US 11,937,060 B2
Surface sound-emitting apparatus and electronic device
Xinfeng Yang, Shandong (CN); and Fenglei Zu, Shandong (CN)
Assigned to Goertek, Inc., Shandong (CN)
Appl. No. 17/297,518
Filed by Goertek Inc., Shandong (CN)
PCT Filed Dec. 28, 2018, PCT No. PCT/CN2018/124944
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 27, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/107621, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 4, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 201811427202.9 (CN), filed on Nov. 27, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0014852 A1, Jan. 13, 2022
Int. Cl. H04R 7/04 (2006.01); G02F 1/1335 (2006.01); H04R 1/02 (2006.01); H04R 7/18 (2006.01)
CPC H04R 7/04 (2013.01) [G02F 1/133528 (2013.01); H04R 1/028 (2013.01); H04R 7/18 (2013.01); G02F 2201/50 (2013.01); H04R 2440/07 (2013.01); H04R 2499/15 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A surface sound-emitting apparatus, comprising an exciter, a vibrating part and a connection element, wherein the connection element comprises a sheet-like structure, the vibrating part is disposed on the connection element, the exciter is disposed on the vibrating part, an edge of the connection element is configured to connect to a remaining portion of an electronic device surface, the connection element and the remaining portion of the electronic device surface together constitute the electronic device surface, wherein the connection element is configured to provide an elastic recovery force, and the exciter is configured to provide a driving force.