Audio system for a vehicle
AssigneeGM Global Technology Operations LLC
InventorsGerard Kapolnek, Chad C. Cairns
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Abstract
A passenger seat assembly for a vehicle includes a seat back having a center portion disposed on the upper part of the seat back. The center portion of the seat back includes a receptacle and an audio system selectively disposed in the receptacle and the receptacle includes a retention feature and a battery charge unit.
Claims15
A passenger seat assembly for a vehicle, the passenger seat assembly comprising:
- a seat back having a lumbar support, a first side bolster, a second side bolster, a first shoulder bolster, a second shoulder bolster, and a center portion, and wherein the center portion of the seat back includes a receptacle, wherein the receptacle includes a retention feature comprising a magnet or a pivoting lever and a spring;
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- an audio system releasably disposed in the receptacle.
A passenger seat assembly for a vehicle, the passenger seat assembly comprising a seat back including a center portion, and wherein the center portion of the seat back includes a receptacle and an audio system selectively disposed in the receptacle and the receptacle includes a retention feature and a battery charge unit, and wherein the battery charge unit of the receptacle is a wireless battery charge unit.
A passenger seat assembly for a vehicle, the passenger seat assembly comprising:
- a seat back connected to a seat base of the passenger seat assembly, and
- a center portion of the seat back disposed in an upper portion of the seat back, and wherein the center portion of the seat back includes a receptacle and an audio system selectively disposed in the receptacle, the receptacle having a retention feature and a battery charge unit;
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- wherein the battery charge unit of the receptacle is one of a wireless battery charge unit and a pair of electrical contacts, the retention feature of the receptacle includes at least one of a pivoting lever, a spring, and a magnet, the audio system includes a housing, a battery, a first speaker, and a second speaker and the battery, the first speaker, and the second speaker are disposed in the housing, the housing of the audio system has a center housing portion having a first end and a second end, a first extension portion having a third end and a fourth end, and a second extension portion having a fifth end and a sixth end, and the receptacle comprises a first channel, a second channel, and a center channel, the first channel has a first channel end disposed adjacent to a second channel end of the center channel forming a first angle between 90° and 120°, and the second channel has a third channel end disposed adjacent to a fourth channel end of the center channel forming a second angle between 90° and 120°.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.