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Resonance-compensated speaker system for vehicle
Assignee: Pioneer Corp
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Filing: 1986-08-27
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Granted: 1988-12-13
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Expires: 2006-08-27
Abstract
Abstract A vehicular speaker system in which a resonance of the vehicle's interior is compensated by a resonance of a chamber enclosing the rear of the speaker unit. The chamber includes rearwardly facing ports.
Inventors
- 👤 Hideo Yamamoto
- 👤 Kazunori Takagi
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-04 18:49
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04R; H04R1/00; H04R1/20; H04R1/22; H04R1/28; H04R1/2807; H04R1/2815; H04R1/2819; H04R1/2853; H04R1/2857; H04R2499/00; H04R2499/10; H04R2499/13
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
94 words
A vehicular speaker system for use in a movable vehicle having a substantially closed interior passenger compartment comprising; a speaker assembly adapted to be installed in said vehicle for projecting sound into said compartment, wherein said speaker assembly comprises: a speaker unit; an axially extending chamber having a peripheral portion and an end portion respectively enclosing lateral sides and a rear side of said speaker unit; wherein said chamber includes ports formed between said peripheral portion and said end portion and wherein said chamber has a resonance frequency in a range of 300-600 Hz.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
94 words
A vehicular speaker system for use in a movable vehicle having a substantially closed interior passenger compartment comprising; a speaker assembly adapted to be installed in said vehicle for projecting sound into said compartment, wherein said speaker assembly comprises: a speaker unit; an axially extending chamber having a peripheral portion and an end portion respectively enclosing lateral sides and a rear side of said speaker unit; wherein said chamber includes ports formed between said peripheral portion and said end portion and wherein said chamber has a resonance frequency in a range of 300-600 Hz.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
15 words
A vehicular speaker system as recited in claim 1, wherein said chamber is axially tubular.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
15 words
A vehicular speaker system as recited in claim 1, wherein said chamber is axially polygonal.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
35 words
A vehicular speaker system as recited in claim 2, wherein a peak resonance frequency of said chamber with said ports is matched with a minimum resonance frequency of said interior passenger compartment of said vehicle.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
78 words
A vehicular speaker system as recited in claim 2, wherein said peripheral portion surrounding said lateral sides of said speaker unit has an inner diameter of a first dimension, and said end portion has an outer diameter of a second dimension smaller than the first dimension, said end portion covering the rear side of said speaker unit and extending rearwardly further than said peripheral portion, wherein said ports are formed between said peripheral portion and said end portion.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
72 words
A vehicular speaker system as recited in claim 2, wherein said chamber includes a first tubular part surrounding said lateral sides of said speaker unit and said end portion having a second tubular part, and further comprising axially slidable means secured partially within said peripheral portion for adjusting the end portion toward and away from the speaker unit and wherein said ports are formed between said peripheral portion and said end portion.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
23 words
A vehicular speaker system as recited in claim 1, wherein said ports are at least partially filled with a porous, acoustically damping material.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
17 words
A vehicular speaker system as recited in claim 7, wherein said acoustically damping material comprises foamed urethane.
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