US 12,120,485 B2
Sound-generating apparatus and vehicle including the same
YuSeon Kho, Paju-si (KR); Yong-Su Ham, Paju-si (KR); and YongWoo Lee, Paju-si (KR)
Assigned to LG DISPLAY CO., LTD., Seoul (KR)
Filed by LG Display Co., Ltd., Seoul (KR)
Filed on Nov. 1, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/386,246.
Application 18/386,246 is a continuation of application No. 17/542,063, filed on Dec. 3, 2021, granted, now 11,843,914.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0182240 (KR), filed on Dec. 23, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0064472 A1, Feb. 22, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04R 17/00 (2006.01); B60Q 9/00 (2006.01); H04R 1/02 (2006.01)
CPC H04R 17/00 (2013.01) [B60Q 9/00 (2013.01); H04R 1/025 (2013.01); H04R 2499/13 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sound-generating apparatus, comprising:
a plurality of first portions at a vibration region including a bendable region and a peripheral portion connected to the bendable region; and
a plurality of second portions between the plurality of first portions,
wherein two or more second portions at the bendable region among the plurality of second portions have a cross-sectional shape that differs from a cross-sectional shape of another second portion disposed at the peripheral portion among the plurality of second portions.