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Granted Patent B2
US 11,479,090 · App. 17/072,955 · Granted Oct 25, 2022

Speaker system and vehicle door

Inventor: Hideki Harada (Hamamatsu, JP)
Assignee: YAMAHA CORPORATION
B60J5/0416B60J5/0413B60J5/0418B60J5/0468B60R11/0217B60R13/0243B60R2011/0021
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Patent No.
US 11,479,090
App. No.
17/072,955
Granted
Oct 25, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed is a speaker system including a first panel that is an outer plate of a vehicle door, a second panel disposed on a vehicle interior side of the vehicle door, a third panel disposed between the first panel and the second panel, a speaker unit that has a sound emitting surface for emitting a sound toward the vehicle interior and is mounted on the second panel or the third panel, a first coupling mechanism that couples a peripheral portion of the second panel to the third panel, and a second coupling mechanism disposed at a position nearer the center of the second panel than a position of the speaker unit in the plane of the second panel and configured to couple the second panel and the third panel in the plane at a position not overlapping with the speaker unit.

Claims (39)

1. A speaker system, comprising:

a first panel that is an outer plate of a vehicle door;

a second panel on a vehicle interior side of the vehicle door;

a third panel between the first panel and the second panel;

a speaker unit on one of the second panel or the third panel, wherein

the speaker unit includes a sound emitting surface,

the sound emitting surface is configured to emit a sound toward a vehicle interior, and

the sound emitting surface has a circular shape as planarly viewed from the vehicle interior along a central axis of the speaker unit;

a first coupling mechanism configured to couple a peripheral portion of the second panel to the third panel; and

a second coupling mechanism at a position nearer a center of the second panel than a position of the speaker unit in a plane of the second panel, wherein

the second coupling mechanism is configured to couple the second panel and the third panel in the plane at a position not overlapping with the speaker unit, and

a distance between a center position of the second coupling mechanism and a center of the sound emitting surface, as planarly viewed from the vehicle interior along the central axis of the speaker unit, is not greater than three times a radius of the sound emitting surface.

2. The speaker system according to claim 1 , wherein each of the first coupling mechanism and the second coupling mechanism includes:

an insert on the second panel; and

a receiver on the third panel, wherein the receiver includes an insertion hole into which the insert is to be inserted.

3. The speaker system according to claim 2 , wherein at least one of the first coupling mechanism or the second coupling mechanism includes the receiver on a tip of a rod-shaped portion on the third panel.

4. The speaker system according to claim 2 , wherein at least one of the first coupling mechanism or the second coupling mechanism includes the insert on a tip of a rod-shaped portion on the second panel.

5. The speaker system according to claim 1 , wherein each of the first coupling mechanism and the second coupling mechanism includes:

an insert on the third panel; and

a receiver on the second panel, wherein the receiver includes an insertion hole into which the insert is to be inserted.

6. The speaker system according to claim 5 , wherein at least one of the first coupling mechanism or the second coupling mechanism includes the receiver on a tip of a rod-shaped portion on the second panel.

7. The speaker system according to claim 5 , wherein at least one of the first coupling mechanism or the second coupling mechanism includes the insert on a tip of a rod-shaped portion on the third panel.

8. The speaker system according to claim 1 , further comprising an elastic body, wherein

the elastic body is between a first surface of the second panel and a second surface of the speaker unit,

the first surface is on a third panel side of the second panel, and

the second surface is on a second panel side of the speaker unit.

9. A vehicle door, comprising:

a speaker system including:

a first panel that is an outer plate of the vehicle door;

a second panel on a vehicle interior side of the vehicle door;

a third panel between the first panel and the second panel;

a speaker unit on one of the second panel or the third panel, wherein

the speaker unit includes a sound emitting surface,

the sound emitting surface is configured to emit a sound toward a vehicle interior, and

the sound emitting surface has a circular shape as planarly viewed from the vehicle interior along a central axis of the speaker unit;

a first coupling mechanism configured to couple a peripheral portion of the second panel to the third panel; and

a second coupling mechanism at a position nearer a center of the second panel than a position of the speaker unit in a plane of the second panel, wherein

the second coupling mechanism is configured to couple the second panel and the third panel in the plane at a position not overlapping with the speaker unit, and

a distance between a center position of the second coupling mechanism and a center of the sound emitting surface, as planarly viewed from the vehicle interior along the central axis of the speaker unit, is not greater than three times a radius of the sound emitting surface.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 16, 2020
From: HARADA, HIDEKI
To: YAMAHA CORPORATION
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Continuity (1)
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