(19)
(11) EP 1 482 762 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
25.01.2006 Bulletin 2006/04

(43) Date of publication A2:
01.12.2004 Bulletin 2004/49

(21) Application number: 04252290.4

(22) Date of filing: 19.04.2004
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
H04R 9/02(2006.01)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
Designated Extension States:
AL HR LT LV MK

(30) Priority: 30.05.2003 JP 2003154744
07.07.2003 JP 2003192968

(71) Applicants:
  • Pioneer Corporation
    Tokyo 153-8654 (JP)
  • Tohoku Pioneer Corporation
    Tendo-shi, Yamagata 994-8585 (JP)

(72) Inventor:
  • Maekawa, Koji Tohoku Pioneer Corporation
    Tendo-shi Yamagata 994-8585 (JP)

(74) Representative: Haley, Stephen 
Gill Jennings & Every, Broadgate House, 7 Eldon Street
London EC2M 7LH
London EC2M 7LH (GB)

   


(54) Speaker and method of manufacturing the same


(57) A magnet 200 having different polar surfaces respectively at the inner surface and the outer surface thereof is placed on a table 610 of an assembly jig 600 in such a way that a gap aligning section 620 of the assembly jig 600 engages the inside of the magnet 200. A diaphragm 400 provided with a voice coil 500 that is wound around the outer surface of its substantially cylindrical rising wall in advance is mounted on the assembly jig 600 such that the outer surface of the voice coil 500 engages the inner surface of the gap aligning section 620 and a pinched section 440 of the peripheral edge of the diaphragm 400 is bonded to the magnet 200. An outer shell 310 of a magnetic body 300 is made to engage an outer yoke 230 of the magnet 200 at an end thereof while the pinched section 440 is being pinched and bonded. The operation of assembling a speaker 100 is completed when the assembly jig 600 is removed. Since a magnetic body 300 covers an edge section 430 and partly found within the voice coil 500 to that the speaker 100 can be made to show a low profile with ease and the manufacturing productivity can be improved.





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