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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2008
Yasushi Iimori, Kariya, JP;
Yoshiharu Kumura, Kariya, JP;
Motoaki Suzukawa, Tokyo, JP;
Yasuo Higashidate, Tokyo, JP;
Hirofumi Onohara, Akishima, JP;
Yasushi Iimori, Kariya, JP;
Yoshiharu Kumura, Kariya, JP;
Motoaki Suzukawa, Tokyo, JP;
Yasuo Higashidate, Tokyo, JP;
Hirofumi Onohara, Akishima, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki, Aichi-Ken, JP;
Frey Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Foster Electric Company, Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle speaker including a panel, a giant magnetostrictive vibrator, and a vibration transmission pad. The panel is used as a diaphragm for producing high-frequency sound and forms part of a vehicle. The giant magnetostrictive vibrator is used as a vibration exciter for the panel and includes a vibration output shaft that vibrates in accordance with a signal for producing high-frequency sound. The vibration transmission pad is fixed to the panel and connected to the vibration output shaft in a manner enabling vibration transmission. The vibration transmission pad vibrates the panel when the vibration output shaft vibrates.