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WO1999002010A1
WO1999002010A1 PCT/GB1997/001806 GB9701806W WO9902010A1 WO 1999002010 A1 WO1999002010 A1 WO 1999002010A1 GB 9701806 W GB9701806 W GB 9701806W WO 9902010 A1 WO9902010 A1 WO 9902010A1
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enclosure
microphone
hollow cylindrical
cylindrical body
duct
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PCT/GB1997/001806
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Inventor
Duncan Spencer
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Maxon Systems Inc. (London) Ltd.
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Priority to PCT/GB1997/001806 priority Critical patent/WO1999002010A1/fr
Priority to EP97929434A priority patent/EP0934679A1/fr
Publication of WO1999002010A1 publication Critical patent/WO1999002010A1/fr

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    • 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
    • H04R1/08—Mouthpieces; Microphones; Attachments therefor

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  • the present invention is related to an enclosure for a microphone, and more specifically to an enclosure for a microphone that is preferably used in a handheld mobile telephone, e.g. a mobile telephone using Code Division Multiple Access technology.
  • microphones in mobile telephone units are supported in a foam cushion, a tubular sheath or the like.
  • Such cushions or sheaths are provided to protect the microphone against vibrations, shock or other mechanical stress.
  • the microphone is tightly held in a rubber tube.
  • One end of said tube points towards an opening in a wall of the housing of the telephone unit.
  • the other end of the tube leads to another opening in an opposite wall of said housing.
  • an object of the present invention to provide an enclosure for a microphone, preferably to be used in a handheld mobile telephone unit that allows for a more versatile placement within the housing of the telephone, and that provides improved acoustical characteristics while maintaining good mechanical protection and requiring reduced space.
  • the invention suggests an enclosure for a microphone, preferably for a handheld mobile telephone unit, said enclosure comprising: a hollow cylindrical body arranged to house a microphone means and to provide a hollow space adjacent to one side of said microphone means, and a duct being in acoustical connection with said hollow space at one end of said duct and having a free opening at a second end thereof, wherein said duct is provided at the outside of said hollow cylindrical body in a lateral orientation relative to said hollow space.
  • the lateral orientation of the duct provides for the possibility to point the free opening of the duct towards a hole in a wall of the telephone that - in use thereof - is not shielded or covered by the hand of the user.
  • the physical dimensions of the housing of the telephone do not have an impact on the acoustical properties of the enclosure.
  • said hollow cylindrical body is provided with a lid portion , said lid portion covering said microphone means mounted in said hollow cylindrical body at least partially. This allows for an easy and convenient assembly of the microphone in said enclosure.
  • the enclosure provides for a complete encapsulation of the microphone.
  • said lid portion is held at said hollow cylindrical body by a hinge means .
  • the lid portion is unloosably attached to said hollow cylindrical body.
  • said lid portion or said hollow cylindrical body is provided with an opening to allow soundwaves to reach at least a second side of said microphone means .
  • the inner walls of said hollow cylindrical bodyand for said lid portion are shaped and dimensioned to provide a substantially airtight seal for said microphone means between the first side and the second side thereof. This prevents an acoustical shortcircuit between the first side of the microphone and the second side of the microphone.
  • This is preferably obtained by an arrangement where the inner walls of said hollow cylindrical body are provided with a seat projecting radially from said interior wall into the interior of the hollow cylindrical body, said seat being arranged for the microphone means to rest on it with a part of the second side of the microphone.
  • the said duct projects laterally from the outer wall of said hollow cylindrical body at a predetermined angle of 90° + 45°.
  • the shape of the duct may be bent, helical or of other shape.
  • the cross- section of the duct is substantially constant, it may also vary to be e.g. conical, partially widened, norrowed or the like, to obtain the desired acoustical properties.
  • said hollow cylindrical space and said duct are dimensioned to substantially cancel low frequency noises, preferably in the range of up to 300 Hz .
  • said enclosure is made of rubber, preferably silicone rubber having 50 + 5 IRHD/SHORE A, and wherein said rubber preferably does not contain carbon black.
  • said enclosure is dimensioned to house a pressure gradient microphone.
  • Pressure gradient microphones are two port devices that have an output signal that is proportional to the gradient of a pressure that exists between the two ports.
  • one port of the pressure gradient microphone is acoustically connected to the hollow space inside the enclosure, and hence with the duct, while the other port is oriented towards the opening in the lid portion to receive the user's speech.
  • a pressure gradient microphone is subject to a proximity effect when used in the near field of a spherical radiator. If such a microphone is corrected to have a flat frequency response in the near field of such a spherical radiator there will be a reduction in sensitivity to low frequency radiation from the far field or from plane wave sources.
  • a pressure gradient microphone is corrected to give a flat response for human voices (that approximate to the near field of a spherical radiator)
  • low frequency far field radiation i.e. plane wave radiation
  • pressure gradient microphones exhibit a sensitivity that varies with the angle that the source of sound subtends to the microphone.
  • a variety of "polar" responses may be achieved ranging from doublet to hyper-cardoid.
  • the device may be oriented within the housing of the CDMA mobile telephone to selectively reduce sensitivity to certain radiation from the environment or reflections from the user's head. This results in a considerable echo rejection.
  • the invention is also related to a mobile telephone unit, preferably a CDMA telephone unit, wherein an enclosure for a microphone as described above is provided adjacent to an edge of the housing of said telephone unit such that the lid portion of said enclosure is oriented towards a first face of the housing, while the duct of the enclosure is oriented towards a second face of said housing said second face being adjacent said first face of said housing.
  • the first face of the housing is the wall bearing a keypad and a display
  • the second, adjacent face of the housing is the wall bearing a connector for power etc.
  • Fig. 1 is an enlarged schematic drawing of an enclosure for a microphone in an opened position, from a bottom view.
  • Fig. 2 is a sectional view of the enclosure of Fig. 1 along the lines C-C. in an inverted position.
  • Fig. 3 is a side view of the enclosure of Fig. 1.
  • Fig. 4 is a top view of the enclosure of Fig. 1.
  • Fig. 5 is a sectional view of Fig. 1 along the lines A-A.
  • Fig. 5b is a sectional view of Fig. 1 along the lines B-B.
  • Fig. 6 is a side view of the enclosure of Fig. 1 with the lid portion covering the hollow cylindrical body.
  • Fig. 7 is a partial perspective view of a housing of a handheld mobile telephone unit.
  • an enclosure according to the invention is shown.
  • This enclosure is formed of two shell-shaped parts.
  • the first part is a hollow cylindrical body 10 and the second part is a lid portion 12.
  • the lid portion 12 is attached to the hollow cylindrical body 10 by a flexible stripe-shaped hinge 14.
  • the hollow cylindrical body 10 has a substantially circular bottom part 16 and a cylindrical wall part 18.
  • an annular seat 20 projects into the hollow interior of the hollow cylindrical body 10.
  • the annular seat 20 has a rectangular cross-section and narrows the hollow interior of the hollow cylindrical body 10 towards the bottom part 16 thereof.
  • the portion 18a of the wall part 18 above the seat 20 and the seat 20 itself are shaped and dimensioned such that a microphone 22 can be received on the seat 20 and in the annular wall part 18a above the seat 20 in a substantially airtight manner.
  • the microphone 22 projects over the upper edge 24 of the hollow cylinder body 10 when it rests on the seat 20.
  • the lid portion 12 is shaped and dimensioned such that when swung onto the projecting portion of the microphone 22 covers and seals the microphone 22 completely.
  • the center of the lid portion 12 is provided with an opening 26 to allow sound waves to reach the surface forming a second side 28 of the microphone 22 projecting from the hollow cylindrical body 10.
  • the hollow space 36 and the microphone 22 are in a coaxial orientation relative to a geometrical axis X (see Fig. 2) .
  • the duct 40 has a substantially constant circular cross-section and has two ends 42, 44.
  • the one end 42 feeds into the hollow space 36, while the other free end 44 projects radially from the hollow cylindrical body 10.
  • the duct 40 and the hollow space 36 are shaped and dimensioned to substantially cancel out low frequency noises below approximately 300 Hz.
  • the microphone 22 is a pressure gradient microphone.
  • a groove 46 is formed into the upper edge 24, the wall 18 and the seal 16 to accomodate signal lines and power lines (not shown) connected to the microphone 22 and leading outside the enclosure.
  • the enclosure is produced by injection molding and is entirely made of silicone rubber.
  • Fig. 7 shows a handheld mobile telephone unit.
  • a top surface 48 is provided with a numerical keypad 50, several function keys 52 and a liquid-crystal display 54.
  • a front surface 56 adjacent to the top surface 48 is provided with a connector for power, car antenna, etc.
  • the opening 26 of the lid portion 12 is situated at or close to the top surface 48 while the free end 44 of the noise cancelling duct 40 is situated at or close to the front surface 56. It is understood, that the orientation of the opening 26 and the free end 44 relative to the top and front surfaces 48, 56 could also interchanged. Moreover, the free end 44 could also be pointing to the side surface 60 of the mobile telephone unit.

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Abstract

L'invention concerne un étui pour microphone destiné, de préférence, à équiper un poste radiotéléphonique mobile portatif. Cet étui comprend un corps cylindrique creux conçu pour loger un microphone et pour ménager un espace creux adjacent à un premier côté dudit microphone. L'étui comprend en outre un fourreau raccordé acoustiquement avec ledit espace creux à une extrémité dudit fourreau et présentant une deuxième extrémité ouverte. Ce fourreau est disposé à l'extérieur dudit corps cylindrique suivant une orientation latérale par rapport audit espace creux.
PCT/GB1997/001806 1997-07-04 1997-07-04 Etui pour microphone WO1999002010A1 (fr)

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PCT/GB1997/001806 WO1999002010A1 (fr) 1997-07-04 1997-07-04 Etui pour microphone
EP97929434A EP0934679A1 (fr) 1997-07-04 1997-07-04 Etui pour microphone

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PCT/GB1997/001806 WO1999002010A1 (fr) 1997-07-04 1997-07-04 Etui pour microphone

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Cited By (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US6674996B1 (en) 1998-12-23 2004-01-06 Nokia Mobile Phones Ltd. Mobile phone accessory, particularly for the hands-free function, and an arrangement
WO2014012583A1 (fr) * 2012-07-18 2014-01-23 Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. Dispositif électronique portable ayant des microphones directionnels pour un enregistrement stéréo

Citations (5)

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GB1317112A (en) * 1971-06-07 1973-05-16 Brown Ltd S G Microphone assemblies
WO1992022176A1 (fr) * 1991-05-28 1992-12-10 Motorola, Inc. Microphone antibruit et configuration de montage dans le boitier
JPH07336262A (ja) * 1994-06-03 1995-12-22 Kokusai Electric Co Ltd 携帯用電子機器のマイク取付け構造
EP0742678A2 (fr) * 1995-05-11 1996-11-13 AT&T Corp. Microphone à gradient avec suppression de bruit
WO1997012495A1 (fr) * 1995-09-28 1997-04-03 Northern Telecom Limited Configuration de montage d'un microphone antibruit

Patent Citations (5)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB1317112A (en) * 1971-06-07 1973-05-16 Brown Ltd S G Microphone assemblies
WO1992022176A1 (fr) * 1991-05-28 1992-12-10 Motorola, Inc. Microphone antibruit et configuration de montage dans le boitier
JPH07336262A (ja) * 1994-06-03 1995-12-22 Kokusai Electric Co Ltd 携帯用電子機器のマイク取付け構造
EP0742678A2 (fr) * 1995-05-11 1996-11-13 AT&T Corp. Microphone à gradient avec suppression de bruit
WO1997012495A1 (fr) * 1995-09-28 1997-04-03 Northern Telecom Limited Configuration de montage d'un microphone antibruit

Non-Patent Citations (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
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PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 96, no. 4 30 April 1996 (1996-04-30) *

Cited By (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US6674996B1 (en) 1998-12-23 2004-01-06 Nokia Mobile Phones Ltd. Mobile phone accessory, particularly for the hands-free function, and an arrangement
WO2014012583A1 (fr) * 2012-07-18 2014-01-23 Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. Dispositif électronique portable ayant des microphones directionnels pour un enregistrement stéréo
US9521500B2 (en) 2012-07-18 2016-12-13 Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. Portable electronic device with directional microphones for stereo recording

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