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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 11, 2020
Magna Closures Inc., Newmarket, CA;
Stephen James Caron, Aurora, CA;
Gabriele Wayne Sabatini, Keswick, CA;
MAGNA CLOSURES INC., Newmarket, CA;
Abstract
A vehicle system to produce audible sound includes at least one auxiliary motor to mechanically operate of a vehicle component based on a control signal and to produce an audible sound without mechanically operating the vehicle component, and a controller to output a motion control signal to control operation of the at least one auxiliary motor and to output an auditory control signal to actuate the at least one auxiliary motor to produce the audible sound. A waveguide is provided in communication with the at least one auxiliary motor and in sonic resonance with sound produced by the auxiliary motor to amplify and/or to modify the audible sound.