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US 12,088,998 · App. 17/615,268 · Granted Sep 10, 2024

Vehicle-mounted woofer device

Inventor: Takayuki Tabata (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: FOSTER ELECTRIC COMPANY, LIMITED
H04R1/2888H04R1/021H04R1/26H04R1/2857H04R9/025H04R2499/13
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Patent No.
US 12,088,998
App. No.
17/615,268
Granted
Sep 10, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

An on-vehicle woofer system includes: a speaker unit including a magnetic circuit and a diaphragm connected to the magnetic circuit, and capable of generating sound waves by electrically driving the magnetic circuit to vibrate the diaphragm; a Helmholtz resonator to which a first surface of the diaphragm is oriented, the Helmholtz resonator being connected to the speaker unit; a sealed container to which a second surface of the diaphragm that is a back surface of the first surface is oriented, the sealed container providing a sealed space connected to the speaker unit; and a tube penetrating the Helmholtz resonator, the speaker unit, and the sealed container.

Claims (20)

1. An on-vehicle woofer system comprising:

a speaker unit including a magnetic circuit and a diaphragm connected to the magnetic circuit, and capable of generating sound waves by electrically driving the magnetic circuit to vibrate the diaphragm;

a Helmholtz resonator to which a first surface of the diaphragm is oriented, the Helmholtz resonator being connected to the speaker unit;

a sealed container to which a second surface of the diaphragm that is a back surface of the first surface is oriented, the sealed container providing a sealed space connected to the speaker unit;

a tube penetrating the Helmholtz resonator, the speaker unit, and the sealed container;

an upper cover member connected to the speaker unit; and

a duct in the upper cover member;

wherein the Helmholtz resonator includes:

a chamber space defined by at least the speaker unit and the upper cover member; and

an outer circumferential duct space connected to the chamber space and segmented along an outer circumference of the speaker unit, and

the Helmholtz resonator is configured such that the outer circumferential duct space communicates with an outside via the duct.

2. The on-vehicle woofer system of claim 1 , wherein the speaker unit includes a seal for connecting the Helmholtz resonator and the sealed container to form the tube, and for separating an internal space of the Helmholtz resonator or an internal space of the sealed container from an internal space of the tube.

3. The on-vehicle woofer system of claim 1 , further comprising:

a base member connected to the speaker unit, wherein

the sealed container is defined by at least the speaker unit and the base member.

4. The on-vehicle woofer system of claim 1 , wherein the magnetic circuit is connected to the second surface of the diaphragm.

5. The on-vehicle woofer system of claim 1 , wherein the magnetic circuit is connected to the first surface of the diaphragm.

6. The on-vehicle woofer system of claim 1 , wherein the Helmholtz resonator has a resonance frequency set higher than an upper limit of an operation band frequency of the speaker unit.

7. The on-vehicle woofer system of claim 1 , wherein the on-vehicle woofer system has a substantially cylindrical outer shape.

8. The on-vehicle woofer system of claim 1 , wherein the on-vehicle woofer system is placed in a spare tire housing of an automobile and fixed to the spare tire housing using a fixing tool to be inserted through the tube.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 1, 2021
From: TABATA, TAKAYUKI
To: FOSTER ELECTRIC COMPANY, LIMITED
Reel/Frame 058250/0635 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2019-102557 · May 31, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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