Patent ID: 7344405
Filing Date: 2008-03-18
Classification: H04R

Abstract:
1. An electro-acoustic transducer with a holder comprising: an electro-acoustic transducer having a plurality of terminal electrodes; a block-shaped holder which has a plurality of faces and in which a housing chamber is formed having an opening on one of the faces and a bottom wall facing the opening, wherein the block-shaped holder houses said electro-acoustic transducer; a plurality of connection electrodes provided on a surface of the bottom wall of said housing chamber and connected to said plurality of terminal electrodes, respectively; a plurality of mounting electrodes provided on a first face and a second face of said plurality of faces of said holder in correspondence with said plurality of connection electrodes, respectively, wherein each of said first and second faces has a plurality of mounting electrodes adjoining a first edge of a respective face and a plurality of mounting electrodes adjoining a second edge of the respective face, and wherein the first edge is opposite the second edge; and wiring portions provided on said holder, each for electrically connecting a mounting electrode on said first face with a corresponding one of said connection electrodes and to a corresponding one of said mounting electrodes on said second face.