US 12,452,569 B2
Modular audio assembly for use with vehicle headrest
Gerhard Doberstein, Stamford, CT (US); Riley Winton, Opelika, AL (US); David Mossington, Rochester, MI (US); Christopher Ludwig, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US); and Rui Edson Justino De Oliveira, Rochester, MI (US)
Assigned to Harman International Industries, Incorporated, Stamford, CT (US)
Appl. No. 18/270,136
Filed by HARMAN INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED, Stamford, CT (US)
PCT Filed Dec. 31, 2021, PCT No. PCT/US2021/065812
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 28, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/147346, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 7, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/132,583, filed on Dec. 31, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0064446 A1, Feb. 22, 2024
Int. Cl. H04R 1/02 (2006.01); B60N 2/879 (2018.01); H04R 1/32 (2006.01)
CPC H04R 1/025 (2013.01) [B60N 2/879 (2018.02); H04R 1/323 (2013.01); H04R 2201/025 (2013.01); H04R 2499/13 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A modular audio assembly for use with a vehicle headrest, comprising:
a speaker assembly including
a support member arranged to be rotatably mounted to the vehicle headrest, the support member including a track, and
a speaker module coupled to the support member and movably mounted to the track, the speaker module including a housing having a front face and at least one speaker mounted therein for generating audio output; and
an actuator operably connected to the speaker assembly and configured to position the speaker assembly in an inactive position with the front face generally adjacent a lateral side of the vehicle headrest and in an active position with the speaker assembly rotated away from the lateral side of the vehicle headrest and the front face oriented in an inward direction, the actuator configured to translate the speaker module along the track away from the support member into an extended configuration of the speaker assembly in the active position.