Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Electronic devices with housing port shutters
- Patent Title (中): 电子设备带外壳端口百叶窗
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Application No.: US14282819Application Date: 2014-05-20
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Publication No.: US09331417B2Publication Date: 2016-05-03
- Inventor: SungChang Lee , Kee Suk Ryu , Ki Myung Lee
- Applicant: Apple Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: Treyz Law Group, P.C.
- Agent G. Victor Treyz; Zachary D. Hadd
- Main IPC: H04R1/02
- IPC: H04R1/02 ; H01R13/447

Abstract:
An electronic device may have a housing in which a display and other components are mounted. Audio components such as a speaker and microphone and other electrical components may be mounted in an interior portion of the housing. A housing port may be formed from one or more openings that pass through the housing. The audio component or other component may be aligned with the housing port. A shutter may be interposed between the audio component and the housing port. The shutter may have an electrically controlled positioner that is used to position a movable shutter member. The shutter may be closed by placing the shutter member in a position in which the housing openings are blocked, thereby preventing intrusion of contaminants into the interior portion of the housing. The shutter may be opened by placing the shutter member in a position in which the housing openings are unblocked, thereby allowing sound to pass through the housing port.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150340795A1 Electronic Devices With Housing Port Shutters Public/Granted day:2015-11-26
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