Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Audio output system for a wirelessly locatable tag
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Application No.: US17478364Application Date: 2021-09-17
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Publication No.: US11857063B2Publication Date: 2024-01-02
- Inventor: Justin D. Crosby , Ryan C. Perkins , Woojin Jung , Tatsuya Sano , Samuel B. Schaevitz , Christopher J. Walton , Christopher M. Werner
- Applicant: Apple Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: APPLE INC.
- Current Assignee: APPLE INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP
- Main IPC: A45F5/00
- IPC: A45F5/00 ; G01S5/02 ; H04R1/02 ; H04R7/02 ; G06K19/07 ; G06K19/077 ; H01Q1/22 ; H04W4/029 ; A61B5/11 ; G01S5/00 ; G06F3/01 ; G06T13/40 ; E05B73/00 ; G06K7/00 ; G06K7/10 ; H01M50/109 ; H01M50/184 ; H04W12/03 ; G04G21/04 ; G04G21/08 ; G06F3/02 ; G06F3/044 ; G06F3/0485 ; G06F3/04883 ; H01Q1/27 ; H04B1/3888 ; H04B5/00 ; H04L9/08 ; H04M1/02 ; H04R3/00 ; H04W12/02 ; H01Q5/25 ; H01Q5/378 ; H01Q7/00 ; H01Q9/42 ; H04L9/30 ; A63B24/00 ; H01Q21/06 ; H04B1/717 ; H04W88/06

Abstract:
A wirelessly locatable tag may include a first housing member defining a first exterior surface of the wirelessly locatable tag and an interior surface opposite the first exterior surface. The wirelessly locatable tag may further include a second housing member defining a second exterior surface of the wirelessly locatable tag a first antenna configured transmit the wireless signal using a first wireless protocol, a second antenna configured to communicate using a second wireless protocol different than the first wireless protocol, and an audio system. The audio system may include a magnet assembly configured to produce a magnetic field and a coil positioned within the magnetic field and coupled to the interior surface of the first housing member, the coil configured to interact with the magnetic field to impart a force on the first housing member, thereby moving a portion of the first housing member to produce an audible output.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220004835A1 AUDIO OUTPUT SYSTEM FOR A WIRELESSLY LOCATABLE TAG Public/Granted day:2022-01-06
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