Providing speakers in a vehicle seat

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8913777
SERIAL NO

13760134

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A speaker system for use in a seat includes a speaker enclosure including a speaker having a sound-radiating element with a first side and a second side, and an at least partially enclosed volume of space larger than a volume of space occupied by the speaker and acoustically coupled to the second side of the sound-radiating element of the speaker, the enclosure sized to fit within a first vertically-oriented cavity in a seat back, open at the top of the seat back. A motor moves the first speaker enclosure between a first position in which the first speaker enclosure is fully contained within the first cavity and a second position in which the first speaker enclosure protrudes from the top of the seat back such that the first side of the sound-radiating element is coupled to free space at the top of the seat back.

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Patent Owner(s)

  • BOSE CORPORATION

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Pelliccio, John R Marlborough, US 1 28
Vautin, Jeffery R Worcester, US 23 126

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