US 12,441,253 B2
Speaker device, vehicle comprising the same, and control method of vehicle
Dongjin Kim, Seoul (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 Jun. 6, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/206,378.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2022-0092346 (KR), filed on Jul. 26, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0034245 A1, Feb. 1, 2024
Int. Cl. B60R 11/02 (2006.01); B60R 11/00 (2006.01)
CPC B60R 11/0217 (2013.01) [B60R 2011/0007 (2013.01); B60R 2011/0085 (2013.01); B60R 2011/0092 (2013.01); B60R 2011/0094 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A speaker device, comprising:
a speaker unit;
a fixing member configured to fix the speaker unit to an object;
a rotatable cover configured to be rotatable to a first state where the rotatable cover shields the speaker unit from an outside of the object, or to a second state where the speaker unit is exposed to the outside of the object; and
a controller configured to control a rotation of the rotatable cover to switch the rotatable cover to the first state or the second state,
wherein the rotatable cover has a spherical shell form, and comprises:
a slit configured to prevent the rotatable cover from colliding with the fixing member while the rotatable cover rotates from the first state to the second state; and
an opening configured to expose the speaker unit to the outside of the object in the second state.