US 12,083,956 B2
Vehicle-approach notification device
Takuya Ito, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to SUBARU CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by SUBARU CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Sep. 8, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/940,545.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-153385 (JP), filed on Sep. 21, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0086076 A1, Mar. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. B60Q 5/00 (2006.01)
CPC B60Q 5/008 (2013.01) 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle-approach notification device comprising:
a sound emitter provided in a vehicle, the sound emitter having an aperture and being configured to emit a notification sound from the aperture to outside the vehicle; and
at least two ducts provided in the vehicle, the at least two ducts having different lengths and each having an end communicating with the aperture,
wherein each of the at least two ducts comprises:
a cylindrical base having an end coupled to the aperture; and
a cylindrical length adjuster slidably coupled to a distal end part of the cylindrical base such that the cylindrical length adjuster is operable to slide along the distal end part to adjust a length of the duct.