IP Library Granted Patent US 9,174,572
Granted Patent B2
US 9,174,572 · App. 13/935,026 · Granted Nov 3, 2015

Electric horn device for a vehicle and vehicle

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Patent No.
US 9,174,572
App. No.
13/935,026
Granted
Nov 3, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

Electric horn devices for a vehicle and vehicles with the electric horns are provided. An electric horn device includes a housing that is tightly sealed, a housing section within the housing, and a membrane element within the housing and configured to generate a sound. An elastic pressure equalizing element is adapted to allow pressure equalization in the housing.

Claims (34)

1. An electric horn device for a vehicle, the electric horn device comprising:

a housing that is tightly sealed;

a housing section within the housing;

a membrane element within the housing and configured to generate a sound, and

an elastic pressure equalizing element coupled to a portion of the housing section and elastically deformable relative to the housing section to allow pressure equalization in the housing.

2. The horn device according to claim 1 , wherein

the elastic pressure equalizing element is an elastic bellows.

3. The horn device according to claim 1 , wherein

the elastic pressure equalizing element is an elastic balloon.

4. The horn device according to claim 1 , wherein

the elastic pressure equalizing element is an elastic membrane.

5. The horn device according to claim 1 wherein

the elastic pressure equalizing element comprises an elastic material.

6. The horn device according to claim 5 , wherein the elastic pressure equalizing element comprises an elastomer.

7. The horn device according to claim 1 , wherein

the housing section and/or membrane element comprise a corrosion-resistant material.

8. The horn device according to claim 1 , wherein

the housing section has an electric coil and first magnetic core element that is partially accommodated in the electric coil, and wherein the membrane element has a second magnetic core element that dips at least partially into the electric coil.

9. The horn device according to claim 1 , further comprising

an electrical terminal that is tightly joined with the housing section.

10. The horn device according to claim 1 , wherein

the housing is configured without a pressure equalizing or vent opening.

11. The horn device according to claim 1 , wherein the vehicle is a motor vehicle.

12. The horn device according to claim 1 , wherein the elastic pressure equalizing element is coupled to the housing section of the housing in such a way as to seal the housing.

13. A vehicle with an electric horn device comprising:

a housing that is tightly sealed;

a housing section within the housing;

a membrane element within the housing and configured to generate a sound, and

an elastic pressure equalizing element coupled to a portion of the housing section and elastically deformable relative to the housing section to allow pressure equalization in the housing.

14. The vehicle according to claim 13 wherein the vehicle is a motor vehicle.

15. The vehicle according to claim 13 , wherein the elastic pressure equalizing element is an elastic bellows, an elastic balloon, or an elastic membrane.

16. The vehicle according to claim 13 , wherein the elastic pressure equalizing element comprises an elastic material.

17. The vehicle according to claim 13 , wherein the housing section and/or the membrane element comprises a corrosion-resistant material.

18. The vehicle according to claim 13 , wherein the housing section has an electric coil and first magnetic core element that is partially accommodated in the electric coil, and wherein the membrane element has a second magnetic core element that dips at least partially into the electric coil.

Assignments (3)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Nov 7, 2014
From: WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY
To: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
Reel/Frame 034189/0065 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jun 12, 2014
From: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
To: WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY
Reel/Frame 033135/0336 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 1, 2013
From: BECHTOLD, JUERGEN GERHARD
To: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
Reel/Frame 031316/0565 →