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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 31, 2021
Harman International Industries, Incorporated, Stamford, CT (US);
Gerhard Doberstein, Stamford, CT (US);
Riley Winton, Opelika, AL (US);
David Mossington, Rochester, MI (US);
Christopher Ludwig, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
Rui Edson Justino De Oliveira, Rochester, MI (US);
Harman International Industries, Incorporated, Stamford, CT (US);
Abstract
A modular audio assembly for use with a vehicle headrest includes a speaker assembly including a support member arranged to be rotatably mounted to the vehicle headrest, and a speaker module coupled to the support member, the speaker module including a housing having a front face and at least one speaker mounted therein for generating audio output. An actuator is operably connected to the speaker assembly and configured to position the speaker assembly in an inactive position with the front face generally adjacent a lateral side of the vehicle headrest and in an active position with the speaker assembly rotated away from the lateral side of the vehicle headrest and the front face oriented in an inward direction.