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Audio system for automotive vehicles

Assignee: Mazda Motor Corp
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Filing: 1989-07-26
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Granted: 1991-12-17
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Expires: 2009-07-26
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Abstract

Abstract An audio system for automotive vehicles with a plurality of speakers disposed inside the passenger compartment room of the automotive vehicle which includes a front speaker disposed at the front end of passenger compartment room and a rear speaker disposed at the rear end of passenger compartment room, front fader unit which is connected to the front speaker and is capable of transmitting mainly low frequency sounds by fading high frequency sounds, rear fader unit which is connected to the rear speaker and is capable of fading both high and low frequency sounds, and control unit for actuating said front fader unit and rear fader unit so as to control the balance of the front and rear speakers.

Inventors

  • 👤 Yoshiaki Hirasa

Bibliographic Details

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CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04S; H04S7/00; H04S7/30; H04S7/307; H04B; H04B1/00; H04B1/06; H04B1/16; H04B1/20; H04R; H04R2499/00; H04R2499/10; H04R2499/13

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 13
Claim 1
Independent Claim 154 words
An audio system for an automotive vehicle with a plurality of speakers disposed inside a passenger compartment room of aid automotive vehicle, comprising: at least one front speaker disposed at a front end of said passenger compartment room and at least one rear speaker disposed at a rear end of said passenger compartment room; front fader means connected to said at least one front speaker for transmitting mainly low frequency sound signals and for fading high frequency sound signals; rear fader means connected to said at lest one rear speaker for fading both high and low frequency sound signals; and control means for actuating said front fader means and said rear fader means so as to control a balance between said at least one front speaker and said at least one rear speaker; wherein said front fader means does into fade low frequency sounds even when the high frequency sounds are faded to zero.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 154 words
An audio system for an automotive vehicle with a plurality of speakers disposed inside a passenger compartment room of aid automotive vehicle, comprising: at least one front speaker disposed at a front end of said passenger compartment room and at least one rear speaker disposed at a rear end of said passenger compartment room; front fader means connected to said at least one front speaker for transmitting mainly low frequency sound signals and for fading high frequency sound signals; rear fader means connected to said at lest one rear speaker for fading both high and low frequency sound signals; and control means for actuating said front fader means and said rear fader means so as to control a balance between said at least one front speaker and said at least one rear speaker; wherein said front fader means does into fade low frequency sounds even when the high frequency sounds are faded to zero.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 47 words
An audio system for automotive vehicles as in claim 1, further comprising at least one door speaker disposed in at least one side door, said at least on door speaker is connected to said front fader means so as to be faded by said front fader means.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 34 words
An audio system for automotive vehicles as in claim 2, wherein said at least one side door is at least one front side door located in a front half of said passenger compartment room.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 25 words
An audio system for automotive vehicles as in claim 2, wherein said at least one aside door speaker is of an extremely low frequency type.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 33 words
An audio system for automotive vehicles as in claim 1, wherein said at least one front speaker is disposed in an instrument panel disposed at said front end of said passenger compartment room.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 150 words
An audio system for automotive vehicles with a plurality of speakers disposed inside a passenger compartment room of said automotive vehicle, comprising: at least one driver's side speaker disposed in a half of said passenger compartment room in which a driver sits and at least one passenger's side speaker disposed in the other half of said passenger compartment room; a fader means which is connected to aid at least one driver's side speaker and is capable of transmitting mainly low frequency sound signals and fading high frequency signals; another fader means which is connected to said at least one passenger's side speaker and is capable of fading both high and low frequency sound signals; and a control means for actuating said fader means and said another fader means so as to control a balance between said at least one driver's side speaker and said at least one passenger's side speaker.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 150 words
An audio system for automotive vehicles with a plurality of speakers disposed inside a passenger compartment room of said automotive vehicle, comprising: at least one driver's side speaker disposed in a half of said passenger compartment room in which a driver sits and at least one passenger's side speaker disposed in the other half of said passenger compartment room; a fader means which is connected to aid at least one driver's side speaker and is capable of transmitting mainly low frequency sound signals and fading high frequency signals; another fader means which is connected to said at least one passenger's side speaker and is capable of fading both high and low frequency sound signals; and a control means for actuating said fader means and said another fader means so as to control a balance between said at least one driver's side speaker and said at least one passenger's side speaker.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 227 words
An audio system for an automotive vehicle with a plurality of speakers disposed inside a passenger compartment room of said automotive vehicle, comprising: at least one pair of left and right front speakers disposed at a front end of said passenger compartment room, at least one rear speaker disposed at a rear end of said passenger compartment room, and at least one door speaker disposed in a front door of said passenger compartment room; front faster means connected to said at least one pair of left and right front speakers for transmitting mainly low frequency sound signals and for fading high frequency sound signals; rear fader means connected to said at least one rear speaker of fading both high and low frequency sound signals; control means or actuating said front fader means and said rear fader means o as to control a balance between said at least one pair of left and right front speakers and said at lest one rear speaker, wherein said front fear means does not fade low frequency sounds even when the high frequency sounds are faded to zero; and mixer mean for receiving and merging sound from said at least one pair of left and right front speakers and delivering the merged sound to said at least one door speaker for providing a stabilized output from said at least one door speaker.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim 227 words
An audio system for an automotive vehicle with a plurality of speakers disposed inside a passenger compartment room of said automotive vehicle, comprising: at least one pair of left and right front speakers disposed at a front end of said passenger compartment room, at least one rear speaker disposed at a rear end of said passenger compartment room, and at least one door speaker disposed in a front door of said passenger compartment room; front faster means connected to said at least one pair of left and right front speakers for transmitting mainly low frequency sound signals and for fading high frequency sound signals; rear fader means connected to said at least one rear speaker of fading both high and low frequency sound signals; control means or actuating said front fader means and said rear fader means o as to control a balance between said at least one pair of left and right front speakers and said at lest one rear speaker, wherein said front fear means does not fade low frequency sounds even when the high frequency sounds are faded to zero; and mixer mean for receiving and merging sound from said at least one pair of left and right front speakers and delivering the merged sound to said at least one door speaker for providing a stabilized output from said at least one door speaker.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim 41 words
An audio system for automotive vehicles as claimed in claim 7, wherein each of said at least one door speaker comprises power amplifier means for transmitting amplified merged sound signals from said mixer means to said at least one door speaker.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim 26 words
An audio system for automotive vehicles as claimed in claim 8, wherein each of said of said at least one door speaker is a woofer speaker.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim 79 words
An audio system for automotive vehicles as claimed in claim 7, wherein said mixer means comprises (a) at least tow inputs comprising a first resistor-capacitor series circuit connected to an input of said left front speaker, and a second resistor-capacitor series circuit connected to an input of said right front speaker, (b) an output extending from a common terminal joining said first and said second resistor-capacitor series circuits, and (c) a resistance connected between said common terminal and ground.

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USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows

Annuity Stage Window Opens Payment Deadline Surcharge Period Until Estimated Fee Status
3.5 Years (Year 4) 1994-12-16 1995-06-17 1995-12-17 $2000.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8) 1998-12-16 1999-06-17 1999-12-17 $3760.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
11.5 Years (Year 12) 2002-12-16 2003-06-17 2003-12-17 $7700.00 Window Closed / Lapsed

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