EP2847873A4 - Sound generating apparatus - Google Patents

Sound generating apparatus

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Publication number: EP2847873A4
Authority: EP; European Patent Office
Prior art keywords: generating apparatus; sound generating; sound; generating
Prior art date: 2012-04-18
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Granted

Application number

EP13779061.4A

Other languages

German (de)

French (fr)

Other versions

EP2847873B1 (en

EP2847873A1 (en

Inventor

Benedict Slotte

Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)

Nokia Technologies Oy

Original Assignee

Nokia Technologies Oy

Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)

2012-04-18

Filing date

2013-04-09

Publication date

2016-01-20

2012-04-18 Priority claimed from US13/449,707 external-priority patent/US8692635B2/en

2013-04-09 Application filed by Nokia Technologies Oy filed Critical Nokia Technologies Oy

2015-03-18 Publication of EP2847873A1 publication Critical patent/EP2847873A1/en

2016-01-20 Publication of EP2847873A4 publication Critical patent/EP2847873A4/en

2021-05-26 Application granted granted Critical

2021-05-26 Publication of EP2847873B1 publication Critical patent/EP2847873B1/en

Status Active legal-status Critical Current

2033-04-09 Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical

Classifications

- H—ELECTRICITY
- H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
- H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
- H04R9/00—Transducers of moving-coil, moving-strip, or moving-wire type
- H04R9/02—Details
- H04R9/025—Magnetic circuit
- H—ELECTRICITY
- H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
- H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
- H04R1/00—Details of transducers, loudspeakers or microphones
- H04R1/06—Arranging circuit leads; Relieving strain on circuit leads
- H—ELECTRICITY
- H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
- H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
- H04R2499/00—Aspects covered by H04R or H04S not otherwise provided for in their subgroups
- H04R2499/10—General applications
- H04R2499/11—Transducers incorporated or for use in hand-held devices, e.g. mobile phones, PDA's, camera's

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Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
Acoustics & Sound (AREA)
Signal Processing (AREA)
Audible-Bandwidth Dynamoelectric Transducers Other Than Pickups (AREA)

EP13779061.4A 2012-04-18 2013-04-09 Sound generating apparatus Active EP2847873B1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
US13/449,707 US8692635B2 (en)	2012-04-18	2012-04-18	Sound generating apparatus
US201261656595P	2012-06-07	2012-06-07
PCT/FI2013/050386 WO2013156672A1 (en)	2012-04-18	2013-04-09	Sound generating apparatus

Publications (3)

Publication Number	Publication Date
EP2847873A1 EP2847873A1 (en)	2015-03-18
EP2847873A4 true EP2847873A4 (en)	2016-01-20
EP2847873B1 EP2847873B1 (en)	2021-05-26

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Family Applications (1)

Application Number	Title	Priority Date	Filing Date
EP13779061.4A Active EP2847873B1 (en)	2012-04-18	2013-04-09	Sound generating apparatus

Country Status (3)

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EP (1)	EP2847873B1 (en)
KR (1)	KR101647916B1 (en)
WO (1)	WO2013156672A1 (en)

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2013
- 2013-04-09 KR KR1020147032222A patent/KR101647916B1/en active IP Right Grant
- 2013-04-09 EP EP13779061.4A patent/EP2847873B1/en active Active
- 2013-04-09 WO PCT/FI2013/050386 patent/WO2013156672A1/en active Application Filing

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EP0821540A2 (en) *	1996-07-26	1998-01-28	NOKIA TECHNOLOGY GmbH	Voice coil contacts arrangement
US6370257B1 (en) *	1999-03-10	2002-04-09	U.S. Philips Corporation	Apparatus including an electroacoustic transducer having terminal contacts which extend in the direction of the transducer axis and including a printed circuit board having mating contacts
WO2008051009A1 (en) *	2006-10-24	2008-05-02	Em-Tech. Co., Ltd.	Sound converter

Non-Patent Citations (1)

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Title
See also references of WO2013156672A1 *

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WO2013156672A1 (en)	2013-10-24
KR20140145628A (en)	2014-12-23
KR101647916B1 (en)	2016-08-11
EP2847873A1 (en)	2015-03-18

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