Shower Speaker Assembly with Flared Acoustic Focus
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional shower devices do not effectively integrate a speaker system, lacking a design that enhances sound output and user experience while maintaining water flow functionality.
Innovation Solution
A shower and speaker assembly where the speaker is integrated into the shower device's housing, with a waterway design that diverts water around the speaker, and a flared surface that focuses sound output through the showerhead's outlets, allowing for removable and modular installation across different shower configurations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a speaker is integrated into the shower device housing, then sound output and user experience are enhanced, but the waterway design becomes more complex to divert water around the speaker
Solution Approach 1:
The speaker is nested within the shower device housing, specifically positioned within the waterway structure. The speaker housing is received by the waterway assembly, allowing the speaker to be integrated into the existing water flow path without requiring complete redesign of the waterway system. This nesting approach enables sound output enhancement while minimizing waterway design complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The waterway assembly is segmented into multiple components: an inlet portion, an outlet portion, and a speaker housing that receives the speaker. This segmentation allows water to be diverted around the speaker through separate inlet and outlet channels, simplifying the overall waterway design while accommodating the integrated speaker system.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the speaker is made removable and modular, then installation versatility across different shower configurations is improved, but the integration with the shower device housing becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The speaker assembly is designed with dynamic characteristics, allowing it to be selectively removable from the shower device housing. The speaker housing can be detached from the waterway assembly and reattached as needed, providing installation versatility while maintaining a relatively simple integration design through standardized connection interfaces.
Solution Approach 2:
The speaker assembly is designed as a universal module that can be installed in various shower device configurations. The standardized housing and connection design allow the same speaker module to be used across different shower device types, improving adaptability while keeping the integration design straightforward through repeated use of the same modular interface.
3Reliability
If the flared surface is used to focus sound output, then sound directionality and user experience are improved, but the face plate design becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
A flared surface is provided on the face plate at the sound output end of the speaker housing. This curved, flared geometry focuses the sound output in a directional manner, improving sound directionality and user experience. The flared surface is integrated into the face plate design, adding acoustic functionality while maintaining relatively simple overall face plate construction.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The integration of the speaker within the shower device enhances sound output and user experience by focusing sound through the water flow, while maintaining water flow functionality and allowing for versatile installation across various shower configurations.
Implementation Method 1
The integration of the speaker within the shower device enhances sound output and user experience by focusing sound through the water flow
Data Source
AI summary
A shower and speaker assembly. The assembly may include a shower device including a device housing defining an inlet communicating with an inlet chamber, an outlet and a waterway communicating between the inlet chamber and the outlet, the device housing further defining a receptacle having a closed end and an open end, the inlet chamber being behind the closed end, the waterway extending along the receptacle from the closed end toward the open end; and a speaker supportable in the receptacle. The outlet may define an outlet plane, and the speaker may include a speaker housing providing a speaker outlet, the speaker outlet being one of aligned with and positioned forwardly of the outlet plane when the speaker is supported in the receptacle. The assembly may further include a magnetic connecting structure operable to releasably connect the speaker and the shower device.