Patent ID: 7447324

Claim:
A piezoelectric sounding body for a sound producer, characterized by comprising: a piezoelectric element comprising at least one piezoelectric layer and electrode layers respectively provided on opposed main surfaces of the piezoelectric layer in a manner sandwiching the piezoelectric layer, wherein each main surface of the piezoelectric layer is divided into multiple sections, and each electrode layer is divided and separated to produce corresponding electrode layer sections disposed in positions which are substantially the same on both main surfaces of the piezoelectric layer; a diaphragm having surfaces to at least one of which the piezoelectric element is bonded; and a plurality of connectors each connecting, thicknesswise of the piezoelectric layer, a first electrode layer section on a first main surface of the piezoelectric layer to a differently disposed electrode layer section on a second main surface of the piezoelectric layer in a position where a portion of the differently disposed electrode layer section overlaps a portion of the first electrode layer section.