Motorcycle with acoustic system

• US 9,094,745 B2
• Filed: 04/29/2005
• Issued: 07/28/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 05/31/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda Motor Company)
• Original Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda Motor Company)
• Inventors: Suzuki, Koji, Shimamura, Koichi
• Primary Examiner(s): Paul, Disler
• Application Number:
  US11/117,608
• Publication Number:
  US 20050265566A1
• Time in Patent Office: 3,742 Days
• Field of Search: 381/99, 381/302, 381/86, 359/842, 200/61.54
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 5/02 Spatial or constructional arrangements of loudspeakers

Abstract

To enable a regenerated sound in the high-note range to sufficiently reach an ear of an operator (rider) during travel. A meter display unit is provided for displaying drive information such as a vehicle speed or a travel distance. Left and right speakers are disposed on both sides of the meter display unit for generating regenerated sounds such as English conversation and music. The left speaker includes a left midrange/woofer unit disposed on the left side of the meter display unit for regenerating midrange/low-note sound and a left tweeter unit disposed between the meter display unit and the left midrange/woofer unit for regenerating high-note sounds. The right speaker includes a right midrange/woofer unit disposed on the right side of the meter display unit for regenerating midrange/low-note sound and a right tweeter unit disposed between the meter display unit and the right midrange/woofer unit for regenerating high-note sounds.

Claims

1. A motorcycle comprising:

a meter display unit in front of a rider and displaying drive information;

left and right speaker systems, the left and right speaker systems are disposed on either side of the meter display unit;

a navigational system projecting from a front of the meter display unit, the navigational system having a display unit between the left and right speakers and being behind the meter display unit;

wherein each of the left and right speaker systems comprises a mid-range or woofer unit and a tweeter unit,

wherein the meter display unit is disposed between the left and right tweeter units, the navigational system display unit is disposed between the left and right midrange or woofer units, and the left and right tweeter units are disposed above and closer together than the left and right midrange or woofer units,

wherein each tweeter unit includes a housing that is provided separate and apart from the corresponding mid-range or woofer unit, and

wherein the motorcycle further includes;

a baffle surrounding each tweeter, each tweeter mounted in a panel,

a first pin extending between the tweeter and baffle, allowing rotation about the first pin, and

a second pin extending between the baffle and panel, allowing rotation about the second pin.

2. The motorcycle according to claim 1, wherein the left and right tweeter units are arranged below extensions, which are drawn so as to extend in lateral directions from an upper ridge line of an outline of the meter display unit.

3. The motorcycle according to claim 1, wherein an audio device is connected to the left and right midrange or woofer units and the left and right tweeter units.

4. The motorcycle according to claim 1, and further including a super woofer unit for regenerating a frequency range lower than the left and right midrange or woofer units, said super woofer unit being disposed in a trunk box.

5. The motorcycle according to claim 4, and further including a component from the group consisting of a tuner, a compact disc deck, a mini disc deck, a cassette deck and an amplifier, said component being disposed in the trunk box.

6. The motorcycle acoustic system according to claim 1, further comprising:

a wind screen, the tweeter placed under the wind screen.

7. The motorcycle according to claim 1, wherein the housings of the left and right tweeter units extend beyond a topmost point of the meter display unit.

8. An acoustic system for use with a motorcycle comprising:

a left speaker including a left midrange or woofer unit disposed on a left side of a meter display unit for regenerating midrange or low note sound and a left tweeter unit disposed between the meter display unit and the left midrange or woofer unit for regenerating high-note sound; and

a right speaker including a right midrange or woofer unit disposed on the right side of the meter display unit for regenerating midrange or low-note sound and a right tweeter unit disposed between the meter display unit and the right midrange or woofer unit for regenerating high-note sound, a navigational system projecting from a front of the meter display unit, the navigational system having a display unit between the left and right speakers and being behind the meter display unit,

wherein the left midrange or woofer unit, the left tweeter unit, the right midrange or woofer unit and the right tweeter unit are arranged in an instrument panel,

wherein each of the left and right tweeter units includes a housing provided separate and apart from the corresponding left and right midrange or woofer unit, and

wherein the acoustic system further includes;

a baffle surrounding each tweeter, each tweeter mounted in a panel,

a first pin extending between the tweeter and baffle, allowing rotation about the first pin, and

a second pin extending between the baffle and panel, allowing rotation about the second pin.

9. The acoustic system according to claim 8, wherein the left and right tweeter units are arranged below extensions, which are drawn so as to extend in lateral directions from an upper ridge line of an outline of the meter display unit.

10. The acoustic system according to claim 8, wherein an audio device is connected to the left and right midrange or woofer units and the left and right tweeter units.

11. The acoustic system according to claim 8, and further including a super woofer unit for regenerating a frequency range lower than the left and right midrange or woofer units, said super woofer unit being disposed in a trunk box.

12. The acoustic system according to claim 11, and further including a component selected from the group consisting of a tuner, a compact disc deck, a mini disc deck, a cassette deck and an amplifier, said component being disposed in the trunk box.

13. The acoustic system according to claim 8, wherein the housings of the left and right tweeter units extend beyond a topmost point of the meter display unit.

14. In a motorcycle comprising:

a fairing;

a meter display unit in the fairing for displaying drive information;

a motorcycle acoustic system comprising;

a left speaker including;

a left midrange or woofer unit disposed on the left side of the meter display unit for regenerating midrange or low-note sounds, and

a left tweeter unit disposed between the meter display unit and the left midrange or woofer unit for regenerating high-note sounds, and

a right speaker including;

a right midrange or woofer unit disposed on the right side of the meter display unit for regenerating midrange or low-note sounds, and

a right tweeter unit disposed between the meter display unit and the right midrange or woofer unit for regenerating high-note sounds, a navigational system projecting from a front of the meter display unit, the navigational system having a display unit between the left and right speakers and being behind the meter display unit,

wherein the meter display unit is disposed between the left and right tweeter units, and the tweeter units are disposed above and closer together than the midrange or woofer units,

wherein each of the left and right tweeter units includes a housing provided separate and apart from the corresponding left and right midrange or woofer unit, and

wherein the motorcycle acoustic system further includes;

a baffle surrounding each tweeter, each tweeter mounted in a cover member;

a first pin extending between the tweeter and baffle, allowing rotation about the first pin, and

a second pin extending between the baffle and cover member, allowing rotation about the second pin.

15. The motorcycle acoustic system according to claim 14, wherein the left and right tweeter units are mounted for rotation about two axes.

16. The motorcycle acoustic system according to claim 14, wherein the housings of the left and right tweeter units extend beyond a topmost point of the meter display unit.

17. The motorcycle according to claim 14, wherein the housings of the left and right tweeter units extend upward from an upper ridge line of an outline of the meter display unit.