US 11,912,196 B2
Apparatus for outputting virtual engine sound
Keun Jin Kim, Seongnam-si (KR); and Young Beom Kim, Bucheon-si (KR)
Assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Seoul (KR); and KIA CORPORATION, Seoul (KR)
Filed by HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Seoul (KR); and Kia Corporation, Seoul (KR)
Filed on Aug. 9, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/397,219.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0023606 (KR), filed on Feb. 22, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0266747 A1, Aug. 25, 2022
Int. Cl. B60Q 1/00 (2006.01); B60N 2/00 (2006.01); B60Q 5/00 (2006.01); B60R 19/48 (2006.01); B60R 19/22 (2006.01); H04R 1/02 (2006.01); H04R 1/28 (2006.01); B60R 19/18 (2006.01)
CPC B60Q 5/008 (2013.01) [B60R 19/22 (2013.01); B60R 19/48 (2013.01); H04R 1/028 (2013.01); H04R 1/2857 (2013.01); B60R 2019/1873 (2013.01); B60Y 2306/11 (2013.01); H04R 2499/13 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. 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; and
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.