Seatback speakers
AssigneeBose Corporation
InventorsNicholas K. Lade, Bradford Kyle Subat, Charles Terence Henry Oswald
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Abstract
Various implementations include seats and related loudspeakers. In particular cases, a seat includes: a seat headrest portion; a seat backrest portion; and a loudspeaker assembly. The loudspeaker assembly includes at least one driver for generating an acoustic output; and an acoustic exit fixed in the seat backrest portion and angled to provide the acoustic output to a location below a nominal ear position of an occupant of the seat, wherein a firing angle of the at least one driver provides the acoustic output to achieve a consistent frequency response across a range of positions deviating from the nominal ear position.
Claims16
A seat comprising:
- a seat headrest portion;
- a seat backrest portion;
- and
- a loudspeaker assembly comprising:
- at least one driver for generating an acoustic output;
- and
- an acoustic exit fixed in the seat backrest portion and angled to provide the acoustic output to a location below a nominal ear position of an occupant of the seat, wherein an angle of the at least one driver provides the acoustic output to achieve a consistent frequency response across a range of positions deviating from the nominal ear position,
- wherein the acoustic exit is located below the nominal ear position of the occupant relative to a hip point of the seat.
A seat comprising:
- a seat headrest portion;
- a seat backrest portion;
- and
- a loudspeaker assembly comprising:
- at least one driver for generating an acoustic output;
- and
- an acoustic exit fixed in the seat backrest portion and angled to provide the acoustic output to a location below a nominal ear position of an occupant of the seat, wherein an angle of the at least one driver provides the acoustic output to achieve a consistent frequency response across a range of positions deviating from the nominal ear position,
- wherein the acoustic exit is located below the nominal ear position of the occupant relative to a hip point of the seat,
- wherein the seat is one of:
- a vehicle driver seat, a vehicle passenger seat, an entertainment venue seat, a gaming seat, or a home entertainment seat.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.