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US 11,912,196 B2Granted
Apparatus for outputting virtual engine sound
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
InventorsKeun Jin Kim, Young Beom Kim
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Abstract
An apparatus for outputting a virtual engine sound includes: an output device that outputs the virtual engine sound; a bumper beam connected to a rear surface of the output device; and a bumper foam connected to the output device and the bumper beam while opening left and right side surfaces of the output device. The apparatus for outputting a virtual engine sound may improve a virtual engine sound output efficiency by utilizing a sound pressure radiated from a side surface of the virtual engine sound output device.
Claims13
An apparatus for outputting a virtual engine sound, the apparatus comprising:
- an output device configured to output the virtual engine sound;
- a bumper beam connected to a rear surface of the output device;
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- a bumper foam connected to the output device and the bumper beam while opening left and right side surfaces of the output device,
- wherein each of the left and right side surfaces of the output device has a plurality of holes, and
- wherein the virtual engine sound travels through the plurality of holes in a left and right direction of the output device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.