IP Library Granted Patent US 12,389,145
Granted Patent B2
US 12,389,145 · App. 18/371,909 · Granted Aug 12, 2025

Loudspeaker system and seat

Inventors: Fumiyasu Konno (Osaka, JP); Masahide Onishi (Osaka, JP); Yoshitaka Kawashima (Shiga, JP)
Assignee: PANASONIC AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
H04R1/025H04R1/26H04R1/2811H04R5/023H04R7/04H04R2440/05H04R2460/13H04R2499/13
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Patent No.
US 12,389,145
App. No.
18/371,909
Granted
Aug 12, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A loudspeaker system includes: a loudspeaker; a loudspeaker box provided inside a seat, and in which the loudspeaker is provided; and an actuator. The actuator is provided inside the loudspeaker box to cause a baffle panel of the loudspeaker box to generate vibration.

Claims (30)

1. A loudspeaker system comprising:

a loudspeaker;

a loudspeaker box provided inside a seat, and in which the loudspeaker is provided; and

an actuator, wherein

the actuator is provided inside the loudspeaker box to cause a baffle panel of the loudspeaker box to generate vibration.

2. The loudspeaker system according to claim 1 , wherein

the loudspeaker box is provided inside a seat back of the seat, at a position that is below a center of the seat back.

3. The loudspeaker system according to claim 2 , wherein

the actuator is provided lower in the seat back than the loudspeaker is.

4. The loudspeaker system according to claim 3 , wherein

the loudspeaker is provided in the seat back, at a position corresponding to an abdominal region of a person when the person is seated on the seat, and

the actuator is provided in the seat back, at a position corresponding to a sacrum of the person when the person is seated on the seat.

5. The loudspeaker system according to claim 1 , wherein

the loudspeaker box includes a partition that separates the actuator and the loudspeaker inside the loudspeaker box.

6. The loudspeaker system according to claim 1 , wherein

the loudspeaker box includes a sealed portion that seals in the actuator inside the loudspeaker box.

7. The loudspeaker system according to claim 1 , wherein

a material of a portion of the baffle panel which is located between the actuator and the loudspeaker in a plan view of the baffle panel is softer than a material of other portions of the baffle panel.

8. The loudspeaker system according to claim 1 , wherein

the actuator generates vibration according to an acoustic signal included in data of a track among data of a plurality of tracks constituting a musical piece, and

the loudspeaker reproduces an acoustic signal included in data of an other track among the data of the plurality of tracks.

9. The loudspeaker system according to claim 8 , wherein

the actuator generates the vibration according to an acoustic signal of a kick drum included in data of a drum track among the data of the plurality of tracks, and

the loudspeaker reproduces an acoustic signal included in data of a track other than the drum track among the data of the plurality of tracks.

10. The loudspeaker system according to claim 1 , wherein

the actuator generates vibration according to an acoustic signal of a first frequency band included in data of a musical piece,

the loudspeaker reproduces an acoustic signal of a frequency band excluding the first frequency band, the frequency band being included in the data of the musical piece, and

the first frequency band is a band that includes a vibration frequency of the actuator.

11. A seat comprising:

the loudspeaker system according to claim 1 .

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 6, 2024
From: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 068328/0764 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 10, 2024
From: KONNO, FUMIYASU; ONISHI, MASAHIDE; KAWASHIMA, YOSHITAKA
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 067054/0484 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2022-155130 · Sep 28, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240107211A1 · Mar 28, 2024
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