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Granted Patent B2
US 9,313,579 · App. 14/321,526 · Granted Apr 12, 2016

Sound generator for vehicle

Inventors: Sang Il Lee (Whasung-Si, KR); Dong Wook Lee (Whasung-Si, KR); Hyoung Jin Yoon (Whasung-Si, KR)
Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company; Kia Motors Corporation
H04R9/046H04R9/027H04R9/06H04R2499/13
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Patent No.
US 9,313,579
App. No.
14/321,526
Granted
Apr 12, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A sound generator apparatus for a vehicle may include a housing and a elastic member arranged at a lower portion of the housing, a driving part including an internal yoke and a magnet, inserted into the housing and disposed on the elastic member to be slid up and down in the housing, a bobbin, an upper end of which is fixed to an inside upper portion of the housing, extended in a downward direction with wrapping the driving part, wherein a coil is wound along a circumference of the bobbin, and an external yoke fixed to the housing in a cylinder shape wrapping the coil and an outside of the internal yoke therein.

Claims (12)

1. A sound generator apparatus for a vehicle comprising:

a housing and an elastic member arranged at a lower portion of the housing;

a driving part including an internal yoke and a magnet, wherein the internal yoke and the magnet are inserted into the housing and disposed on a portion of the elastic member and are configured to be slid up and down in the housing wherein the portion of the elastic member is spaced from the lower portion of the housing;

a bobbin, an upper end of which is fixed to an inside upper portion of the housing, extended in a downward direction with wrapping the driving part, wherein a coil is wound along a circumference of the bobbin; and

an external yoke fixed to the housing in a cylinder shape wrapping the coil and an outside of the internal yoke therein,

wherein the internal yoke includes an upper yoke and a lower yoke, each of which is combined to the magnet disposed between the upper yoke and the lower yoke, and

wherein a distance between an external surface of the lower yoke and an internal surface of the external yoke opposite to the external surface of the lower yoke is less than a distance between the external surface of the upper yoke and the internal surface of the bobbin.

2. The sound generator apparatus for the vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein heights of the bobbin and the external yoke are higher than a height of the internal yoke.

3. The sound generator apparatus for the vehicle according to claim 2 , wherein the internal yoke is located at a middle of the bobbin and the external yoke in a stop state.

4. The sound generator apparatus for the vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the housing including an upper cover and a lower cover combined to an upper end of the external yoke and a lower end of the external yoke, respectively.

5. The sound generator apparatus for the vehicle according to claim 4 , wherein the spring is arranged at the lower cover and includes a border portion and a central portion, the central portion being combined with the driving part, and the border portion and the central portion being connected through a bridge.

6. The sound generator apparatus for the vehicle according to claim 4 , wherein the upper end of the bobbin is fixed to the upper cover, and a receiving groove in which the bobbin and the coil are received is formed at the internal surface of the external yoke.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 1, 2014
From: LEE, SANG IL; LEE, DONG WOOK; YOON, HYOUNG JIN
To: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY; KIA MOTORS CORP.
Reel/Frame 033225/0624 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2013-0158093 · Dec 18, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20150172821A1 · Jun 18, 2015