Rotating Retractable Speaker for Pool Audio
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional speakers installed near water sources, such as spas and pools, face challenges with sound quality due to fixed directional projection and lack of protection from moisture and elements, as they are often positioned far from water to avoid interaction, leading to suboptimal performance.
Innovation Solution
A rotatable and retractable speaker system with a housing and speaker member that can move between retracted and extended positions, allowing for rotational orientation and protection from elements, featuring a biasing mechanism for independent extension and a damping mechanism for controlled movement.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If speakers are installed far from water sources to avoid interaction, then reliability is improved, but sound quality deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The speaker system employs a retractable speaker member that can dynamically change its position between retracted and extended states. When retracted, the speaker is protected inside the housing; when extended, the speaker projects outward for optimal sound projection near water sources. This dynamic positioning resolves the contradiction between protection and sound quality.
Solution Approach 2:
The speaker system is divided into separate functional components: a fixed housing that provides protection and an movable speaker member that can be positioned independently. This segmentation allows the protective housing to remain stationary while the speaker element moves to optimal positions, resolving the conflict between reliability and sound quality.
2Device complexity
If speaker rotation is fixed, then device complexity is reduced, but adaptability deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The middle housing is made rotatable relative to the outer housing, allowing the speaker member to dynamically adjust its rotational orientation. This dynamic rotation capability enables the speaker to adapt to different sound projection directions without requiring complex adjustment mechanisms, as the rotation is integrated into the housing structure itself.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The system provides improved sound quality by allowing adjustable sound projection and protection from moisture and elements, enhancing user experience while maintaining a sleek, water-resistant design.
Implementation Method 1
The apparatus further includes a biasing mechanism that moves at least in part the speaker member from the retracted position to the extended position independent of the rotational orientation of the speaker member.
Implementation Method 2
The speaker member moves between the retracted position and the extended position regardless of the rotational orientation.
Data Source
AI summary
A speaker apparatus comprising a housing and a speaker member. The speaker member is configured to rotate relative to the housing and translate relative to the housing so as to move between a retracted position within the housing and an extended position relative to the housing. In some embodiments, the speaker member axially translates independent of the rotational orientation of the speaker member relative to the housing. In some embodiments, the speaker member rotates through substantially 360 degrees relative to the housing.