Speaker unit

{
  "publication_number": "US9774937B2",
  "country": "US",
  "kind": "B2",
  "title": "Speaker unit",
  "abstract": "Disclosed is a speaker unit which includes a speaker surface provided in a bottom surface of a cabinet section and a provisionally fastening mechanism provided on a side surface of the cabinet section. The provisionally fastening mechanism includes: an engagement section for provisionally fastening the speaker unit to the mounting part; an operating section exposed on a face side of a mounting part with the speaker unit provisionally fastened via the engagement section; and a non-shielded portion formed adjacent to the outer periphery of the speaker surface for allowing the operating section to be visible from a face side of the speaker surface. The non-shielded portion is an opening or a recess formed in a flange section projecting radially outward from the outer peripheral edge of the bottom surface of the cabinet section.",
  "claims": [
    "1. A speaker unit for mounting to an opening section formed in a mounting part, the speaker unit comprising: a cabinet section having a side surface and a bottom surface; a speaker surface provided in the bottom surface of the cabinet section; and a provisionally fastening mechanism disposed on the side surface of the cabinet section and configured to provisionally fasten the speaker unit to the mounting part with at least a portion of the cabinet section inserted in the opening section from a face side of the mounting part, the provisionally fastening mechanism including: a resilient member having: an engagement section configured to provisionally support the speaker unit to the mounting part and movable between an engagement position where the engagement section engages with the mounting part and a cancellation position where the engagement section cancels engagement with the mounting part by being retracted from the mounting part; and an operating section provided at a distal end portion of the resilient member and exposed on the face side of the mounting part with the speaker unit provisionally fastened to the mounting part via the engagement section; and a retention section having a retention groove configured to retain the operating section so that the engagement section is retained in the cancellation position, and disposed adjacent to an outer periphery of the speaker surface for allowing the operating section to be visible from a face side of the speaker surface.",
    "2. The speaker unit as claimed in claim 1, wherein: the cabinet section has a flange section projecting radially outward from an outer peripheral edge of the bottom surface of the cabinet section, and the flange section has an opening or recess.",
    "3. The speaker unit as claimed in claim 1, wherein the operating section projects to the face side beyond the speaker surface.",
    "4. The speaker unit as claimed in claim 1, wherein the operating section is disposed retracted from the speaker surface in a direction toward a reverse side of the mounting part without projecting to the face side beyond the speaker surface.",
    "5. The speaker unit as claimed in claim 1, wherein in the cancellation position the operating section is retracted from the mounting part.",
    "6. The speaker unit as claimed in claim 5, wherein the retention section further has a guide groove communicating with the retention groove and configured to guide movement of the operating section when the engagement section moves from the engagement position to the cancellation position.",
    "7. The speaker unit as claimed in claim 6, wherein: the guide groove has a slant surface configured to gradually displace a direction of movement, along the guide groove, of the operating section, and the retention groove extends from an end of the slant surface in a direction traversing the movement direction of the operating section.",
    "8. The speaker unit as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a fastening mechanism configured to fully fasten the speaker unit provisionally fastened to the mounting part by the provisionally fastening mechanism."
  ],
  "description_excerpt": "The present invention relation to embedded type speaker units mountable by being embedded in an opening section formed in a mounting part, such as a ceiling or side wall.\n\nThere have heretofore been known embedded type speaker units (such as ceiling speakers) that are installed or mounted by being embedded in an opening section formed in a ceiling or the like of a room, as disclosed for example in Japanese Patent Application Laid-open Publication No. 2014-017810 (hereinafter referred to as “the relevant patent literature”). Generally, such speaker units include a cabinet section of a substantially cylindrical shape, and a speaker face provided in the bottom surface of the cabinet section. To mount the speaker unit to a ceiling, for example, the cabinet section is inserted into a mounting hole (opening section) of the ceiling with the speaker face exposed on the face (i.e., lower surface) of the ceiling, and then the inserted cabinet section is fixed or fastened to the ceiling by fastening via bolts or the like. A mounting structure for such a speaker unit includes a provisionally fastening mechanism for preventing the heavy speaker unit from falling down accidentally or by mistake before the fastening via the bolts or the like or after cancellation of the fastening, as disclosed in the relevant patent literature.\n\nWhen the speaker unit is to be dismounted from the opening section of a ceiling or the like for maintenance or replacement purpose, there arises a need to cancel the provisional fastening, with respect to the mounting hole, of all of the provisionally fastening mechanisms.",
  "cpc": [
    "H04R 1/026",
    "F16B 13/04",
    "H04R 1/025",
    "H04R 2201/021"
  ],
  "ipc": [
    "F16B 13/04",
    "H04R 1/02"
  ],
  "assignees": [
    "Yamaha Corp"
  ],
  "inventors": [
    "Hiroyuki SHIOJIMA",
    "Kazuya Atsumi",
    "Katsutoki Hanayama",
    "Satoshi Hayakawa"
  ],
  "filing_date": "2016-01-28",
  "publication_date": "2017-09-26",
  "grant_date": "2017-09-26",
  "priority_date": "2015-01-30",
  "application_number": "US-201615009035-A",
  "family_id": "55237598",
  "cited_by_count": 5,
  "citations": [
    "US4546850A",
    "US5931432A",
    "US20110180678A1",
    "US20130327586A1",
    "EP2675184A1",
    "JP2014017810A",
    "US20140305734A1"
  ]
}