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US 8,577,068 B2Granted
Pop-up tweeter
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
InventorSe Min Oh
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a pop-up tweeter. In particular, the pop-up tweeter includes a casing, a driving unit inserted into the inside of the casing. The driving unit is configured to be movable upward and downward within the casing along with a speaker. The pop-up tweeter is installed within a vehicle and is configured to have an opening and closing structure which advantageously improves user convenience and provides an external design of a speaker with increased merchantability.
Claims1
A pop-up tweeter, comprising:
- a casing;
- a driving unit inserted into an inside of the casing and configured to be movable upward and downward within the casing wherein the driving unit has a sliding structure and a length of a multistage shaft having a telescopic shape is changed to move the driving unit upward or downward;
- a speaker mounted on a top of the driving unit and configured to be movable upward and downward within the casing,
- wherein in an opened state, the driving unit is moved upward and the speaker is protruded outside the casing, and in a closed state, the driving unit is moved downward and the speaker is inserted into the casing;
- a cover unit having a shape formed on a top of the speaker so that when the cover unit is closed, the cover unit is seated on the casing;
- and
- a sensor installed within the cover unit, wherein the sensor is operated in conjunction with the driving unit so that when the sensor detects touch on the cover unit, slides the pop-up tweeter into the opened state.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.