# US 10,308,099 B1 · Sun visor assembly with integrated microphone

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- Number: US 10,308,099 B1
- Document ID: US10308099B1
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B1
- Application number: 16/031,644
- Filed: 2018-07-10
- Granted: 2019-06-04
- Earliest claimed: 2018-07-10
- Assignees: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Applicants: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Inventors: Satyanarayana Raju Vemulapati; Larry Fink; Daniel Weckstein; Matt Anthony Majkowski; Marcia Edna Troychak
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10308099B1

## CPC

- B60J 3/0278: {structure of the body (B60J3/0208, B60J3/0213 take precedence)}
- B60R 11/0247: {for microphones or earphones}
- H04R 1/02: Casings; Cabinets {; Supports therefor;} Mountings therein (H04R1/28 takes precedence {; attachments for microphones H04R1/08; mounting of transducers in earpieces H04R1/1075})
- H04R 1/342: {for microphones}
- B60J 3/0204: {Sun visors}
- B60R 2011/0035: {Sun visors}
- H04R 2499/13: Acoustic transducers and sound field adaptation in vehicles
- B60J: WINDOWS, WINDSCREENS, NON-FIXED ROOFS, DOORS, OR SIMILAR DEVICES FOR VEHICLES; REMOVABLE EXTERNAL PROTECTIVE COVERINGS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES (fastening, suspending, closing, or opening of such devices E05)
- B60R: VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- H04R: LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; ELECTRIC HEARING AIDS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS (producing sounds with frequency not determined by supply frequency G10K)

## Abstract

A sun visor assembly includes a body having a first face, a second face and an internal receiver between the first face and the second face. The sun visor assembly also includes a microphone that his held in the internal receiver as well as a baffle that is carried on the body and configured to efficiently and effectively direct sound toward the microphone.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A sun visor assembly, comprising:
a body having (a) a first face including a first sound port, (b) a second face including a second sound port and (c) an internal receiver between said first face and said second face;
a single microphone held in said internal receiver; and
a baffle carried on said body and configured to direct sound from said first sound port and said second sound port toward said single microphone.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The sun visor assembly of claim 1, further including a first grille integrated into said first face over said first sound port.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The sun visor assembly of claim 2, further including a second grille integrated into said second face over said second sound port.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The sun visor assembly of claim 3, wherein said baffle includes a first acoustic surface oriented toward said first sound port.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The sun visor assembly of claim 4, wherein said baffle includes a second acoustic surface oriented toward said second sound port.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The sun visor assembly of claim 5, wherein said first acoustic surface is arcuate.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The sun visor assembly of claim 6, wherein said second acoustic surface is arcuate.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The sun visor assembly of claim 7, wherein said first acoustic surface converges toward said second acoustic surface from a first end of said baffle toward a second end of said baffle.

### Claim 9 (depends on 8)

The sun visor assembly of claim 8, wherein said second end is oriented toward said microphone.

### Claim 10 (depends on 1)

The sun visor assembly of claim 1, wherein said baffle includes a first acoustic surface oriented toward said first sound port.

### Claim 11 (depends on 10)

The sun visor assembly of claim 10, wherein said baffle includes a second acoustic surface oriented toward said second sound port.

### Claim 12 (depends on 11)

The sun visor assembly of claim 11, wherein said first acoustic surface is arcuate.

### Claim 13 (depends on 12)

The sun visor assembly of claim 12, wherein said second acoustic surface is arcuate.

### Claim 14 (depends on 13)

The sun visor assembly of claim 13, wherein said first acoustic surface converges toward said second acoustic surface from a first end of said baffle toward a second end of said baffle.

### Claim 15 (depends on 14)

The sun visor assembly of claim 14, wherein said second end is oriented toward said microphone.