Abstract: A method of installing an audio system on a motorcycle having a windshield connected to a remainder of the motorcycle via a plurality of fasteners (and a corresponding audio system and motorcycle) comprising providing one or more audio speakers and via one or more of the fasteners fastening to the remainder of the motorcycle one or more brackets holding the one or more audio speakers.

Abstract: A loudspeaker assembly is described which assembly may be moved from a non-exposed to an exposed position by suitable means of which a few are discussed. The inventive assembly may comprise an acoustic lens and a particularly advantageous application is for use in an automotive hi-fi system. A number of other applications are also described.

Abstract: A speaker and stereo system for a watercraft are disclosed. The stereo system includes an amplifier sized and adapted to fit within an internal compartment of the watercraft, and having a power input that connects to a battery of the watercraft for power. The amplifier further includes a control input, a signal amplifier, at least two audio outputs connected to the signal amplifier, and an audio input for receiving a digital audio signal from a digital music player to be amplified by the signal amplifier. The speaker for use with the stereo system includes a speaker housing having a flattened bottom, an opening at a front face, and an enclosure that tapers and extends to a substantially pointed terminal end.

Abstract: An acoustic device, including an acoustic enclosure and a first electroacoustical transducing apparatus comprising a motor structure providing mechanical vibration, the vibration having a direction of vibration, mounted in the acoustic enclosure. The acoustic device is constructed and arranged so that first pressure waves are radiated from a first radiation point and second pressure waves are radiated from a second radiation point and so that the first pressure waves and the second pressure waves destructively interfere at observation points relatively equidistant from the first and second radiation points. The acoustic device is further constructed and arranged to be structurally combined with a seating device so that the first radiation point is relatively close to the head of an occupant of the seating device and so that the second radiation point is relatively far from the head of the occupant. The acoustic device is further constructed and arranged to transmit the mechanical vibration to the seat back.

Abstract: In a noise suppression structure of the present invention, a sound absorption sheet is pinched between a flange of a speaker grille and an interior trim. An opening of a space formed by the flange of the speaker grille and a sound guiding tube is covered with the sound absorption sheet.

Abstract: A door speaker box includes an enclosure member and speaker operatively attached thereto, such that they define an acoustic volume, into which the speaker communicates. The enclosure member and speaker are configured to be installed as a speaker box unit in the vehicle door, such that speaker box unit seals the door against moisture passage into the vehicle interior. A flange integrally formed in the enclosure member extends substantially around a portion thereof and is configured to seal against such moisture passage. A hardware mounting surface may be integrally formed in the enclosure member, and configured to receive and support a door hardware component. The flange may further define and enclose the acoustic volume, and may be configured to seal multiple access holes in the inner panel, such that the door is characterized by an absence of rain paper or other dedicated water barrier.

Abstract: The invention refers to a device (3) for actuating a membrane arranged in an opening to a space, and a vehicle having such a device. The membrane (1) has a first surface (1?) and a second opposite surface (1?), and is limited by an edge area. The device includes a first strip (5) to be attached to the first surface of the membrane in the edge area, and a second strip (6) to be attached to a surface of a frame portion extending around the opening. An exchanging number (8) is arranged between and connecting the first strip with the second strip. An actuating member (20) is arranged to transfer a reciprocating primary movement to the exchanging member converting the primary movement to a reciprocating secondary movement, which has a longer length of stroke than the primary movement and acts on the strips to move towards and away from each other.

Abstract: A speaker assembly arrangement for a vehicle is provided that includes a speaker unit including a speaker cabinet defining a first volume and a body part of a vehicle including a hollow member defining a second volume. The speaker cabinet is acoustically coupled to the hollow member by a press-fit coupling having a press-fit direction and mounted on the body part by at least one fastener having a fastening direction substantially perpendicular to the press-fit direction. The body part comprises a first guide arranged and configured to slidably engage with a second guide arranged on the speaker cabinet so that force on the speaker cabinet in the fastening direction is at least in part redirected to the press-fit direction by the slidable engagement of the first guide and the second guide.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a speaker system including: a laterally extending body portion for supporting the back of the head of a user; and a pair of right and left side portions respectively connected to the right and left ends of the body portion.

Abstract: A sound system which has, for example, a radio, a cassette and a CD player is usually already installed in cars as standard or as an option. In addition, a better sound system comprises a box system which has a tweeter and a woofer. In order to provide a speaker box which is suitable particularly for dispensing frequencies below 150 Hz and at the same time has neat pulses accompanied at the same time by little distortion, pulse dynamics and is highly effective, a sound transducer (10) is introduced into the supporting structure of the vehicle. This takes place in such a manner that subcompartments which are separated from each other adjoin each of its two membrane sides. In this case, the two subcompartments of the speaker box are formed by at least two elements (2, 3, 4) of the supporting structure of the vehicle (1).

Abstract: A speaker device (100) includes a speaker unit (2) including a diaphragm (6); a windshield cover (3) covering the speaker unit and including a sound emitting unit (130) emitting a sound produced by the speaker unit; and a cabinet (5) connected to a bottom of the windshield cover, and supporting the speaker unit so as to form an angle equal to or greater than 0 degree and equal to or smaller than 90 degree between a vibration direction X of the diaphragm and the sound emitting unit.

Abstract: An architectural speaker assembly includes a speaker supported within the speaker enclosure of a mounting fixture. A grill is provided to conceal the speaker. A grill support is configured to support the grill substantially flush with a facing ring of the mounting fixture to blend into the surrounding ceiling or wall. The grill support includes a concave wall that surrounds the speaker. A number of bosses project form the wall, each boss supporting a permanent magnet that magnetically engages the grill to firmly hold it on the grill support.

Abstract: The invention relates to a motor vehicle having a system for reproduction of sound, said system for reproduction of sound including as least one bass reflection box equipped with a bass reflection tube and/or a bass reflection opening and with at least one built-in speaker. For that purpose, the bass reflection box is arranged in a side compartment of the interior of the vehicle, and a wall of the bass reflection box, oriented towards the interior of the vehicle, is at least partially coverable with a sound-transmissive lid, the service tools and emergency aids being arranged between depressions in said wall and the lid. With the present invention, a motor vehicle having a sound reproduction apparatus is created in which a large-volume bass reflection box is optimally accommodated in the trunk compartment. Here the bass reflection box is additionally utilized to accommodate the service tool kit.

Abstract: An example vehicle instrument panel includes a speaker for producing alert and warning sounds. A membrane prevents water from intruding into the speaker assembly and instrument panel. The membrane is spaced apart from the speaker and over an open end of the speaker housing. Sound energy from the speaker travels through an open space against the membrane. The membrane possesses acoustic properties to receive and pass on the sound energy.

Abstract: An audio speaker bracket for use in passenger vehicles and a method for installing the speaker to a mounting panel using at feast one suspension member. The method permits the speaker to be temporarily supported by a mounting panel while secure attachment of the bracket to the mounting panel is completed.

Abstract: A vehicle sound system encompasses a combination of speaker configuration, speaker placement, and sound processing to improve sound quality. A pair of speakers (or rows of speakers) are placed close together and located in the front of the console or dashboard with their geometric center on or near the vehicle's central axis. A sound processor acts to “spread” the sound image produced by the two closely spaced speakers by employing a cross-cancellation technique in which the cancellation signal is derived from the difference between the left and right channels. The resulting difference signal is scaled, delayed (if necessary), and spectrally modified before being added in opposite polarities to the left and right channels. The pair of speakers may be placed on a common baffle or mounting surface or in a common housing enclosure, with sound being carried through one or more ducts and emanating out of a slot.

Abstract: A vehicle speaker mounting system. The vehicle speaker mounting system comprises a parcel shelf having at least one stiffener extending substantially longitudinally along the length of the parcel shelf. The system further includes at least one aperture extending through a generally planar portion of the parcel shelf. The aperture is configured to receive a speaker.

Abstract: A trim panel (10) includes an integrally formed attachment member (14) for mounting an acoustic device (16), such as a loudspeaker, an exciter, a piezoelectric transducer, or the like, directly to the trim panel (10) without the need of a separate mounting member. The acoustic device (16) is attached to the trim panel (10) by use a twist and lock fastening feature (18) in the form of a ramp surface (24) that draws the acoustic device (16) toward the trim panel (10) as the acoustic device (16) is rotated about the attachment member (14). Once the acoustic device (16) is rotated into place, one or more detents (26) are provided on the trim panel (10) and one or more corresponding detent grooves or recesses (32) are provided on the acoustic device (16) to lock the acoustic device (16) securely in place. The integrally formed attachment member (14) enables the inner and outer surfaces (11, 12) of the trim panel (10) to be a generally continuous surface.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a speaker system. The system includes: a speaker that comprises a magnet and a basket coupled to the magnet, the basket is configured to collapse upon impact with an external object; a panel having a first side coupled to the basket of the speaker and a second side facing a space; and a groove being disposed on the first side of the panel, wherein the groove is adjacent to an outer perimeter of the basket where the basket is coupled to the speaker.

Abstract: A speaker device includes a vibration system having a frame and a magnetic circuit. The frame has a magnetic circuit housing unit, an outer peripheral portion having an annular shape arranged on the outer side thereof, and multiple arm parts connecting the magnetic circuit housing unit and outer peripheral portion. Plural flat surfaces to which a cushion is attached are formed on an upper surface of the outer peripheral portion and a lower surface thereof. Each of the flat surfaces on the upper surface of the outer peripheral portion and each of the flat surfaces on the lower surfaces are connected by a corresponding connecting part. The plural flat surfaces to which the cushion member is attached are formed between the outer peripheral wall of the outer peripheral portion and the inner peripheral wall thereof, rather than the outer side of the outer peripheral wall of the outer peripheral portion.

Abstract: An apparatus for generating low frequency acoustic signals in a vehicle having an instrument panel is described. The apparatus includes a baffle that is located at least partially within the instrument panel. An electroacoustical transducer is mechanically coupled to the baffle. The electroacoustical transducer generates low frequency acoustic signals that radiate into a cavity within the instrument panel and leak into the passenger compartment of the vehicle.

Abstract: An electro-acoustic transducer is oriented such that its transducer axis is parallel to, and in, the plane of a baffle coupled to the electro-acoustic transducer for reduced baffle vibration.

Abstract: A loudspeaker mounting frame (1) for an electronic appliance has a central opening for receiving a loudspeaker membrane (24), and a plurality of through holes (11) surrounding said central opening for receiving fixing means (25). The through holes (11) are tapered so as to accommodate the fixing means (25) in varying orientations. Spherical bosses (6) surrounding said through holes (11) are formed at a rear side (5) of the mounting frame (1).

Abstract: An acoustic device having a heat producing device, such as an amplifier and a heat sink for transferring heat from the amplifier. The acoustic device has a cone having an inner surface, and a support structure defining a volume. The heat producing element and the heat sink are positioned in the volume.

Abstract: A frame for a speaker device has an annular outer peripheral portion. The outer peripheral portion includes plural wall portions concentrically formed. An end surface of the wall portion on an inner circumferential side of the outer peripheral portion is formed at a position recessed as compared with an end surface of the wall portion on an outer circumferential side in a direction of a central axis of the outer peripheral portion.

Abstract: A speaker device for use in a mobile terminal includes a speaker frame with a speaker unit mounted therein, and a frame cover provided at the rear side of the speaker frame to form a resonance space between the speaker frame and the frame cover. Sound that is output in a forward direction of the speaker unit is emitted to a front space of the speaker frame, and sound that isoutput to the rear of the speaker unit is emitted through the resonance space. The speaker device provides the resonance space at the rear side of the speaker frame to reinforce the output of midrange and bass tones, thereby reproducing the original sound as accurately as possible. The speaker device enables a user to enjoy vivid sound when reproducing a multimedia file or viewing a digital, multimedia broadcast (DMB) program on a small-sized device, such as a mobile terminal.

Abstract: An automotive interior trim panel includes a contoured panel having an interior surface forming a portion of a passenger compartment of a vehicle, and an exterior surface cooperating with an exterior body panel, such as a door, to define a first volume. A speaker port is formed in the contoured panel for locating a speaker within the first volume. A shell including an integral acoustic volume circumscribes a portion of the exterior surface of the contoured panel, including the speaker port. The shell is mounted to the exterior surface of the contoured panel so as to define an acoustic chamber supported by the contoured panel and extending within the first volume.

Abstract: An in-vehicle speaker rotational mounting structure including a speaker unit having a claw portion provided thereon, and a panel member on which the speaker unit is mounted, wherein the claw portion is inserted into a slit formed in the panel member, so that the speaker unit is mounted on the panel member by being rotated in a circumferential direction. A jig inserting hole is provided in the speaker unit.

Abstract: In a low-frequency sound reproducing speaker apparatus of Kelton type, a cabinet for containing a speaker unit is constituted by a shape of substantially a parallelepiped slender in a front and rear direction, a length dimension in the front and rear direction is set to a value substantially near to a depth dimension of a seat cushion of a vehicle, the speaker unit is attached to a partition plate for partitioning inside of the cabinet into front and rear air chambers, and a lower face of the cabinet is fixed to the seat cushion by a fixing belt laid along the front and rear direction.

Abstract: The rearview assembly of the present invention may include any one or more of the following: a housing for attaching to the vehicle, the housing may define an interior space that is acoustically separated into at least two chambers; a first speaker that may be located in a first one of the at least two chambers of the interior space of the housing; a first microphone subassembly located on the top surface of the housing; a second microphone subassembly located on the bottom surface of the housing; a display positioned in the housing; an audio/data transceiver for transmitting and receiving audio and data signals to/from a portable device; and a control circuit for determining whether a portable device having a predetermined identification code is within the range of the audio/data transceiver, and for exchanging data with the portable device through the audio/data transceiver.

Abstract: A speaker apparatus to be mounted on a vehicle includes a speaker unit and a mounting device. The speaker unit has a frame. The mounting device mounts the frame of the speaker unit on a panel member of a vehicle body. The mounting device includes insulators, which prevent vibration, which is caused by operation of the speaker unit in any direction, from being transmitted to the panel member in any direction.

Abstract: An automotive interior trim panel includes a contoured panel having an interior surface forming a portion of a passenger compartment of a vehicle, and an exterior surface cooperating with an exterior body panel to define a first volume. A speaker port is formed in the contoured panel for locating a speaker within the first volume. A shell including an integral acoustic volume and a pelvic bolster circumscribes a portion of the exterior surface of the contoured panel, including a speaker port. The shell is mounted to the exterior surface of the contoured panel so as to define both an acoustic chamber and a pelvic bolster supported by the contoured panel and extending within the first volume.

Abstract: To realizes a speaker device with a simple construction capable of keeping stable statement, regardless of vehicle types. A speaker device for applying electromagnetic force to a voice coil based on a supplied audio signal and generating a sound wave based on the audio signal by vibrating a vibratory plate fixed to the voice coil is provided with: a frame with one end supporting the vibratory plate and the other supporting an electromagnetic force generation means for applying the electromagnetic force to the voice coil; a first connector provided at the one end of the frame and having an input terminal for the audio signal; a first wire drawn from the first connector and connected so as to be conducted to the voice coil via the vibratory plate; a second connector provided at the other end of the frame and having an input terminal for the audio signal; and a second wire drawn from the second connector and connected so as to be conducted to the voice coil.

Abstract: A loudspeaker apparatus is provided with a loudspeaker unit attached to an inner panel. The inner panel of the loudspeaker unit is provided with: an opening to which the loudspeaker unit is attached; a volume unit in which the loudspeaker unit is housed from the opening to form a closed space; and a groove passing through to the volume unit. The loudspeaker unit is housed in the volume unit, and a rear space of the loudspeaker unit in the volume unit is used as an acoustic volume unit of the loudspeaker unit.

Abstract: A vehicle headliner includes electromagnetic drivers for sonically driving a member or a layer of the headliner. A foam beam is shaped around a driver transducer connection area that holds one or more driver connectors. A cover may be maintained over the shaped foam beam to protect against entry of dust and other debris into the driver and the transducer connection area that receives the driver.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a speaker for a vehicle and an installation structure therefor, and it is an object of the invention to enhance the speaker installation rigidity without impairing the acoustic characteristic of the speaker. The speaker installation structure comprises a speaker unit (1) for holding a speaker body (11) and having a plurality of claws (13) and a panel member (3) having an opening (4) and a plurality of slits (5). For the installation of the speaker unit (1), the plurality of claws (13) are inserted into the plurality of slits (5), respectively, and the speaker unit (1) is rotated in its circumferential direction. The opening (4) is made to be smaller than the diameter of a speaker housing (12) and to have at least three linear portions (41). Each of the slits (5) is formed outside the three linear portions (41) and inside an outer circumference of the speaker housing (12).

Abstract: A mounting apparatus for attaching a device like an electro-dynamic loudspeaker to a mounting location in an automobile or other vehicle. The mounting apparatus employs bracket hardware that is either affixed to or integral with the loudspeaker that is to be mounted. The mounting apparatus can position the loudspeaker in a fixed angular orientation, or enable the angular orientation of the loudspeaker to be variable, as desired, to achieve the optimum performance of the loudspeaker.

Abstract: A chair equipped the a speaker is provided with a frame that forms the structural skeleton of the chair, and a speaker unit that is installed to the frame; and wherein hollow pipe is used for the frame, and furthermore wherein the frame functions as an acoustical resonating section or acoustical space for the speaker.

Abstract: A listening device for a hands-free system includes a bone conduction actuator and a holder for holding the actuator. The holder includes a first contact part for contacting the actuator to a body part, a second contact part protruded at a spaced apart location from the first contact part, and a pivot part between the first and second contact parts. The holder is supported such as to be rotatable around a shaft in the pivot part orthogonally to a plane containing the contact parts and the pivot part. Thus, provided is a listening device which uses a bone conduction actuator having a contact part which can be contacted to a surface of a human body with a constant and appropriate pressure so as to achieve a constant level of signal transmission irrespective of the differences in the shape of the body part or the movements of the user.

Abstract: An articulating speaker assembly for the interior of a motor vehicle, which includes sidewall trim defining a pocket in the trim, includes a housing and at least one speaker operatively supported within the housing. The assembly includes at least one pivot arm having first and second ends. The first end is operatively connected to the housing and defines a rotational axis, and the second end is attached to the vehicle and defines a pivotal axis. The at least one pivot arm is adapted to pivot about the pivotal axis to selectively move and position the housing at each point along a path between a retracted position wherein said housing is operatively supported within the pocket and aligned substantially flush with the sidewall trim such that the sidewall trim and the housing are substantially co-planar in the retracted position of the housing, and an extended position outside the pocket.

Abstract: An outer mirror and a vehicle interphone are provided for transmitting a sound to the outside from a vehicle cabin and vice versa. Sound outside the vehicle cabin is transmitted to the cabin from a microphone-loudspeaker provided in a visor cover of the outer mirror. The microphone-loudspeaker is supported on a frame having higher rigidity than the visor cover, which is mounted to a vehicle body via an electric accommodating unit and a door mirror base to promote shock resistance. The visor cover includes a sound-conducting opening in its bottom portion, and the microphone-loudspeaker is made waterproof to promote weather resistance.

Abstract: A speaker device has a pair of speaker units each including a magnetic circuit. The magnetic circuits are opposed and connected to each other by a binding member. Vibrations generated by the speaker units are canceled to each other so that the occurrence of unnecessary vibrations can be suppressed and the transient characteristic can be improved. Acoustic load members are arranged in the front portions of frames so that the resonance frequency can be lowered and a band of reproducing sound of low frequency can be expanded.

Abstract: An exciter for directly vibrating a board, which enables a sufficient rotational torque to be obtained by a work tool at the time of attachment or detachment, provided with a magnetic circuit unit having an outside yoke comprised of a side wall and a bottom, a permanent magnet fastened to the bottom, and an inside yoke and with a coil inserted into a clearance between the side wall and inside yoke, the magnetic circuit unit being vibratably supported at the coupler member by elastic members, the coupler member being screwed with the bracket member fastened to the surface of the board, two parallel flat surfaces engaging with ends of a work tool being provided at an outer circumference of the outside yoke, and the work tool being turned to attach/detach the coupler member with respect to the bracket member.

Abstract: The invention involves a hands-free device and method of use with a mobile phone and a vehicle seat headrest support structure. The hands-free device includes a speaker and a microphone for use in combination with a connecting structure that couples the device to the connecting structure and simultaneously allows the connecting structure to engage the vehicle headrest support structure to secure the speaker and the microphone of the device adjacent the head of an occupant of the seat to thereby allow the seat occupant to hear information communicated via the mobile phone and the speaker of the device while the occupant may simultaneously communicate via the microphone of the device.

Abstract: The present invention provides a speaker grille-integrated foamed thermoplastic resin molding for automotive interior comprising a base portion and a speaker grille wherein at least the base portion has a foamed layer and the foamed layer in the base portion has a density ? of not greater than 0.7 g/cm3 and an average expansion ratio of the speaker grille is 1 to 1.3 times, said molding being lightweight and being strong even in its speaker grille part so that it can be used as a speaker grille-integrated foamed thermoplastic resin molding for automotive interior such as a door trim and an instrument panel.

Abstract: A speaker mounting structure is provided in a head rest at an upper portion of a seat. A pair of left and right speakers are mounted to the head rest, which has a through-bore at a central portion so the speakers only occupy a lower half of the through-bore.

Abstract: A speaker for vehicle has a weight mounted on the backside of a magnetic circuit of a speaker unit. The weight includes a weighting part having a shape in which the thickness in an axial line of the speaker unit is made small and the diameter in a direction perpendicular to the axial line is extended. The outer diameter of the weighting part is made longer than that of the magnetic circuit. The weighting part has a peripheral edge extending forward in the axial direction to cover the outer periphery of the magnetic circuit at least partially. Where a frame of the speaker unit is provided with an opening, the weight is designed to have a shape and position so as not to face the opening.

Abstract: A monopole low frequency test woofer (10) has a rigid mounting plate (12) with an acoustical opening (14), a monopole driver (16) with a high mass cone and low resonance mounted on the mounting plate with the basket (13) of the driver fitting about the opening, and a rear tub (20) attached to the mounting plate forming a sealed enclosure about the driver. An inductor (18) is also in connected in series with the monopole driver inside the enclosure. The sealed enclosure has an electrical connector (26) for making connection to an external circuit. The difference in outputs between the test woofer and standard optimized speaker represents the loss in baffling due to the vehicle environment being less than ideal.

Abstract: An apparatus comprises a speaker for use with a recreational vehicle. The speaker is supported relative to the ceiling so as to extend through an aperture in the ceiling. The speaker has a central axis that is oblique relative to a lower surface of the ceiling.

Abstract: A sound reproduction unit comprises a central, head receiving portion and opposite first and second ends. The first and second ends have opposed front and back surfaces. A first acoustic transducer is mounted within the first end and a second acoustic transducer is mounted within the second end. First, second, third and fourth acoustically substantially transparent pathways are provided between the first transducer and the front surface of the first end, the first transducer and the back surface of the first end, the second transducer and the front surface of the second end, and between the second transducer and the back surface of the second end, respectively.