US 12,155,995 B2
Vibration device and apparatus including the same
Sungwook Ko, Paju-si (KR); Minji Kim, Paju-si (KR); and SeungRyull Park, Paju-si (KR)
Assigned to LG DISPLAY CO., LTD., Seoul (KR)
Filed by LG Display Co., Ltd., Seoul (KR)
Filed on Oct. 17, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/381,152.
Application 18/381,152 is a continuation of application No. 17/554,712, filed on Dec. 17, 2021, granted, now 11,832,056.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0181106 (KR), filed on Dec. 22, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0048916 A1, Feb. 8, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04R 17/00 (2006.01); H10N 30/85 (2023.01)
CPC H04R 17/00 (2013.01) [H10N 30/852 (2023.02); H04R 2499/13 (2013.01); H04R 2499/15 (2013.01)] 51 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vibration device, comprising:
a first vibration generator; and
a protection member at a first surface of the first vibration generator or a second surface of the first vibration generator opposite to the first surface of the first vibration generator,
wherein the first vibration generator comprises a first vibration part including:
a plurality of inorganic material portions having a piezoelectric characteristic; and
an organic material portion between the plurality of inorganic material portions,
wherein the protection member comprises:
a base material; and
an adhesive layer at a first surface of the base material,
wherein the adhesive layer contacts the first vibration generator,
wherein the base material comprises at least one protrusion portion protruding toward the first vibration generator, and
wherein the at least one protrusion portion overlaps with at least one of the plurality of inorganic material portions of the first vibration part.