EP2955933A1 - Einziehbare Lautsprecherstruktur zur Verwendung in einem Fahrzeug - Google Patents

Einziehbare Lautsprecherstruktur zur Verwendung in einem Fahrzeug Download PDF

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EP2955933A1
EP2955933A1 EP14171726.4A EP14171726A EP2955933A1 EP 2955933 A1 EP2955933 A1 EP 2955933A1 EP 14171726 A EP14171726 A EP 14171726A EP 2955933 A1 EP2955933 A1 EP 2955933A1
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Yeh-Wen YU
Shiu-Ming Lin
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Hsin Chong Machinery Works Co Ltd
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
    • H04R5/00—Stereophonic arrangements
    • H04R5/02—Spatial or constructional arrangements of loudspeakers
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
    • H04R1/00—Details of transducers, loudspeakers or microphones
    • H04R1/02—Casings; Cabinets ; Supports therefor; Mountings therein
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
    • H04R2499/00—Aspects covered by H04R or H04S not otherwise provided for in their subgroups
    • H04R2499/10—General applications
    • H04R2499/13—Acoustic transducers and sound field adaptation in vehicles

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  • the present invention relates to a speaker structure, especially to a retractable speaker structure for use in a vehicle.
  • the mainframe of an audio/video equipment is mainly mounted in a panel at the front side of a driver's seat, and the speaker is mounted in a vehicle door or the panel; because the speaker has directivity relative to the user, the mounting location of the speaker plays an important role regarding to the entertaining effect; for allowing the speaker to provide an excellent performance, the speaker has to be protrudingly installed on the panel or the vehicle door, however, the above-mentioned arrangement would cause the speaker to be more likely to be damaged.
  • a retractable speaker structure available in the market, in which a motor is adopted for driving a retracting mechanism to move, and a speaker is secured at an end section of the retracting mechanism and moved with the retracting mechanism, thereby allowing the speaker to be selectively protruded out or retracted in the panel or the vehicle door according to the actual needs.
  • the motor adopted in the above-mentioned retractable speaker structure is mostly a synchronizing motor, and the synchronizing motor has properties of constant sped, no need for speed adjustment and requiring a smaller starting torque, so the retractable speaker structure is required to be additionally installed with a reducing gear and a location sensor for adjusting the rotation speed of the retracting mechanism and limiting the stroke of the retracting mechanism, thereby causing the retractable speaker structure requiring complicated components and having relatively higher production cost.
  • the applicant of the present invention has devoted himself for inventing a novel design to solve the above-mentioned shortages.
  • the present invention is to provide a retractable speaker structure for use in a vehicle, in which a stepping motor is adopted for driving a retracting mechanism to protrude or retract, so the retractable speaker structure is able to be adjusted for being protruded or retracted according to the actual needs, thereby effectively simplifying components and lowering production cost.
  • the present invention provides a retractable speaker structure for use in a vehicle, which includes:
  • the present invention provides a retractable speaker structure for use in a vehicle.
  • the retractable speaker structure (10) mainly includes a case (1), a driving member (2), a retracting mechanism (3) and a speaker (4).
  • the case (1) is substantially formed in a rectangular shape, and formed with a chamber (11).
  • the case (1) is formed with a base (12) and a cover (13) correspondingly engaged with the base (12), and the chamber (11) is formed between the base (12) and the cover (13).
  • the cover (13) is formed with a penetrated hole (131) and a position limiting slot (132).
  • the driving member (2) is installed in the chamber (11) and includes a stepping motor (21) and a transmission shaft (22) connected to the stepping motor (21), wherein the stepping motor (21) is fastened on the case (1) and served to drive the transmission shaft (22) to rotate.
  • the driving member (2) further includes a transmission gear (23) sleeved on the transmission shaft (22) and rotated with the transmission shaft (22).
  • the retracting mechanism (3) is disposed in the chamber (11), and includes a screw rod (31) and a retractable rod (32) fitted with the screw rod (31).
  • the screw rod (31) is driven by the transmission shaft (22) to rotate, thereby enabling the retractable rod (32) to perform a protruding/retracting movement relative to the screw rod (31).
  • a further illustration is that one end of the screw rod (31) is disposed corresponding to the base (12), the other end thereof and the retractable rod (32) are both disposed corresponding to the penetrated hole (131), and the retractable rod (32) is formed with an inner thread segment, the screw rod (31) is able to be fitted with the retractable rod (32) through the above-mentioned inner thread segment.
  • the outer wall of the retractable rod (32) is protrudingly formed with a spiral guide rail (321) correspondingly received in the position limiting slot (132).
  • the retracting mechanism (3) further includes a passive gear (33) connected to an end section of the screw rod (31) and linked with the screw rod (31), thereby enabling the transmission gear (23) and the passive gear (33) to be mutually engaged for transmission.
  • the speaker (4) is secured at the end section of the retractable rod (32) and moved with the retractable rod (32), and with the installation of the above-mentioned spiral guide rail (321) and the position liming slot (132), the speaker (4) is enabled to be protruded or retracted with a rotating means.
  • the retractable speaker structure (10) provided by the present invention further includes a storage cylinder (5) fastened on the cover (13) and disposed corresponding to the retractable rod (32), thereby allowing the speaker (4) to be stored in or protruded out from the storage cylinder (5).
  • the assembly of the retractable speaker structure (10) is that: the case (1) is formed with the chamber (11); the driving member (2) is installed in the chamber (11) and includes the stepping motor (21) and the transmission shaft (22) connected to the stepping motor (22), wherein the stepping motor (21) is fastened on the case (1) and served to drive the transmission shaft (22) to rotate; the retracting mechanism (3) is disposed in the chamber (11) and includes the screw rod (31) and the retractable rod (32) fitted with the screw rod (31), the screw rod (31) is driven by the transmissions shaft (22) to rotate, thereby enabling the retractable rod (32) to perform the protruding/retracting movement relative to the screw rod (31); the speaker (4) is secured at the end section of the retractable rod (32) and moved with the retractable rod (32).
  • the retractable speaker structure (10) is able to be adjusted for being protruded or retracted according to the actual needs, thereby effectively simplifying components and lowering production cost.
  • FIG. 3 to FIG. 6 disclose the operating status of the retractable speaker structure (10) provided by the present invention; when the retractable speaker structure (10) is installed in a vehicle and the speaker (4) is not in use, the speaker (4) is stored and hidden in the storage cylinder (5); when the speaker (4) is desired to be used, the stepping motor (21) drives the transmission shaft (22) to rotate, the transmission shaft (22) drives the transmission gear (23) to rotate, then the transmission gear (23) drives the passive gear (33) for enabling the screw rod (31) to rotate, because the inner thread segment of the retractable rod (32) is fitted with the screw rod (31), the retractable rod (32) is pushed by the screw rod (31) for being ascended, thereby allowing the speaker (4) to be ascended from the storage cylinder (5), and because the spiral guide rail (321) of the retractable rod (32) is limited by the position limiting slot (132), when the speaker (4) is pushed by the retractable rod (32) for being ascended from the storage cylinder (5), the speaker
  • the position limiting slot (132) is matched with the shape of the spiral guide rail (321), so the retractable rod (32) is able to be smoothly rotated for being ascended thereby avoiding the situation of unsmooth ascend or even being jammed.
  • the stepping motor (21) just reversely rotates for driving the transmission shaft (22) to rotate.
  • the stepping motor (21) is one type of pulse motor, which is a motor gradually rotating with a certain angle, and an open loop is adopted for controlling, so a precise control of position and speed can be achieved without a feedback device for detecting location and speed.
  • the retractable speaker structure (10) provided by the present invention does not require a reducing gear nor a location sensor, and the rotation speed of the retractable rod (32) can still be effectively and stably controlled and the stroke of the retractable rod (32) can also be precisely limited, thereby allowing the retractable speaker structure (10) to be provided with advantages of simplifying components and lowering production cost.
  • FIG. 7 discloses a second embodiment illustrating the retractable speaker structure (10) provided by the present invention.
  • the second embodiment is substantially the same as the first embodiment, and the difference between the two is that the outer wall of the retractable rod (32) is protrudingly formed with a linear guide rail (322).
  • a further illustration is that the outer wall of the retractable rod (32) is formed with the linear guide rail (322), the cover (13) is formed with a position limiting slot (132) allowing the linear guide rail (322) to be received therein, and the retractable rod (32) is disposed corresponding to the above-mentioned penetrated hole (131), the linear guide rail (322) is mutually positioned with the position limiting slot (132), thereby enabling the speaker (4) to be protruded or retracted with a linearly moving means, and the same function and effect as the first embodiment can be provided.
  • FIG. 8 discloses a third embodiment illustrating the retractable speaker structure (10) provided by the present invention.
  • the third embodiment is substantially the same as the first embodiment, and the difference between the two is the configuration of the driving member (2), so the screw rod (31) is able to be driven by the transmission shaft (22) to rotate with a different means.
  • the driving member (2) further includes a first gear (24), a second gear (25) and a transmission chain (26); the first gear (24) is sleeved on the transmission shaft (22) and rotated with the transmission shaft (22), the second gear (25) is connected to the end section of the screw rod (31) and linked with the screw rod (31), and the transmission chain (26) is sleeved at the outer side of the first gear (24) and the second gear (25) and mutually engaged with the first gear (24) and the second gear (25) for transmission, so when the transmission shaft (22) is rotated, the transmission shaft (22) is able to drive the screw rod (31) to rotate through the first gear (24), the transmission chain (26) and the second gear (25) being mutually engaged. Accordingly, the same function and effect as the first embodiment can be provided.
  • FIG. 9 discloses a fourth embodiment illustrating the retractable speaker structure (10) provided by the present invention.
  • the fourth embodiment is substantially the same as the first embodiment, and the difference between the two is the configuration of the driving member (2), so the screw rod (31) is able to be driven by the transmission shaft (22) to rotate with a different means.
  • the driving member (2) further includes a first gear (24), a second gear (25) and a transmission belt (27);
  • the first gear (24) is sleeved on the transmission shaft (22) and rotated with the transmission shaft (22)
  • the second gear (25) is connected to the end section of the screw rod (31) and linked with the screw rod (31)
  • the inner wall of the transmission belt (27) is extended with an inner gear (271)
  • the transmission belt (27) is sleeved at the outer side of the first gear (24) and the second gear (25)
  • the inner gear (271) is mutually engaged with the first gear (24) and the second gear (25) for transmission, so when the transmission shaft (22) is rotated, the transmission shaft (22) is able to drive the screw rod (31) to rotate through the first gear (24), the inner gear (271) and the second gear (25) being mutually engaged. Accordingly, the same function and effect as the first embodiment can be provided.
  • FIG. 10 discloses a fifth embodiment illustrating the retractable speaker structure (10) provided by the present invention.
  • the fifth embodiment is substantially the same as the first embodiment, and the difference between the two is the configuration of the driving member (2), so the screw rod (31) is able to be driven by the transmission shaft (22) to rotate with a different means.
  • the driving member (2) further includes a first passive wheel (28), a second passive wheel (29) an a transmission belt (27');
  • the first passive wheel (28) is sleeved on the transmission shaft (22) and rotated with the transmission shaft (22), the second passive wheel (29) is connected to the end section of the screw rod (31) and linked with the screw rod (31), and the transmission belt (27') is tightly sleeved at the outer side of the first passive wheel (28) and the second passive wheel (29), so when the first passive wheel (28) is rotated, a friction force is generated between the transmission belt (27'), the first passive wheel (28) and the second passive wheel (29) thereby driving the second passive wheel (29) to rotate.
  • the transmission shaft (22) when the transmission shaft (22) is rotated, the transmission shaft (22) is able to drive the screw rod (31) to rotate through the friction force generated between the first passive wheel (28), the transmission belt (27') and the second passive wheel (29). Accordingly, the same function and effect as the first embodiment can be provided.

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