IP Library Granted Patent US 12707202
Granted Patent B2
US 12707202 · App. 18/886,867 · Granted Aug 11, 2026

Apparatus with swivel speaker pods and cavity amplifier

Inventors: Geemay Megan Chia (Pasadena, CA); Christopher John Tarchala (Torrance, CA)
Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
H04R5/02G06F3/04847G06F3/165H04R1/025
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12707202
App. No.
18/886,867
Granted
Aug 11, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

An apparatus with swivel speaker pods includes a first audio reproduction device having a first interior surface, a second audio reproduction device having a second interior surface, and an attaching component included in at least one of the first audio reproduction device or the second audio reproduction device. The attaching component is configured to removably attach the first interior surface with the second interior surface. The attaching component is located at an attaching portion of at least one of the first audio reproduction device or the second audio reproduction device such that a swivel joint is formed between the first interior surface and the second interior surface.

Claims (37)

1 . An apparatus, comprising:

a first audio reproduction device having a first interior surface;

a second audio reproduction device having a second interior surface; and

an attaching component configured to removably attach the first interior surface with the second audio reproduction device,

wherein the attaching component is located at an attaching portion of at least one of the first audio reproduction device or the second audio reproduction device such that a swivel joint is formed between the first interior surface and the second interior surface, wherein, in a detached state, the first audio reproduction device is detached from the second audio reproduction device.

2 . The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein each of the first audio reproduction device or the second audio reproduction device are wirelessly connected to each other.

3 . The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein each of the first interior surface and the second interior surface include a primary sound originating region that is located in at least one of a partial region or an entire region of the first interior surface and the second interior surface.

4 . The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first interior surface is flushed to the second interior surface in the closed state.

5 . The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein, in the closed state, a contact area between the first interior surface and the second interior surface is greater than a surface area of other flat or substantially flat surfaces of the first audio reproduction device or the second audio reproduction device.

6 . The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein an application of a force on the first audio reproduction device or the second audio reproduction device causes the first interior surface to swivel apart from the second interior surface about the swivel joint.

7 . The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the first audio reproduction device or the second audio reproduction device is secured to a support structure such that the first interior surface or the second interior surface is detachably coupled to a surface of the support structure, and

wherein the first audio reproduction device or the second audio reproduction device, in an operational state, generates audio that is amplified due to a cavity in the support structure.

8 . The apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the support structure is at least one of a door unit, a pillar, a dashboard unit, a window or windshield, a seat, a foot space, or a bonnet of a vehicle; and the surface corresponds to an interior surface of a vehicle's cabin.

9 . The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the attaching component is one of a magnet or an electromagnetic magnet, and the attaching component is configured to flush the first interior surface in a direct contact with the second interior surface.

10 . The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first audio reproduction device includes a first exterior surface that is opposite to the first interior surface, and the second audio reproduction device includes a second exterior surface that is opposite to the second interior surface.

11 . The apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein each of the first exterior surface and the second exterior surface includes a secondary sound originating region that is located in at least one of a partial region or an entire region of the first exterior surface and the second exterior surface.

12 . The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein each of the first audio reproduction device and the second audio reproduction device is communicatively coupled to a display device, and each of the first audio reproduction device and the second audio reproduction device is configured to control the display device to:

render, on a graphical user interface (GUI), a location of the first audio reproduction device or the second audio reproduction device, and a battery status of each of the first audio reproduction device and the second audio reproduction device on the GUI.

13 . The apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein GUI further comprises a changeable UI element, and a movement of the changeable UI element is configured to adjust a sound setting, based on the location of the first audio reproduction device or the second audio reproduction device.

14 . The apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein GUI further comprises a prompt overlay with an option to exchange power between the first audio reproduction device and the second audio reproduction device, based on the battery status of each of the first audio reproduction device and the second audio reproduction device.

15 . A method of assembly an apparatus, comprising:

locating an attaching component at an attaching portion of at least one of a first audio reproduction device or a second audio reproduction device, such that a swivel joint is formed between a first interior surface of the first audio reproduction device and a second interior surface of the second audio reproduction device;

removably attaching the second interior surface of the second audio reproduction device with the first interior surface of the first audio reproduction device, in a closed state, via the attaching component;

applying a force on the first audio reproduction device or the second audio reproduction device causes the first interior surface to swivel apart from the second interior surface about the swivel joint; and

securing at least one of the first audio reproduction device or the second audio reproduction device to a support structure such that the first interior surface or the second interior surface is detachably coupled to a surface of the support structure,

wherein, the first audio reproduction device or the second audio reproduction device, in an operational state, generates audio that is amplified due to a cavity in the support structure.

16 . The method according to claim 15 , wherein each of the first interior surface and the second interior surface include a primary sound originating region that is located in at least one of a partial region or an entire region of the first interior surface and the second interior surface.

17 . The method according to claim 15 , wherein, in the closed state, a contact area between the first interior surface and the second interior surface is greater than a surface area of other flat or substantially flat surfaces of the first audio reproduction device or the second audio reproduction device.

18 . The method according to claim 15 , wherein the method further comprises:

communicatively coupling, a display device to each of the first audio reproduction device and the second audio reproduction device, and

controlling, the display device using one of the first audio reproduction device and the second audio reproduction device, wherein controlling includes:

rendering, on a graphical user interface (GUI), a location of the first audio reproduction device or the second audio reproduction device, and a battery status of each of the first audio reproduction device and the second audio reproduction device on the GUI.

19 . The method according to claim 18 , wherein GUI further comprises a prompt overlay with an option to exchange power between the first audio reproduction device and the second audio reproduction device, based on the battery status of each of the first audio reproduction device and the second audio reproduction device.

20 . An apparatus, comprising:

a first audio reproduction device having a first interior surface;

a second audio reproduction device having a second interior surface, wherein the first audio reproduction device and the second audio reproduction device are wirelessly connected to each other; and

an attaching component configured to removably attach the first interior surface with the second interior surface, wherein the attaching component is located at an attaching portion of at least one of the first audio reproduction device or the second audio reproduction device such that a swivel joint is formed between the first interior surface and the second interior surface.