Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Sound-producing device for vehicle
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Application No.: US17058409Application Date: 2018-06-04
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Publication No.: US11712996B2Publication Date: 2023-08-01
- Inventor: Yukiya Atsumi
- Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Carrier, Shende & Associates, P.C.
- Agent Joseph P. Carrier; Fulchand P. Shende
- International Application: PCT/JP2018/021366 2018.06.04
- International Announcement: WO2019/234792A 2019.12.12
- Date entered country: 2020-11-24
- Main IPC: B60Q5/00
- IPC: B60Q5/00 ; G10K15/04 ; H04R1/02

Abstract:
A sound-producing device for a vehicle includes sound-producing means, an opening provided in a vehicle body bottom part, and a duct connecting the sound-producing means to the opening, and it is possible, by amplifying the sound pressure of a sound generated by the sound-producing means through the duct and transmitting the sound to the outside of the vehicle via the opening of the vehicle body bottom part, to inform a pedestrian that the vehicle is approaching and alert them, and to reduce the sound pressure of the sound-producing means compared with a case in which there is no duct. Moreover, since an inlet and an outlet of the duct are offset from each other in a direction that intersects a vertical axis, it is possible to prevent water or small stones scattered by a tire from passing through the duct and to decrease the stiffness of the duct.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210197717A1 SOUND-PRODUCING DEVICE FOR VEHICLE Public/Granted day:2021-07-01
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