Integrated sound system
First Claim
1. A vehicle seating assembly for a motor vehicle having a lower seat and a seatback extending upwardly from the lower seat,the seatback comprising a forward facing surface, a rearward facing surface, a headrest mounted on an upper portion of the seatback and received within a headrest cup disposed on the forward facing surface of the seatback, a speaker assembly mounted in the headrest cup, and a resonance cavity formed proximate the headrest cup within which the speaker assembly is received, the resonance cavity further comprising an upper opening that opens into the headrest cup disposed on a lower portion of the headrest cup, the upper opening receiving the speaker assembly, and a passive radiator disposed on a rearward side of the resonance cavity.
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Abstract
A vehicle seating assembly comprises a seat having a lower seat and a seatback extending upwardly from the lower seat. The seatback comprises a forward facing surface, a rearward facing surface, a headrest mounted on an upper portion of the seatback and received within a headrest cup disposed on the forward facing surface of the seatback, a speaker assembly mounted in the headrest cup, and a resonance cavity formed proximate the headrest cup within which the speaker assembly is received.
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1. A vehicle seating assembly for a motor vehicle having a lower seat and a seatback extending upwardly from the lower seat,
the seatback comprising a forward facing surface, a rearward facing surface, a headrest mounted on an upper portion of the seatback and received within a headrest cup disposed on the forward facing surface of the seatback, a speaker assembly mounted in the headrest cup, and a resonance cavity formed proximate the headrest cup within which the speaker assembly is received, the resonance cavity further comprising an upper opening that opens into the headrest cup disposed on a lower portion of the headrest cup, the upper opening receiving the speaker assembly, and a passive radiator disposed on a rearward side of the resonance cavity.
- 12. A seatback for a motor vehicle comprising a forward facing surface, a rearward facing surface, a headrest disposed on an upper portion of the seatback and received within a headrest cup formed on the forward facing surface of the seatback, a speaker assembly mounted in the headrest cup, and a resonance cavity formed proximate the headrest cup within which the speaker assembly is received.
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17. A vehicle seating assembly for a motor vehicle having a lower seat and a seatback extending upwardly from the lower seat,
the seatback comprising a forward facing surface, a rearward facing surface, a headrest mounted on an upper portion of the seatback and received within a headrest cup disposed on the forward facing surface of the seatback, a pair of speakers mounted in the headrest cup, and a resonance cavity formed proximate the headrest cup within which the pair of speakers is received, the resonance cavity forming an enclosed volume and comprising a pair of speaker openings arranged in side-by-side relation on a lower portion of the headrest cup, wherein one each of the pair of speakers is received within one of the pair of speaker openings, the resonance cavity further comprising a pair of rearward facing passive radiator openings arranged in side-by-side relation within which each receive one of a pair of passive radiators.
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