Patent · US Active

Portable electronic device

US11689834B2 · kind B2 · utility

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6References

19Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Apple Inc. · US

Inventors

Carli E. Oster · San Francisco, US
Colden Niles Eldridge · San Francisco, US
Russell K. Williams · Sunnyvale, US
David Garrido Lopez · San Jose, US
Forhad Hasnat · Cupertino, US
Alexander P. Niemeyer · Sunnyvale, US
Brandon Z. Frank · San Francisco, US
Melody L. Kuna · San Jose, US
Matthew J. Wilander · Chester, US
Jordi Antoni Garcia Selva · San Jose, US
Stuart M. Nevill · Ashford, GB
Carlo Catalano · Capitola, US

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 14, 2020
Grant date	Jun 27, 2023
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 14, 2041

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH05K2201/10151
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A portable electronic device can include a housing defining an aperture and a display positioned in the aperture. The display and the housing can define an internal volume and a speaker assembly can be positioned in the internal volume. The speaker assembly can include a speaker enclosure sealed to the housing within the internal volume, the speaker enclosure and the housing defining a speaker volume, and a speaker module in fluid communication with the speaker volume, the speaker module including a diaphragm positioned at an aperture defined by the speaker volume, the diaphragm defining multiple ridges.

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