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US 2018/0163676 A1Published application
Adjustable sound distribution system and a vehicle
AssigneeGM Global Technology Operations LLC
InventorsEric R. Tucker, John P. Person
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Abstract
A vehicle and an adjustable sound distribution system that includes an engine operable to produce a pulsation and a sound assembly coupled to the engine. The sound assembly is disposed upstream from the engine. The sound assembly is configured to generate sound from the pulsation. The sound assembly includes a housing defining a cavity configured to resonate the sound that exits the sound assembly. The sound assembly also includes a first member movable to change a frequency of the sound that exits the sound assembly.
Claims19
An adjustable sound distribution system comprising:
- an engine operable to produce a pulsation;
- and
- a sound assembly coupled to the engine and disposed upstream from the engine, and wherein the sound assembly is configured to generate sound from the pulsation;
- the assembly comprising:
- a housing defining a cavity configured to resonate the sound that exits the sound assembly, and
- a first member movable to change a frequency of the sound that exits the sound assembly.
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A vehicle comprising:
- a passenger compartment;
- an engine operable to produce a pulsation;
- an air intake apparatus in fluid communication with the engine;
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- a sound assembly disposed downstream from the air intake apparatus and upstream from the engine, and configured to generate sound from the pulsation which is directed into the passenger compartment;
- the assembly comprising:
- a housing defining a cavity configured to resonate the sound that exits the sound assembly,
- a first member movable to change a frequency of the sound that exits the sound assembly,
- a first tube coupled between the air intake apparatus and the engine, and configured to guide the pulsation from the engine into the sound assembly, and
- a second tube extending toward the passenger compartment and configured to guide the sound generated by the sound assembly into the passenger compartment, with the first member movable relative to at least one of the first and second tubes.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.