Invention Publication
- Patent Title: NEAR TO THE EAR SUBWOOFER
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Application No.: US18540110Application Date: 2023-12-14
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Publication No.: US20240114273A1Publication Date: 2024-04-04
- Inventor: MARK WILLIAM ZIEMBA
- Applicant: Panasonic Automotive Systems Company of America, Division of Panasonic Corporation of North America
- Applicant Address: US GA PEACHTREE CITY
- Assignee: Panasonic Automotive Systems Company of America, Division of Panasonic Corporation of North America
- Current Assignee: Panasonic Automotive Systems Company of America, Division of Panasonic Corporation of North America
- Current Assignee Address: US GA PEACHTREE CITY
- Main IPC: H04R1/02
- IPC: H04R1/02

Abstract:
A loudspeaker arrangement for a seat within a motor vehicle utilizes one or more localized sound output ports for low frequency sound reproduction. A housing, such as an enclosure, substantially surrounds a loudspeaker. One or more audio transmission line channels acoustically interconnect the interior of the enclosure to one or more sound output ports. The enclosure is situated below, behind, or in some fixed location around or within a vehicle seat. The sound outputs ports are situated at or near a headrest such that the output ports are located substantially less than a wavelength of sound at the highest operating frequency from either ear of the seat's occupant. The acoustic response and resonances of a 1) rear enclosure, 2) a front vented enclosure, 3) a loudspeaker, and 4) an audio transmission path from the enclosure to one or more output ports are used to provide localized low frequency sound reproduction.
Public/Granted literature
- US12225337B2 Near to the ear subwoofer Public/Granted day:2025-02-11
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