Patent Description:
Audio equipment is made up of a speaker and electronic equipment such as a drive amp for causing the speaker to operate. An integrated speaker, in which a drive amp or the like is installed in a speaker, for effective use of disposing space, is in practical use. This integrated speaker is used for in-vehicle applications, in which restrictions on disposal space are readily applied. However, disposing the speaker that is integrated with the drive amp in a tight space has a problem in that heat generated from heat-generating components included in the drive amp builds up, and further, along with heat generated from a voice coil of the speaker, causes temperature around the speaker to rise.

Accordingly, speakers described in <CIT> and <CIT> have heat-generating components making up drive amps disposed so as to be supported by heat-dissipating members frontward of diaphragms, on an opposite side from a side at which magnetic circuit portions are disposed. These structures anticipate applying an airflow, generated in a frontward direction by vibrations of the diaphragms, to the heat-generating components, thereby improving heat dissipation effects.

Speakers disclosed in <CIT> and <CIT> have heat-generating components making up drive amps disposed rearward of diaphragms, along with magnetic circuit portions. <CIT> describes using wind occurring due to vibration of the diaphragm, for heat dissipation of the heat-generating component of the drive amp that is positioned rearward.

The speakers described in <CIT> and <CIT> are structured such that, with a sound production direction in the frontward direction, the drive amps and heat dissipation members are positioned on a sound pressure transmission path from the diaphragm. These members impede conveyance of sound pressure emitted from the diaphragm in the frontward direction, causing a diffraction phenomenon on the sound pressure transmission path and so forth, and accordingly this readily becomes a factor in deterioration of sound production characteristics. Also, the speakers disclosed in <CIT> and <CIT> have the drive amp disposed on the same side as the magnetic circuit portions, and accordingly effectively applying the wind generated due to vibrations of the diaphragms as to the heat-generating components of the drive amp is difficult, and high cooling effects are not readily anticipated.

Further prior art teaching relevant for the present invention may be found in the following patent application documents: <CIT>, <CIT> and <CIT>.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a speaker in which size can be reduced by installing a circuit board on which heat-generating components that make up a drive amp and so forth are mounted, and furthermore in which cooling effects can be improved by effectively applying an airflow to the heat-generating components by vibration of a vibration unit.

The present invention is directed to a speaker according to independent claim <NUM>. Further aspects of the present invention are defined by the dependent claims.

According to aspects of the present invention, a speaker includes a vibration unit, including a diaphragm and a voice coil, and a magnetic circuit portion that applies a magnetic flux to the voice coil.

The magnetic circuit portion includes an inner-side yoke, an outer-side yoke that is positioned on an outer side of the inner-side yoke, a magnetic gap that is formed at an opposing portion of the inner-side yoke and the outer-side yoke, and a magnet that positioned on the outer side of the inner-side yoke and that forms the magnetic flux that traverses the voice coil that is positioned in the magnetic gap, and
a through hole is formed in the inner-side yoke that passes therethrough following a vibration direction of the vibration unit, and a circuit board on which a heat-generating component is mounted is disposed inside the through hole.

In the speaker according to the present invention, preferably, a cap that covers an inner space of a coil bobbin that includes the voice coil is provided to the vibration unit, and
the through hole communicates with a space that is surrounded by the coil bobbin and the cap.

In the speaker according to the present invention, preferably, the circuit board is disposed with a board surface thereof following the vibration direction of the vibration unit.

Further, in the speaker according to the present invention, preferably, a plurality of the circuit board are provided, and an opposing spacing between one side end portion of two of the circuit boards that oppose each other is narrower than an opposing spacing between another side end portion thereof.

In the above configuration, even more preferably, the heat-generating component is mounted on the circuit boards at a position closer to the one side end portion at which the opposing spacing is narrow than the another side end portion at which the opposing spacing is broad.

In the speaker according to the present invention, preferably, a shape of the through hole as projected on a plane perpendicular to an imaginary center line extending following the vibration direction of the vibration unit is circular, and the imaginary center line is positioned at the center of an opposing width of the two circuit boards.

In the speaker according to the present invention, preferably, two of the circuit boards are provided, and an inner space of the through hole is sectioned into a middle space interposed between the two circuit boards, and two side spaces interposed between the respective circuit boards and an inner face of the through hole, and
an area of the middle space as projected on a plane perpendicular to an imaginary center line extending following the vibration direction of the vibration unit is larger than an area of each of the side spaces as projected on the plane.

Further, in the speaker according to the present invention, preferably, the area of the middle space as projected on the plane is larger than a sum of the areas of the two side spaces as projected on the plane.

In the speaker according to aspects of the present invention, the circuit boards on which the heat-generating components are mounted are disposed in the through hole formed in the inner-side yoke of the magnetic circuit portion, and accordingly, circuit portions making up the drive amp and so forth can be almost completely accommodated within the dimensions of the speaker, thereby realizing a small-sized configuration of a speaker that is integrated with the circuit portions. Also, the circuit boards are not positioned frontward of the diaphragm, and accordingly sound pressure that is emitted frontward from the diaphragm is not affected by the circuit boards. Further, by airflow that is generated in the through hole by vibration of the vibration unit being applied to the heat-generating components, heat emitted from the heat-generating components can be externally dissipated from the speaker, and cooling effects of the heat-generating components can be improved.

An overall structure of a speaker <NUM> according to an embodiment of the present invention is illustrated in <FIG> and <FIG>. According to an embodiment the speaker <NUM> is for in-vehicle application. Note, however, that the speaker <NUM> can be used for purposes other than in-vehicle application. A Y1-Y2 direction is a front-rear direction of the speaker <NUM>, in which the Y1 direction is frontward and the Y2 direction is rearward. The Y1-Y2 direction is a vibration direction of a vibration unit of which a diaphragm <NUM> is a principal component. The frontward direction (Y1 direction) of the speaker <NUM> is a sound production direction. Note, however, that the speaker <NUM> can be used with the rearward direction (Y2 direction) as the sound production direction.

The speaker <NUM> has a frame <NUM>. The shape of the frame <NUM> as viewed from the front (Y1 direction) or the rear (Y2 direction) is circular. The diaphragm <NUM> is supported on the inner portion of the front of the frame <NUM>. The diaphragm <NUM> is conical in shape, and the shape thereof as viewed from the front or the rear is circular. Note, however, that the shapes of the frame <NUM> and the diaphragm <NUM> as viewed from the front or the rear may be an elongated circle or an ellipse. An edge member <NUM> that is elastically deformable is joined to an outer circumferential end 3a of the diaphragm <NUM> by an adhesive agent, and an outer circumferential end 4a of the edge member <NUM> is fixed by adhesion to an outer circumferential support portion 2a on a front of the frame <NUM>.

An opening portion is formed in a middle portion of the diaphragm <NUM>. An edge portion 3b of the opening portion is circular as viewed from the front or the rear. A coil bobbin <NUM> that is cylindrical in shape is positioned in the opening portion of the diaphragm <NUM>, and the edge portion 3b of the opening portion is fixed by adhesion to an outer circumferential face of the coil bobbin <NUM>. A voice coil <NUM> is provided on an outer circumferential face of the coil bobbin <NUM>, at a rearward (Y2 direction) end portion thereof. A covered conducting wire that makes up the voice coil <NUM> is wound a predetermined number of turns on the outer circumferential face of the coil bobbin <NUM>. An imaginary center line O is illustrated in <FIG> and <FIG>. The imaginary center line O passes through the center of the opening portion of the diaphragm <NUM> and the center of a cylinder of the coil bobbin <NUM>, and extends following the Y1-Y2 direction that is the vibration direction of the diaphragm <NUM>. A damper member <NUM> that is elastically deformable, and that is corrugated in cross-sectional view in <FIG> and <FIG>, is provided inside the frame <NUM>. An outer circumferential portion 5a of the damper member <NUM> is fixed by adhesion to an intermediate support portion 2b provided at an intermediate portion of the frame in the front-rear direction. An opening portion that is circular as viewed from the front or the rear is formed at a middle portion of the damper member <NUM>, and an edge portion 5b of this opening portion is fixed by adhesion to the outer circumferential face of the coil bobbin <NUM>.

A cap <NUM> is fixed to a front face of the middle portion of the diaphragm <NUM>. The cap <NUM> has a dome shape with a protruding direction directed frontward, and a circumferential edge portion 8a is fixed by adhesion to a frontal face of the diaphragm <NUM> that faces frontward. The diaphragm <NUM> and the cap <NUM>, and the coil bobbin <NUM> and the voice coil <NUM>, are supported so as to be capable of vibration in the front-rear direction (Y1-Y2 direction), as to the frame <NUM>, by elastic deformation of the edge member <NUM> and the damper member <NUM>. The diaphragm <NUM> and the cap <NUM>, and the coil bobbin <NUM> and the voice coil <NUM>, make up a vibration unit that vibrates in the front-rear direction with respect to a drive supporting unit including the frame <NUM>.

A magnetic circuit portion <NUM> is fixed to a rear face of a rear support portion 2c of the frame <NUM>, by measures such as adhesion, screwing, or the like. The magnetic circuit portion <NUM> is for forming a magnetic flux that traverses the voice coil <NUM>. The frame <NUM> and the magnetic circuit portion <NUM> make up the drive supporting unit that supports the vibration unit so as to be capable of vibration.

The magnetic circuit portion <NUM> has an inner-side yoke <NUM>. A rear supporting yoke <NUM> is integrally formed at a rear portion of the inner-side yoke <NUM>. Note that the inner-side yoke <NUM> and the rear supporting yoke <NUM> may be formed separately from each other, and be fixed to each other. The magnetic circuit portion <NUM> further has an outer-side yoke <NUM> and a magnet <NUM>. The inner-side yoke <NUM>, the rear supporting yoke <NUM>, and the outer-side yoke <NUM> are made of magnetic material such as a ferrous metal material or the like. The rear supporting yoke <NUM> has a shape of a disc that spreads toward an outer side from an outer circumference of the inner-side yoke <NUM>. The outer-side yoke <NUM> has a ring shape, in which a circular hole is formed in the center portion of a disc, and is positioned on the outer side of the inner-side yoke <NUM>. The magnet <NUM> has a ring shape, and is positioned on the outer side of the inner-side yoke <NUM>. The magnet <NUM> is interposed between the rear supporting yoke <NUM> and the outer-side yoke <NUM> in the front-rear direction.

A gap between an inner circumferential face 13a of the hole at the center portion of the outer-side yoke <NUM> and an outer circumferential face of the inner-side yoke <NUM> functions as a magnetic gap G, and the voice coil <NUM> is positioned within the magnetic gap G. The magnet <NUM> is magnetized in the front-rear direction (Y1-Y2), and in the embodiment illustrated in <FIG>, a face of the magnet <NUM> that faces frontward (Y1 direction) is the N pole, and a face thereof that faces rearward (Y2 direction) is the S pole. <FIG> illustrates a path of a magnetic flux Φ through the magnetic circuit portion <NUM>. The magnetic flux Φ starts from the N pole of the magnet <NUM>, passes through the outer-side yoke <NUM>, traverses the voice coil <NUM> positioned within the magnetic gap G, passes through the rear supporting yoke <NUM> from the inner-side yoke <NUM>, and returns to the S pole of the magnet <NUM>.

The inner-side yoke <NUM> has a through hole 11a at the center portion thereof. As illustrated in <FIG>, the shape of an edge portion of the through hole 11a as projected on a plane perpendicular to the imaginary center line O is circular, and the imaginary center line O passes through the center of the circle (center of diagram). A plurality of circuit boards are positioned inside of the through hole 11a, which are two circuit boards <NUM> and <NUM> in the speaker <NUM> according to the present embodiment. A supporting member <NUM> is fixed to a rear face of the rear supporting yoke <NUM> making up the magnetic circuit portion <NUM>, as illustrated in <FIG>, and rear end portions of the circuit boards <NUM> and <NUM> are each fixed to the supporting member <NUM>. The area of the supporting member <NUM> as projected on a plane perpendicular to the imaginary center line O is preferably small, so as to not impede air flowing through the through hole 11a.

Electronic components <NUM> are mounted on board surfaces of each of the circuit boards <NUM> and <NUM>. The electronic components <NUM> mounted on the circuit boards <NUM> and <NUM> form electronic circuits such as a drive amp and so forth, for causing the speaker <NUM> to operate, and heat-generating components are included in the electronic components <NUM>. Heat-generating components are integrated circuits (ICs) making up power source circuits, ICs making up central processing units (CPUs), coil components, resistors, and so forth.

<FIG> illustrates disposed structures of the circuit boards <NUM> and <NUM> in the speaker <NUM> according to a first embodiment. The circuit board <NUM> has a board surface 21a on an inner side thereof and a board surface 21b on an outer side thereof, and the circuit board <NUM> has a board surface 22a on the inner side thereof and a board surface 22b on the outer side thereof. The board surfaces 21a and 21b of the circuit board <NUM>, and the board surfaces 22a and 22b of the circuit board <NUM> are disposed so as to follow the vibration direction (Y1-Y2) of the vibration unit including the diaphragm <NUM>, and the board surfaces 21a and 21b, and the board surfaces 22a and 22b, are parallel to the imaginary center line O.

In the through hole 11a, the board surface 21a of the circuit board <NUM> and the board surface 22a of the circuit board <NUM> oppose each other, and the imaginary center line O is positioned at the center of an opposing width across which the board surface 21a and the board surface 22a oppose each other. That is to say, a perpendicular distance from the imaginary center line O to the board surface 21a and a perpendicular distance from the imaginary center line O to the board surface 22a are equal as projected on a plane perpendicular to the imaginary center line O. In the first embodiment illustrated in <FIG>, the board surface 21a of the circuit board <NUM> and the board surface 22a of the circuit board <NUM> are not parallel, and instead, an opposing distance between a side end portion 21c on one side of the circuit board <NUM> and a side end portion 22c on one side of the circuit board <NUM> is narrower than an opposing distance between a side end portion 21d on the other side of the circuit board <NUM> and a side end portion 22d on the other side of the circuit board <NUM>.

Inside of the through hole 11a is sectioned into a middle space S1a that is interposed between the board surface 21a on the inner side of the circuit board <NUM> and the board surface 22a on the inner side of the circuit board <NUM>, and that is also surrounded by an inner face of the through hole 11a, a side space S1b that is interposed between the board surface 21b on the outer side of the circuit board <NUM> and the inner face of the through hole 11a, and a side space S1c that is interposed between the board surface 22b on the outer side of the circuit board <NUM> and the inner face of the through hole 11a. As illustrated in <FIG>, the shape of the middle space S1a as projected on a plane perpendicular to the imaginary center line O is substantially fan-shaped. The area of the middle space S1a as projected on this plane is larger than the area of the side space S1b, and also is larger than the area of the side space S1c. The area of the middle space S1a is preferably larger than the sum of the area of the side space S1b and the area of the side space S1c.

In a second embodiment illustrated in <FIG>, the board surface 21a on the inner side of the circuit board <NUM> and the board surface 22a on the inner side of the circuit board <NUM> are parallel to each other. The imaginary center line O is positioned at the center of the opposing width across which the board surface 21a and the board surface 22a oppose each other. As illustrated in <FIG>, the shape of a middle space S2a as projected on a plane perpendicular to the imaginary center line O is substantially rectangular in the second embodiment. In the second embodiment as well, the area of the middle space S2a as projected on this plane is larger than the area of a side space S2b, and also is larger than the area of a side space S2c. The area of the middle space S2a is preferably larger than the sum of the area of the side space S2b and the area of the side space S2c.

Next, sound production operations of the speaker <NUM> will be described. In this speaker <NUM>, electronic circuits such as the drive amp are made up of the electronic components <NUM> mounted to the circuit boards <NUM> and <NUM>, and accordingly, voice current flowing to the voice coil <NUM> is controlled by the electronic circuits. Electromagnetic force of a current amount flowing to the voice coil <NUM> and the magnetic flux Φ traversing the voice coil <NUM> in the magnetic gap G applies vibration force to the voice coil <NUM> in the front-rear direction (Y1-Y2 direction), whereby the vibration unit including the diaphragm <NUM> and the cap <NUM> vibrates, and sound pressure is emitted frontward (Y1 direction) toward where a listener is positioned. Alternatively, sound pressure may be applied to a listener positioned rearward (Y2 direction) from the diaphragm <NUM>.

In this speaker <NUM>, when the vibration unit including the cap <NUM> and the diaphragm <NUM> vibrates, space surrounded by an inner face of the cap <NUM> and an inner circumferential face of the coil bobbin <NUM> serves as an operation space MS inside which the vibration unit moves in the front-rear direction. The magnetic gap G is an extremely narrow gap and is negligible, and accordingly the operation space and inner space of the through hole 11a integrally communicate with substantially no interposition of the gap. Accordingly, inner change of the operation space MS directly acts on the inside of the through hole 11a, such that when the vibration unit vibrates in the front-rear direction, a relatively great flow of air in the front-rear direction can be formed inside the through hole 11a in accordance with movement in the operation space MS. Heat that is generated from the heat-generating components out of the electronic components <NUM> mounted on the circuit boards <NUM> and <NUM> is discharged rearward (Y2 direction) from the through hole 11a due to this airflow, and accordingly cooling effects of the heat-generating components can be improved.

The circuit board <NUM> and the circuit board <NUM> are disposed with the board surfaces thereof parallel to the imaginary center line O, following the front-rear direction. As illustrated in <FIG> and <FIG>, as projected on a plane perpendicular to the imaginary center line O, the proportion of cross-sectional areas of the circuit boards <NUM> and <NUM> as to an opening area of the through hole 11a is small. Accordingly, the movement of air through the through hole 11a when the operation space MS vibrates in the front-rear direction is hardly impeded at all by the circuit boards <NUM> and <NUM>, and the presence of the circuit boards <NUM> and <NUM> does not increase the load when the vibration unit vibrates.

There is a problem in which the voice coil <NUM>, through which alternating current flows, generates heat while the speaker <NUM> is operating. However, in the through hole 11a, airflows are formed not only in the middle spaces Sla and S2a, but also in the side spaces S1b, S1c, S2b, and S2c, thereby cooling the inner-side yoke <NUM> from the inner face side of the through hole 11a, and accordingly abnormal heating by the voice coil <NUM> can be suppressed. Also, an arrangement is preferably made in which a magnetic sensor is provided to the frame <NUM> or the magnetic circuit portion <NUM> that make up the drive supporting unit, and a small-sized magnet is provided to the coil bobbin <NUM> or the diaphragm <NUM> making up the vibration unit, so that operation positions of the vibration unit can be detected by detection output from the magnetic sensor. Optimizing the voice current applied to the voice coil <NUM> on the basis of the detection output, by an optimization algorithm set in the drive amp made up of the circuit boards <NUM> and <NUM>, enables excessive heat generation by the voice coil <NUM> itself to be suppressed during operation of the speaker <NUM>. Thus, effects of heating of the voice coil <NUM> on the heat-generating components situated in the through hole 11a of the inner-side yoke <NUM> can be reduced, and cooling effects of the heat-generating components can be improved.

<FIG> illustrates wind velocity distribution in the through hole 11a of the speaker <NUM> according to the first embodiment, and <FIG> illustrates wind velocity distribution of air in the through hole 11a according to the second embodiment. <FIG> both are simulation results illustrating wind velocity distribution in which an inner diameter of the through hole 11a is <NUM>, the cap <NUM> portion vibrates in the front-rear direction with an amplitude of <NUM>, and an airflow with an average wind velocity of <NUM>/s is generated in the through hole 11a.

Assuming a situation in which the circuit boards <NUM> and <NUM> are not present in the through hole 11a, a distribution is manifested in which the wind velocity and flow quantity of air in the through hole 11a are the greatest at the imaginary center line O, and gradually decrease toward the inner face of the through hole 11a. As illustrated in <FIG>, in the speaker <NUM> according to the first embodiment, the area of the middle space S1a including the imaginary center line O as projected on the plane is larger than the area of either of the side space S1b and the side space S1c, and preferably the area of the middle space S1a is larger than the sum of the area of the side space S1b and the area of the side space S1c. Due to the opening area of the middle space S1a where the flow quantity is greatest being made large in this way, resistance force acting on the flow of air near the imaginary center line O in the middle space S1a can be reduced even when the circuit boards <NUM> and <NUM> are present, and the flow quantity of air within the middle space S1a can be maintained at a great level, as illustrated in <FIG>. Accordingly, increase in air resistance in the through hole 11a when the cap <NUM> and the diaphragm <NUM> vibrate in the front-rear direction can be suppressed, and the diaphragm <NUM> can be made to operate in a stable manner. Also, an airflow can be formed in the through hole 11a without very much resistance, and accordingly cooling effects of the heat-generating components mounted on the circuit boards <NUM> and <NUM> can be improved.

As illustrated in <FIG>, in the second embodiment as well, the area of the middle space S2a as projected on the plane is larger than the area of either of the side space S2b and the side space S2c, and preferably the area of the middle space S2a is larger than the sum of the area of the side space S2b and the area of the side space S2c. The opening area of the middle space S2a at which the flow quantity is greatest is large, and accordingly as illustrated in <FIG>, the flow quantity in the middle space S2a is not diminished even when the circuit boards <NUM> and <NUM> are present therein, and increase in air resistance in the through hole 11a when the cap <NUM> and the diaphragm <NUM> vibrate in the front-rear direction can be suppressed. Also, due to the flow quantity of air being great, cooling effects of the heat-generating components mounted on the circuit boards <NUM> and <NUM> can also be improved.

In <FIG> and <FIG>, the circuit boards <NUM> and <NUM> are disposed such that the distance from the side end portion 21c and 21d of the circuit board <NUM> to the inner face of the through hole 11a and the distance from the side end portion 22c and 22d of the circuit board <NUM> to the inner face thereof are the same in the first embodiment and the second embodiment. <FIG> illustrates the shape of the middle space S1a projected on the plane in the first embodiment, and <FIG> illustrates the shape of the middle space S2a projected on the plane in the second embodiment. In the first embodiment illustrated in <FIG>, the circuit board <NUM> and the circuit board <NUM> are disposed with the board surfaces 21a and 22a being non-parallel, such that the opposing distance between one side end portion 21c and 22c is narrow, and the opposing distance between the other side end portion 21d and 22d is great. The area of the middle space S1a in the first embodiment illustrated in <FIG> and the area of the middle space S2a in the second embodiment illustrated in <FIG> are the same, but the region over which an opposing distance W between the board surface 21a and the board surface 22a in a lateral direction in the drawings is long, is broader in the first embodiment illustrated in <FIG> as compared to in the second embodiment.

As a result, in the simulation results, the flow quantity of air in the middle space S1a according to the first embodiment in which the circuit boards <NUM> and <NUM> are non-parallel as illustrated in <FIG> is greater than the flow quantity of air in the middle space S2a according to the second embodiment in which the circuit boards <NUM> and <NUM> are parallel as illustrated in <FIG>. Accordingly, air resistance when the vibration unit vibrates in the front-rear direction can be reduced in the first embodiment illustrated in <FIG> relative to the second embodiment illustrated in <FIG>.

In the first embodiment illustrated in <FIG>, and <FIG>, the circuit boards <NUM> and <NUM> are non-parallel, and accordingly the wind velocity in the middle space S1a is greater in a proximal region α where the opposing distance of the board surface 21a and the board surface 22a is small and the circuit boards <NUM> and <NUM> are in close proximity than other regions. According to the simulation, the average wind velocity in the proximal region α is around <NUM>/s, whereas the average wind velocity at the middle space S2a when the circuit boards <NUM> and <NUM> are parallel is around <NUM>/s. Accordingly, mounting the heat-generating components on the board surface 21a on the inner side of the circuit board <NUM> and the board surface 22a of the circuit board <NUM> in the proximal region α enables cooling effects of these heat-generating components to be improved. Thus, in the first embodiment, the heat-generating components are preferably mounted on the board surface 21a of the circuit board <NUM> at positions closer to the side end portion 21c than to the side end portion 21d, and the heat-generating components are preferably mounted on the board surface 22a of the circuit board <NUM> at positions closer to the side end portion 22c than to the side end portion 22d.

Claim 1:
A speaker, comprising:
a vibration unit, including a diaphragm (<NUM>) and a voice coil (<NUM>); and
a magnetic circuit portion (<NUM>) that is configured to apply a magnetic flux to the voice coil, wherein
the magnetic circuit portion includes an inner-side yoke (<NUM>), an outer-side yoke (<NUM>) that is positioned on an outer side of the inner-side yoke, a magnetic gap (G) that is formed at an opposing portion of the inner-side yoke and the outer-side yoke, and a magnet (<NUM>) that is positioned on the outer side of the inner-side yoke and that forms the magnetic flux that traverses the voice coil that is positioned in the magnetic gap, and
a through hole (11a) is formed in the inner-side yoke that passes therethrough following a vibration direction of the vibration unit, and a circuit board (<NUM>, <NUM>) on which a heat-generating component is mounted is disposed inside the through hole.