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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2020

Filed:

May. 18, 2017
Applicant:

Panasonic Automotive Systems Company of America, Division of Panasonic Corporation of North America, Peachtree City, GA (US);

Inventor:

Katherine Jennette Freund, Livonia, MI (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 21/0136 (2006.01); B60R 21/20 (2011.01); H04R 1/02 (2006.01); H04R 7/12 (2006.01); H04R 9/04 (2006.01); B60R 21/01 (2006.01); B60R 21/207 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 21/0136 (2013.01); B60R 21/20 (2013.01); H04R 1/023 (2013.01); H04R 1/025 (2013.01); H04R 7/127 (2013.01); H04R 9/043 (2013.01); B60R 2021/01081 (2013.01); B60R 2021/01211 (2013.01); B60R 2021/2074 (2013.01); H04R 2400/11 (2013.01); H04R 2499/13 (2013.01);
Abstract

A loudspeaker arrangement in a motor vehicle includes a collision sensor transmitting a collision signal in response to detecting that the motor vehicle has been in a collision. An audio system transmits an audio signal. A loudspeaker includes an air bag connected thereto. The loudspeaker is coupled to the audio system and produces audible sounds based on the audio signal. The air bag is coupled to the collision sensor and is activated in response to the collision sensor transmitting the collision signal.


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