US 12,128,805 B2
Vehicle system and vibration generation device
Kunio Sato, Miyagi (JP); Toshiki Tachioka, Miyagi (JP); and Kaede Mochida, Miyagi (JP)
Assigned to ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Nov. 10, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/054,240.
Application 18/054,240 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2021/018276, filed on May 13, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-120777 (JP), filed on Jul. 14, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0075857 A1, Mar. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. B60N 2/90 (2018.01); B60R 16/02 (2006.01); G06F 3/048 (2013.01)
CPC B60N 2/90 (2018.02) [B60N 2/976 (2018.02); B60R 16/02 (2013.01); G06F 3/048 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle system comprising:
a seat of a vehicle; and
a first vibration generation device provided in the seat,
wherein the first vibration generation device includes
a first housing,
a first diaphragm supported on the first housing,
a first actuator attached to at least one of the first housing and the first diaphragm, and
a first sensor, including a first detection electrode, and configured to detect a user approaching the first detection electrode, and
wherein the first diaphragm and the first detection electrode are formed by a common member.