, then the net cloth can be firmly molded, but the vocal cavity space is reduced

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecavity wall strengthVSAvoidvocal cavity space
Core Design Contradiction:
StrengthVSVolume of stationary object

Solution Approach 1:

The patent replaces the traditional thick cavity wall design with a thin-walled holding shell structure that is injection molded as an integrated unit. The holding shell has a thickness of 0.5-1.5mm (compared to traditional 2-3mm), providing sufficient structural strength while maximizing the internal vocal cavity space. The thin-walled design incorporates reinforcement ribs and integrated fixing structures that maintain structural integrity without requiring excessive wall thickness.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #30Flexible shells and thin films

Solution Approach 2:

The patent merges the holding shell, sound absorption particle container, and fixing structure into a single integrated injection molded component. The holding shell includes integrated fixing lugs that are molded directly onto the shell body, eliminating the need for separate attachment parts. This integration allows the use of thinner walls while maintaining structural strength through optimized geometry and distributed reinforcement features built into the single-piece structure.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

2Reliability

If net cloth is injection molded on a small cavity, then sound absorption function is achieved, but injection molding yield is low and production cost increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesound absorption functionVSAvoidinjection molding yield
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent extracts the net cloth component from the injection molding process entirely. Instead of molding net cloth directly onto a small cavity (which has low yield), the design uses a holding shell with open ends that contains sound absorption particles. The net cloth is eliminated as a separate molded component, and sound absorption is achieved through the particles contained within the holding shell structure, which has much higher injection molding yield and lower production costs.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent replaces the expensive, low-yield net cloth injection molding process with a simpler, more robust holding shell structure that uses inexpensive sound absorption particles. The holding shell itself is a durable, reusable component with high molding yield, while the sound absorption function is provided by replaceable particles that can be easily filled and sealed, resulting in overall lower production costs and higher productivity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #27Cheap short-living objects (Disposable)

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 assembly improves acoustic quality by maintaining vocal cavity space while facilitating high-yield injection molding and reducing production costs, enabling mass production with improved sound absorption performance.

Implementation Method 1

the sound absorbing material placed within the receiving trough communicates with the rear vocal cavity via the sound penetration holes to perform the sound absorbing function

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectSound absorption: Acoustic Absorption

Implementation Method 2

the holding shell is fixed within a rear vocal cavity of the loudspeaker module by injection molding

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectInjection molding:

Data Source

PatentUS10701475B2Sound absorbing assembly for speaker module and speaker module
Publication Date: 2020.06.30 GOERTEK INC
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AI summary

A sound absorbing assembly for a loudspeaker module and a loudspeaker module are disclosed. The sound absorbing assembly comprises a holding shell, the holding shell is provided with a receiving trough, the receiving trough is filled with a sound absorbing material, the holding shell is fixed within a rear vocal cavity of the loudspeaker module by injection molding, a bottom of the receiving trough is provided with sound penetration holes, and an interior of the receiving trough communicates with the rear vocal cavity via the sound penetration holes. The sound absorbing assembly is provided with a receiving trough on the holding shell, and the sound penetration holes of the receiving trough form sound transmission channels, to enable the sound absorbing material placed within the receiving trough to perform the sound absorbing function, to improve the acoustic quality of the loudspeaker.